Comments by "June VanDerMark" (@junevandermark952) on "Slavoj Žižek: Political Correctness is a More Dangerous Form of Totalitarianism | Big Think" video.

  1. The term “political correctness,” didn’t have anything in common whatsoever with politicians making rules about how citizens use language. From the book … Made in America … author … bill Bryson In fact, However, almost nothing in recent years has excited more debate or awakened a greater polarity of views than the vaguely all-embracing issue that has come to be known as political correctness. The term was coined in 1975 by Karen DeCrow, predicant of the National Organization for women, but not until about 1990 did it begin to take on an inescapably pejorative tone. Since that time, newspapers and journals have devoted acres of space to reports that have ranged, for the most part, from the mildly derisive to the openly antagonistic.
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  2. The term should not be "political correctness." It should be "polite correctness." The word "political" makes the "government" the focus, and the supposed culprit of all the dissention, whereas the word "polite correctness,” puts the responsibility where it belongs, which is on each individual. I suggest that we should always be asking ourselves ... "Am I being polite," or, "am I part of the problem?"
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  3.  @DarkAdonisVyers  By being impolite to others ... you missed the point of my post. And by the way, the word commune (communism) means to share the wealth equally with others, which never has been a reality in any country. The proper word to use is "dictator," and the fact is, we all want to be dictators, and that's why there never was, and never will be peace on earth among humans, or any other animals. "If a crying baby could tear down the universe, it would." ... author unknown.
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