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Donald Trump electrified crowds. He refused to bow to the Left's totalitarian PC orthodoxy

BombThrowers: The concept of political correctness, or PC, goes back more than a half century. Over time PC has changed America for the worse. It was invented not to expand discussions but to prevent them through peer pressure and intimidation.

The origins and continuing implications of PC were part of a high-profile panel discussion at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., over this past weekend.

This fascinating panel met on the main stage at CPAC and featured moderator Jan Riordan of the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, along with a panel consisting of Fox News contributor and Conservative Review columnist Tom Borelli, U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.), College Republican National Committee chairman Alex Smith, and Capital Research Center president Scott Walter. It was a wide-ranging discussion, delving into the history of political correctness, its impact in culture and business, the dumbing down of education, and what the future may hold.

Scott Walter kicked off the discussion by defining political correctness. Not surprisingly, Walter, whose organization, Capital Research Center (the parent of Bombthrowers), specializes in unmasking organizations of the Left and their funders, gave a succinct explanation:

The real origin of the term goes back to the first half of the twentieth century and the hard Left where they made no bones about itthere is no objective truth, all that matters is what serves the party, so truth will change from day to day. This is what you see in [George] Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four, where things go down the memory hole. Then it began seeping into the broader Left in this country and it was probably around the 1980s I think when conservatives began to make fun of political correctness because it was already becoming so ridiculous. But I have friends who, at graduate school in Cornell in the 1980s and at meetings there would be: Oh we cant say that. It wouldnt be politically correct. Now it has become a vicious orthodoxy that is enforced with bullying, so that whatever the political agenda of today is, if you violate it, wham!

In fact it was 1950s large-C Communists who created that phrasepart of the enforcement mechanism for maintaining strict adherence to doctrinaire communism among their membership. That rigid, uniform obedience to Communist ideology is what allows the Communists to stay on message and is what has made their messaging so effective. If you repeat a lie long enough, and get many people repeating it, sooner or later it begins to gain acceptance as legitimateno matter how outlandish.

Just consider transgender bathrooms. A few short years ago, such an idea would have been laughable, had anyone even considered it. But last year Obamas Justice and Education Departments jointly issued a Dear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students imposing bathroom use based on an individuals internal sense of gender on schools nationwide. Thankfully, President Trump recently reversed that official guidance.

Fox News Channels Tucker Carlson debated Zac Petkanas, a senior advisor to the Democratic National Committee who heads DNCs Trump War Room. Petkanas called President Trump a monster for reversing Obamas action. Carlson pressed his guest to offer one example of a scientist who would publicly claim that ones sex is determined by what a person says it is, regardless of their biology. Petkanas claimed he could name thousandsbut never didand insisted that, like global warming, it was settled science. He accused Carlson of embracing right-wing pseudo-science. Carlson then asked him if he could change his race too just by saying so and upped the ante by offering him $1,000 if he could produce one, just one, scientist who says you can determine your sex just by saying so.

Watch the Carlson versus Petkanas video here:

Liberalism really is a mental disorder.

Congressman Rooney was asked how political correctness impacts his work in Congress. He said there were so many egregious instancesImagine this. In recent years, the government decided that you couldnt say the word Islam and terrorist in government manuals, including the government counter-terrorism manual. You cant say Islam and Islamic terrorism in the government manual!

Alex Smith said there were too many [instances of PC] to count on college campuses today She mentioned the maddening case of Dr. Condoleezza Rice being disinvited from speaking at the Rutgers University commencement last year, and how students then entered university administration buildings and destroyed property to make their point. She noted that on college campuses nationwide there is the real lack of intellectual diversity, while the Left trumpets all kinds of other diversity.

Tom Borelli described how PC infects the business world, saying that many business leaders, like Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, are progressives, and use their companies to advance PC ideas, while other companies are intimidated by shareholder activists and boycotts or threats of boycotts. The most recent example he cited was Nordstroms decision to drop Ivanka Trumps footwear line. While Nordstrom denied it, this was believed to be in response to the #GrabYourWallet campaign, which asked people to boycott any company carrying Trump products, refrain from doing business with the Trump family, or boycott businesses whose owners supported Trumps candidacy. He also mentioned how when Under Armors president publicly stated that President Trump would be good for business, Under Armors stock was downgraded, an action hugely important for the investment community. (Editors note: Tina Trent touched upon #GrabYourWallet in a recent Bombthrowers article.)

