Theodore Dalrymple:
"Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda.. /1
"Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda.. /1
..was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore,../2
..the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, /3
or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, /4
they lose once and for all their sense of probity. /5
To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. /6
One’s standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. /7
A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. /8
I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to." /9 ..from a friend..
