As the world heads into the toilet of dysfunctional speech It’s little wonder that political correctness has reared it’s ugly head.It works well for those who are best described as spin doctors. But let’s have some fun at the expense of those who value Political Correctness. Can you make a list of politically correct statements?

Here’s a primer that may help us to know how to recognize what this is all about.

As civilizations decline, they become increasingly concerned with form over substance, particularly with respect to language. At the time of the First World War we called it shell shock--a simple term, two one-syllable words, clear and descriptive. A generation later, after the Second World War had come and gone, we called it combat fatigue. It meant the same thing, and there were still just two words--but the two syllables had grown to four. Today the two words have doubled, and the original pair of syllables have mushroomed to eight. It even has an acronym, PTSD--post traumatic stress disorder. It still means the same thing, and it still hurts as much or as little, but it is more in tune with current effete sensibilities.

It is also a perfect example of the pretentious euphemisms that characterize almost everything we do and say. Euphemisms and the politically correct language which they exemplify are sometimes only prissy, sometimes ridiculous, and sometimes tiresome. Often, however, they are more than that. At their worst they obscure clear thinking and damage the very people and causes they claim to benefit.

The blind have had trouble with euphemismms for as long as anybody can remember, and late twentieth-century America is no exception. The form has changed (in fact, everything is very "politically correct"), but the old notions of inferiority and second-class status still remain. The euphemisms and the political correctness don't help. If anything, they make matters worse since they claim modern thought and new enlightenment. Here is a recent example from the federal government:



* "Persons with a disability" or "individuals with disabilities" instead of "disabled person."

* "Persons who are deaf" or "young people with hearing impairments" instead of "deaf people."

* "People who are blind" or "persons with a visual impairment" instead of "blind people."

• "A student with dyslexia" instead of "a dyslexic student."

One of my favotites???? Person hole instead of a man hole....................

Now it's your turn.........

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