I Care! (more than you do....)

[Rastus]

Whilst musing on policitical correctness and self-examining it's origins and nature it occurred to me that I have not seen a post on what may drive political correctness.  Could it be self exhaultation?  That is to say, "See, I am a good person because I care." which, translated, means, "I am a better person because I care more than you."

Political correctness seems to have its origins in a competetion amongst emotionally damaged and emotionally needy people who have low self-esteem.  Not entirely, of course, as there are in my estimation another facet of those who use political correctness to gain stature and power from the emotionally damaged.  That political capital is then exploited to support a craving for dictatorial-like power to lord over those of proper discernment and is then shared, vicariously, to those who thrive on and supply political correctness.

Is it praise that an individual seeks when expressing those caring, thoughtful, and intellectually bankrupt statements of political correctness?  Is that praise internalized into perverted self-esteem to fuel fundamentally dishonest and impractical thinking which is being converted into a self-perceived and peer acknowledged controlling power?

Could these be fundamental tenants supporting political correctness? 

[Hazcat]

Ken,

I think those that are the 'me too' followers may use it to aggrandize themselves but I also believe those that originated did it solely as another way to control the populace.

[jaybet]

It is definitely a control issue...a way to control those with whom you disagree. One rarely finds a politically correct-nik applying the same logic to their own beliefs.

[WatchManUSA]

It, (political correctness) was developed at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, Germany, which was founded in 1923 and came to be known as the "Frankfurt School." It was a group of thinkers who pulled together to find a solution to the biggest problem facing the implementers of communism in Russia.”

“And they believed that the only way for communism to advance was to help (or force, if necessary) Western Civilization to destroy itself. How to do that? Undermine its foundations by chipping away at the rights of those annoying individuals.”

“But Political Correctness remains just what it was intended to be: a sophisticated and dangerous form of censorship and oppression, imposed upon the citizenry with the ultimate goal of manipulating, brainwashing and destroying our society.”

According to Agustin Blazquez with the collaboration of Jaums Sutton in an article entitled, Political Correctness: The Scourge of Our Times.

http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/4/4/121115.shtml

Above in the quote box are some excerpts.

It may not be communism used by the left today, but whatever the motivation, a similar methodology is being used against several of our freedoms including the 2nd Amendment.

Good Luck!

[tombogan03884]

It's intelectual facism using techniques straight out of Orwells 1984.   

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[DDMac]

Guys, I had to stop drinkin' for five hours just to understand all of you. No wonder I was all alone at the fishin' hole all those years. Y'all were in school! Learning!
Excellent analysis. And I just thought it was about layin' a guilt trip on somebody.
Mac.

[Hazcat]

Yeah, Mac.  Your comments are always so light weight. 

[ericire12]

[Hazcat]

There you go trying to apply logic to a liberal! 

[brosometal]

Political correctness is, as mentioned above, is low grade thought control with a dash of self-righteousness tossed in for flavor.