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Political correctness could cost us valuable lessons

Kraig Klein July 15, 2018
If we totally eliminate such “inappropriate” material, we lose these learning experiences.
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Achieving true political correctness

Achieving true political correctness

Kraig Klein March 18, 2018
If we need to create gender equality in our language, we need to search thoroughly and correct the etymology of words like “human.”
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Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he delivered his famous, “I Have a Dream,” speech. Famous lines from his speech are considering being removed from a University of Oregons building in place of a more inclusive quote.

I have a dream that we won’t be so politically correct

Nick Zararis February 4, 2016
Modifying or censoring history to avoid offending a particular special interest group is not something anybody should be doing, especially institutions of higher learning.
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Limiting offensive comedy isnt funny anymore

Limiting offensive comedy isn’t funny anymore

Nick Zararis December 1, 2015
The culture today has been so geared to avoid offending anyone that there is a total unwillingness to make certain jokes.
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Keep Christ in my Christmas Blend

Briana Finneran November 12, 2015
We Christians have had our beliefs spat upon for decades because of that whole “separation of church and state” and “basic human rights” nonsense.
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Political correctness overshadows holiday spirit

Michael Newcomer November 7, 2013
I find the politically correct atmosphere placed around the holidays utterly abhorrent. In pressuring Americans to say “happy holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas,” we have inadvertently placed all of our interest into words rather than the meaning behind them.
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