This is the extent to which the lunacy of political correctness has infected our society today. And it is a very dangerous lunacy. It requires rigid adherence to ideas that go against common sense, decency, and everything we know to be true. Anyone who makes the mistake of questioning the insane PC orthodoxy is targeted for vilification as racist, sexist, homophobic, or fill-in-the-blank-phobic. It is a tactic designed specifically to enforce conformity and destroy opponents, following Lenins admonition to write in a language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, and scorn toward those who disagree with us. It is a mark of totalitarian thinking that is in fact the sixth stage, polarization, in The Ten Stages of Genocide.

In the Soviet Union, defying political orthodoxy was grounds for execution. In the book, Black on Red: My 44 Years Inside the Soviet Union, author Robert Robinson recounted his life in the Soviet Union under Stalin. He said that clothing was so poorly manufactured that pant legs differed in length, shoe pairs never matched sizes, and nothing fit properly. It was so bad that a public campaign was launched that made wearing ill-fitting clothes a badge of patriotism. Not only was it dangerous to complain about it, but if you were found to be wearing clothes without defects, you were accused of being disloyal to the regime. In communist states it is dangerous even to think about questioning the prevailing orthodoxy. As the saying goes, Think before you think.

Our nation, on college campuses and elsewhere, is rapidly approaching that point. It is one of the many reasons why candidate Donald Trump electrified crowds. He refused to bow to the Lefts totalitarian PC orthodoxy. In fact he shifted the paradigm, restoring PC to the butt of jokes it deserves to be. That is yet another reason college campuses and the Left nationwide have gone on a lunatic crusade to destroy President Trump and anyone willing to admit they voted for him. They have advanced by manipulating language to bend culture to their despotic will. President Trump now threatens their dominance.

This was an excellent forum on a critical topic, and this column cannot do it justice.

So I urge you to watch the entire thing, right here:

Originally posted here:

Is political correctness killing US institutions? - Canada Free Press

Some Americans - including many in the press - will oppose President Trump no matter what he says in his first address before Congress tonight, Bill O'Reilly said in his Talking Points Memo.

O'Reilly said that doesn't really matter, however, because Trump will be judged on how his policies jump-start the economy, fix the immigration problem and keep Americans safe.

He argued that if Trump can follow through with his campaign promises and major policies, then the culture war will begin to go his way.

"Americans are tired of political correctness and left-wing totalitarianism," O'Reilly said. "Most of us have had it with extremism on both sides."

He said that the U.S. remains a bastion of opportunity and common-sense views held by regular folks.

"But that profile has been smothered by big government zealots, ideological fanatics and a media that promotes the P.C. culture," O'Reilly said.

He said that Trump will "trounce his enemies" if his vision brings increased prosperity and security.

"If economic opportunity rises, all the class warfare B.S. will be harder to sell. But in order for that to happen, America needs to be unleashed."

Watch the full Talking Points Memo above, and see O'Reilly weigh in on the "war" between Trump and the press.

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O'Reilly: 'Americans Are Tired of Political Correctness & Left-Wing Totalitarianism' - Fox News Insider

What you do with your own body shouldn't have to be anyone's business but your own. When you start competing in sports, you're making it everyone's business. That's unfair to others, but also to yourself.

By now you've heard the story of Mack Beggs the high school wrestler who was born a female and competed against females to win the Texas state wrestling championship.

Beggs began transitioning to a male in 2015. ATTN reports that The transition hormones are significant because some male hormones have the potential to enhance athletic performance.

MORE: Political correctness on the podium: Transsexuals will be competing against women and men at the Olympics

Dr. Brandon Mines, assistant professor at Emory University's Department of Orthopedics, told CNN that Testosterone and anabolic steroids are in the same family and have the effect of increasing muscle mass and strength gains. He is allowed to take them and compete because they are considered a valid medical purpose.

