Abstract
"Political correctness" is a label with an attitude. While it seems to have begun as an ironic reference by left-leaning academics to their own predilections, it quickly became a weapon in the hands of their opponents. "Political correctness" came to stand, not for the positions of the left, but for their (allegedly) dogmatic attitude and for their predictable responses to academic and political issues. Stories of persecution at the hands of the "PC police" have become commonplace, and those opposing political correctness have featured themselves (and have been featured in much of the national media) as a beleaguered minority fighting a liberal intellectual tyranny that would stifle debate and impose a regime in which females are always "women," blacks must be called "people of color" and nonrecyclable containers would be outlawed as blasphemous. The liberals, it seems have been wreaking their McCarthyist revenge.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Speech Communication
Volume
24
Issue
1
First Page
27
Last Page
29
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Lewis, William
(1992)
"Real Politics: A Comment on "The Non-Problem of Politcal Correctness","
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 24:
No.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol24/iss1/6
Copyright
©1992 Iowa Communication Association
