Time for equal media treatment of political correctness

[SecularMotion]

Last month, I gave my “Intro to Journalism” class a lecture on free speech. We talked about our rights, power, and responsibilities as members of a free and independent press. The lecture ended with a lively discussion, but the part that sparked the most engagement involved the term “political correctness.”

The class came to define it as engaging in discourse in a way to minimize pushback or controversy. It was the best way of “fitting in” with certain politics. When I asked what type of politics a “politically correct” person usually has, the class pretty much unanimously answered “liberal.” But my follow-up question threw a wrench in their assumptions.

What is something conservatives are politically correct about?

Crickets.

https://www.cjr.org/criticism/political-correctness-journalism.php

[bettyellen]

1. "Cultural anxiety" "alt right" so true! We have Dems using PC and SJW as pejoratives these days.

[stuffmatters]

2. I define PC as basic human decency, which the RW opposes in both words and actions

By vilifying the Golden Rule as "political correctness" they've attempted to mask their hateful politics.