Political Correctness In A Nutshell

Great essay by Margaret Somerville:

...Political correctness excludes politically incorrect values from the "all values are equal" stable. It shuts down non-politically correct people’s freedom of speech.

Anyone who challenges the politically correct stance is, thereby, labelled as intolerant, a bigot or hatemonger. The substance of arguments is not addressed; rather people labelled as politically incorrect are attacked as being intolerant and hateful simply for making those arguments.
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It is important to understand the strategy employed: speaking against abortion or same-sex marriage is not characterised as speech; rather, it is characterised as a sexist act or a discriminatory act against homosexuals, respectively, and, therefore, as, in itself, a breach of human rights or even a hate crime. Consequently, it is argued that protections of freedom of speech do not apply.

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That explains the HRC logics, doesn't it? That explains why even if the case is dismissed, the defendant is still left with tens of thousands of dollars in legal bills, while the complainer walks away without having spent a dime. After all - being targeted for saying something "wrong" is a crime on its own in the eyes of those PC thugs.