This so-called 'valid' purpose as well as the fact he wasn't allowed to compete against boys, resulted in Beggs steamrolling the competition. How bad was it? He went 56-0.

The overwhelming dominance is disturbing. It's clear he doesn't belong competing against women. By contrast, MMA 'athlete' Fallon Fox, a male turned female martial artist, annihilated her female opponents.

Is it fair to females that they face off against a girl who is trying to become a man? Is it fair they compete against a woman using what essentially amount to performance enhancing drugs? It's clear that all Beggs wants to do is compete, and I respect that. It's good seeing kids be healthy and in shape, but at the what expense?

Is this really how you want to win? Competing against women when you're a man? Competing while male hormones give you an advantage? To prove what? To cause a big enough disruption so state rules will be changed?

Honestly, I don't even think Beggs should be competing against men either. If a woman tried to play hockey, how would men react? Not hit her? How is that fair? The same applies to wrestling or any sport with contact. It's opening a massive problem. No amount of drugs can change the fact you still grew up at a physical disadvantage or advantage. Which is why Fallon Fox is able to destroy her opponents.

It's only a matter of time until someone gets seriously hurt. Whether that person happens to be transgender or someone competing against them when you modify your body, you can't expect the rules to change to accommodate you.

Unless a transgender's dream involves NASCAR or competitive gaming such as StarCraft (see Scarlet), sports are something that should be removed from the equation. Respecting people is fine and encouraged, but when 'respect' results in these results, it's no longer about 'respect'.

Unfortunately, any sort of compromise results in the integrity of the competition also being compromised.

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Enough with the political correctness: transgender individuals shouldn't be allowed to compete in sports - The Rebel

The cast of Moonlight accepts the Academy Award for Best Picture. CREDIT: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Best Picture Oscar winner Moonlight is a critically-acclaimed exploration of black and queer identities. Its at once a coming of age drama, a film about the intersections of race and class, a love story, andabove allthe story of a black man grappling with his sexual orientation over the course of his life. Its hard to summarize all that the movie entails. But according to Fox & Friends Tucker Carlson, its only a winning film because of political correctness.

It was forgone, Carlson said of La La Lands short-lived victory on Sunday night. Moonlight had to win because you knew what the film was about. And thats part of the problem with Hollywood.

Carlson explained that the second you feel a political imperative it destroys your art, calling the celebration of Moonlight overbearing and pompous and boorish.

As the Washington Posts Abby Phillip pointed out, Carlson didnt indicate if hed actually seen the movie, which also won Best Adapted Screenplay and earned Mahershala Ali his own award for Best Supporting Actor. His comments align with the old adage Celebrities should stay out of politics. Hollywood, the argument goes, has one purpose: entertainment. When it wades into political territory, theyve gone too fardoing a job they werent asked to do.

Carlsons statement is patently false. If the honor rewarded political correctnessa euphemism for minorities inclusionperhaps people of color wouldnt have been erased for decades by the Hollywood establishment and LGBTQ people wouldve been celebrated instead of overshadowed by white, cis men who portrayed them onscreen.

Instead, only 32 African Americans, 10 Latinos, and eight openly gay people won Academy Awards as of 2016a small fraction of the 2,900 winners since the first ceremony in 1929. They may have deserved accolades, but non-white and LGBTQ people have been losing for generations.

Underlying Carlsons comments is the notion that artists particularly black artistsshould be quiet. They dont have a right to produce something that pushes boundaries and audiences and then celebrate what theyve created, even though they are historically ignored by the Academy and the entertainment industry writ large. They are arrogant beneficiaries of affirmative action driving the industry.

Whats most troubling about Carlsons argument, though, is the inherent assumption that black and queer experiences arent a standard. To be black and queer is to live on the margins. They are experiences that only exist in the realm of politics, where others try to assert themselves and be heard. They arent mainstream or deserving.

No matter. The cast of Moonlight should bask in their groundbreaking victory. Were basking in the light with them.

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Fox News' Tucker Carlson says 'Moonlight' only won Best Picture because of political correctness - ThinkProgress