Political Correctness And Language Manipulation

Political Correctness

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Recently, political correctness has been an issue in American politics. People hold different opinions and some people think that it is a bad thing while others believe it is a good gesture in volatile political environment. Political correctness means avoiding using languages and words regarded as offending or insult, which can cause harm. However, Democrats and Republics have agreed on one thing that President Donald Trump has thrown out political correctness out of the window (Blank, 2018). Political correctness is a good meant to protect vulnerable people against discrimination, ensure that politics remain issued based and focus on issues, which affect the people.

Political correctness is an essential idea, which is meant to protect the vulnerable people against discrimination. According to Mantilla (2013), racial, and gender discrimination were common in political scene. Words which can be described as hates were used against women and other minorities. The political correctness ensures that politicians mind what they say both in public and private to avoid causing tension or disunity. In the early days, it never existed and therefore, minorities and women were locked out of political competition and therefore, it was an issue. But time has changed and every politician is required to maintain decently to avoid being misunderstood. It is a key to unity and this is the reason President Donald Trump was cited by both Democrats and Republics during 2016 election.

It is argued that Polygyny or Misogyny is words which were common during the early days and some politicians still using such words to describe women. The manipulation of language is applied to gain some social goals. According to Hale and Baseides (2013), political correctness is a language intervention, which is an attempt to manipulate language arterially for achieve a social goal. It is encouraged to ensure that politicians are more focus on issues affecting the people. It also ensures that insulting words are avoided to ensure that unity and peace are kept during political campaigns CITATION Wuc11 \l 1033 (Wucherpfennig, Gleditsch, Hug, & Reigstad, 2011). The revolution is associated with misuse of words and insult and therefore without efficient practice of political correctness a volatile condition can be created especially among the minorities and this can cause a lot of chaos and political disunity.

The language intervention means that coded words should be used to avoid making statements, which sound discriminative. For instance, instead of using the referring black or Asian people, it is recommended to use the word colored people or African American instead of black people. As stated by Tumulty (2015) artificial manipulation of language ensures that what come out is not offensive and cannot cause disunity within the communities. During 2016 presidential election use of misogyny became the brand of Donald Trump and it also caused him the election. Though he won the presidential race, President Donald Trump lost majority of votes from women and minorities. This s a clear indication of political correctness in the country. The political correctness is therefore, plays an important role in the development of political maturity in the country.

In conclusion, without political correctness, it would be difficult to ensure that people are accountable for the actions. It is therefore, important to state that political correctness is a key strategy in building unity and therefore, it is essential to ensure that every politicians observe the language or words, which individual uses. It is also ensures that politicians are focusing on the main issue, which affect the voters instead of creating disunity during campaigns. Political correctness is therefore, a good thing, which should be anchored and implemented fully to ensure that everyone is treated equal without any sign of discrimination.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY BLANK, C. (2018). TN Politics: Maybe Political Correctness Is a Good Thing? Political Analysis , 2-35.

Kleinman, S. (2002). Why Sexist Language Matters. Qualitative Sociology , 2-31.

Mantilla, K. (2013). GenderTrolling: Misogyny Adapts to New Media. Journal of Feminist Studies , 21 (4), 563-576.

Tumulty, K. (2015). Donald Trump's history of flippant misogyny becomes part of his brand. http://www.smh.com.au/world/donald-trumps-history-of-flippantmisogyny-becomes-part-of-his-brand-20150809-giv7k2.html , 2-34.

Wucherpfennig, J., Gleditsch, S. K., Hug, S., & Reigstad, G. K. (2011). Polygyny or Misogyny? Reexamining the ‘‘First Law of Intergroup Conflict. The Journal of Politics , 24 (1), 265–270.