Abstract
Defenders of politically correct language claim that such speech reduces offensive behavior and encourages conscious thinking about individual merits. On the contrary, the drive for politically correct language relegates more and more terms to the exclusive domain of bullies, while requiring unthinking, reflexive adherence to the latest stupid language fashions.
| Other Independent Review articles by Ben O’Neill | ||
| Spring 2009 | The Antidiscrimination Paradigm: Irrational, Unjust, and Tyrannical | |