“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
Political correctness: how the right invented a phantom enemy (excerpt) PC was a useful invention for the Republican right because it helped the movement to drive a wedge between working-class people and the Democrats who claimed to speak for them. “Political correctness" became a term used to drum into the public imagination the idea that there was a deep divide between the "ordinary people" and the "liberal elite", who sought to control the speech and thoughts of regular folk. Opposition to political correctness also became a way to rebrand racism in ways that were politically acceptable in the post-civil-rights era.
from your link: "Depicting yourself as a “maverick” or an “outsider” crusading against a corrupt Washington establishment is the oldest trick in American politics – but Trump took things further. He broke countless unspoken rules regarding what public figures can or cannot do and say."
Political correctness isn't "speaking the unspoken rules about what a public figure can or cannot do or say?"
Political correctness: how the right invented a phantom enemy (excerpt) PC was a useful invention for the Republican right because it helped the movement to drive a wedge between working-class people and the Democrats who claimed to speak for them. “Political correctness" became a term used to drum into the public imagination the idea that there was a deep divide between the "ordinary people" and the "liberal elite", who sought to control the speech and thoughts of regular folk. Opposition to political correctness also became a way to rebrand racism in ways that were politically acceptable in the post-civil-rights era.
ReplyDeletefrom your link: "Depicting yourself as a “maverick” or an “outsider” crusading against a corrupt Washington establishment is the oldest trick in American politics – but Trump took things further. He broke countless unspoken rules regarding what public figures can or cannot do and say."
ReplyDeletePolitical correctness isn't "speaking the unspoken rules about what a public figure can or cannot do or say?"
It's an "invention" of Trump? Who knew?
Trump must not have been a "dues paying member" of the corporate globalist community...
ReplyDeleteHe might "embarrass" the big other by not following their "unwritten rules".
ReplyDeleteThe must have REALLY upset the DNC's Alinskian "Community Organizers" (aka - Anger Directors).
ReplyDeleteLOL.
ReplyDeleteDonald Trump can rent hotel rooms in NYC that can be cleaned by workers in China? Who knew?
ReplyDelete...in buildings made of Chinese steel...
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