Political theorist, American University; Director, Lincoln Scholars Program; co-editor, American Political Thought; chair, AU Faculty Senate, 23-23 AY.
Nov 15, 2018 • 26 tweets • 4 min read
My colleague and friend @lara_schwartz posted a thread about political correctness and civility. I want to say something about the political correctness part of her argument. Things to say about civility too, but later.
Lara writes: “When people complain about political correctness they're saying opportunities for kindness are oppressive.” And then later: “Make no mistake: complaints about PC are objections to human decency. That's it.”
