Politically correct language is language that avoids offending or ostracizing particular groups of people – the word “homosexual” is the politically correct version of the word “faggot”. While politically correct language prevents conflict‚ and improves individuals and communities‚ it also has limitations. Sometimes it can disrupt the meaning and impact of the message we are trying to portray. Because of this‚ it is important to find an extent of political correctness that still enables freedom of
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The attitudes and opinions associated with “Politically Correct” (PC) language are widely varied‚ but in general‚ there are three main categories into which people fall: those for the PC movement; those against the PC movement; and those indifferent‚ adapting or ignorant to the PC movement. PC stemmed from an increasing number of people in the 1980s wanting to eradicate what they saw to be prejudice through the use of euphemisms and alternative terms. This built up momentum with the formation of
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Alexandra 11th Grade English Politically Correct Language and Bias-Language Language is the method of human communication‚ either spoken or written‚ consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. It has been proved that some types of language can harm people. Bias-Language occurs with gender but can also offend groups of people based on sexual orientation ethnicity‚ political interest‚ or race. To remedy the harm‚ politically correct language was started. It’s supporting
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Politically Correct to a Fault For the first time in our history‚ Americans have to be fearful of what they say‚ of what they write‚ and of what they think. There is an importance of using politically correct statements to address the diverse population. They have to be afraid of using the wrong word‚ a word denounced as offensive or insensitive‚ or racist‚ sexist‚ or homophobic. (Lind) The First Amendment is not supporting the theory of free speech currently because everyone from authority figures
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How Important Is It To Be Politically Correct? Political Correctness has been growing more and more over the recent years. However‚ it has been considered for a long period of time. For example‚ in the 1800’s‚ a "Politically Correct" movement was put in place for an anti-slavery reason. Although many people might not reckon this as an important thing to consider‚ I think there is a reason why this has been dealt with for hundreds of years. Political Correctness not only stops things such as racism
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Pros and Cons of using oil I want to talk about advantages and disadvantages of using oil in our world‚ people can use it for different reasons. We use oil for cars‚ airplanes etc. In some countries it is very expensive but in other countries it is much more cheaper because today its harder to find thats why its more expensive and may not be much left. Oil is very useful. For example‚ we can use it as an ingredient for our meal but also it used to accelarate the cars and how we also know doctors
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common business language of choice in the 21st century‚there is an increasing number of companies which adopt common language policies .It is becoming clear that these policies are aim to help workmate work more efficiently‚and much more easier to work together.Unfortunately‚ a few business companies neglect some individual problems ‚including employee’s personal psychological quality and English language’s ability.Frankly speaking ‚using English as their common business language may lead to many
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Politically Correct/Vicious Cycle The Bill of Rights‚ Amendment I states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the government for a redress of grievances” (Bill of Rights). These rights were basically protecting what people say‚ and write‚ however‚ we are slowly loosing those rights. We have to worry now
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morally correct to use drones because it reduces the chance of harming our soldiers‚ it shows loyalty to our troops‚ and it’s fair for us to use the resourceful technology available to us. If we’re using drones rather than soldiers‚ it’s putting fewer soldiers at risk to be harmed. It’s not showing loyalty to our country when we’re defending the opponent. It’s also fair for us to use our technology to our advantage; it’s not our problem if other countries lack supplies. When we’re using drones
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The Dissension in Politically Incorrect Language Imagine a young boy with autism who struggles to interact socially. Other children consider him unintelligent‚ and they have no trouble making him aware of their opinions. They call him names like retarded‚ dumb‚ and ignorant‚ but he cannot change the condition he has‚ so he withstands the insults. Even though the other children never strike him with their fists‚ the harsh words they use are just as intense. Politically incorrect terms‚ like “retarded
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