Part Thirteen:  How Political Correctness Is Changing the Way People Think and Trying to Transform Society

As we saw in last week’s blog post, multiculturalism—as an integral part of postmodernism—views human history as dominated by Western culture attempting to manipulate and impose their beliefs on other cultures. “This ought not to be,” insist multiculturalists. “It must be changed, and political correctness is the means of achieving it.”  What does being politically correct mean? Probe Ministries provides a good definition:

“To qualify [as politically correct], one must be pro-feminist, pro-gay rights, pro-minority studies, mistrustful of tradition, scornful of Dead White European Males and deeply skeptical toward the very idea of a “masterpiece,” because it implies that one idea, culture or human being can actually be better than another.” (Dan Closson, “Political Correctness and Postmodernism.”   See https://www.ministeriosprobe.org/MGManual/Polcor/PC2.htm)

Contrary to what many people assume, the goal of political correctness is not merely teaching sensitivity to people’s feelings and beliefs but to transform society by controlling how people speak. To achieve this, multiculturalists advance a rigid language code—especially in universities and colleges. The idea is to dictate what is permissible to say (correct) and what is impermissible to say (incorrect) in the community. This, in turn, should eventually transform societies into conforming to multiculturalism’s political and moral agenda.

Postmodernists recognize that people communicate and think through language—words. However, languages vary from culture to culture. Hence, postmodernists believe people interpret reality differently according to the words used in their respective cultures. And here’s where the perverse side of political correctness comes into play. If language determines how people think and communicate, if you want to change society, you change the language—the way people talk, the words they use. This, in turn, will eventually change the way they think and behave.

This is what multiculturalists try to accomplish under the guise of politically correct speech. Words, they realize, not only allow us to apprehend truth but can also modify or even create “truth.” So, changing the language can create a new reality. For example, if you want to change people’s negative views of abortion, you redefine a fetus. Instead of calling it an unborn baby, one calls it “product of conception” or “reproductive tissue.” The idea is that gradually, people will no longer think of a fetus as a human being but as a soulless piece of tissue. Similarly, if you want to change people’s views on homosexuality, you don’t call it”sin” or “abnormal behavior” but an “alternate lifestyle” (see part nine). The goal is for people to think of homosexuality in positive rather than negative terms.

This is political correctness undressed, and it demonstrates why we must oppose it despite its positive features. The agenda of political correctness, like multiculturalism, includes abolishing  Christian-based morals and principles that have successfully guided Western civilization for two millenniums. ©

Next Week:  I’ll begin a new series titled “Apologetic Rebuttal to 21st Century Religious and Secular Postmodernism”