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   As I said, political correctness isn't a bad thing. Making a good society for all of us is a wonderful thing to do. 

 The problem is that it limits the range of the range of people's opinions. Jonathan Kay insist that human beings like the power to shut up other people and we could easily do that on internet these days. We could crowdsource censorship using SNS and criticize what they didn't like immediately. That will prevent people to say what they really want to say on the internet. 

Being politically correct is not a bad thing, but what you do with it is important.


Political Correctness Works For No One | Jonathan Kay | TEDxUTSC. (2019, September 16). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPdMG3oFGac

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  1. jodiasJuly 14, 2021 at 8:32 PM

    That seems to be a reasonable and measured view of the issue. People do try to shut down others too quickly, and often prematurely, if they hear something they don't like. Unfortunately, social media makes this too easy to do. Some people get drunk on the power they have to criticize and censor others.

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