The Importance Of Political Correctness

“Free speech is dying in the Western world” (Greenblatt). But isn’t that what America is founded on? Free speech is often seen as a right in some countries, but now people are protecting their children from harsh words and trying to defend their religious beliefs from nonbelievers and blasphemy. This is so called Political Correctness and it is wreaking havoc not only in the Western part of the world but also in the Middle East and in Western Europe. So what is this so called Political Correctness? Political Correctness is a term that describes language, ideas, policies, or behaviors that seek to minimize offense to groups of people based off gender, race, culture, age, religion, etc. Political Correctness is used to minimize the offense
If it hurts someones’ feelings then they should shake it off and get over themselves. Free speech is not only important to the United States, but all around the world. Take Russia for example, members from Pussy Riot—a Russian punk rock band— were arrested and sentenced to prison for hooliganism or violent acts towards President Vladimir Putin’s policies in a Moscow church. They were simply doing what they thought was right. Anyone and everyone will stand up for what they believe in, and their actions led to limitations on what people could say or post. Which is wrong because everyone should have a right to say how they feel, to express themselves even if it hurt someones feelings. For example, November of 2016 Donald Trump had sent a Tweet stating, “[n]obody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail” (Levy)! I understand he loves American and respects America’s history but everyone is not going to be like him; everyone will have their own thoughts on things because everyone is different and we should respect those differences. If someone doesn’t like America then fine, let them not like us. Free speech should trump all and people should get over