{"id":37665,"date":"2019-02-19T01:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=37665"},"modified":"2019-05-20T09:15:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T13:15:38","slug":"qotd-internal-contradictions-of-political-correctness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/02\/19\/qotd-internal-contradictions-of-political-correctness\/","title":{"rendered":"QotD: Internal contradictions of political correctness"},"content":{"rendered":"

… there was an article in the magazine arguing, on what might loosely be called philosophical grounds, for an end to the separation of men and women in sports. Women tennis players, for example, should compete against men, even if this means (as it does) that no woman could ever again make a living as a tennis player. In the name of equality of the sexes, one sex should be eliminated from a whole field of endeavor. Presumably, also, there should be no concessions for the handicapped, who would be forced to compete not against those similarly handicapped but against the fully fit.<\/p>\n

Though this be madness, yet there is method in it: For the greater political correctness\u2019 violation of common sense, the better \u2014 at least if its goal is power over men\u2019s minds and conduct. In this sense it is like Communist propaganda of old: The greater the disparity between the claims of that propaganda and the everyday experience of those at whom it was directed, the greater the humiliation suffered by the latter, especially when they were obliged to repeat it, thus destroying their ability to resist, even in the secret corners of their heart. That is why the politically correct insist that everyone uses their language: Unlike what the press is supposed to do, the politically correct speak power to truth.<\/p>\n

One of the strange things about the politically correct is that they never seem to become bored with their own thoughts. And this leads to a dilemma for those who oppose political correctness, for to be constantly arguing against bores is to become a bore oneself. On the other hand, not to argue against them is to let them win by default. To argue against rubbish is to immerse oneself in rubbish; not to argue against rubbish is to allow it to triumph. All that is necessary for humbug to triumph is for honest men to say nothing.<\/p>\n

Theodore Dalrymple, “Two Forms of Mass Hysteria”, Taki’s Magazine<\/em><\/a>, 2017-03-11.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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