Jeff Deist on PC and the State-Linguistic Complex
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As the events of recent weeks demonstrate beyond doubt, political correctness is very real, deeply authoritarian, and wedded at the hip to progressive government. PC is not about respect or inclusivity, but rather a naked attempt to consciously manipulate language in service of progressive ends. Worst of all, PC creates an atmosphere in which we mostly censor ourselves. When libertarians like Daniel McAdams and Scott Horton find themselves de-platformed by twitter, it’s time to see the “state-linguistic complex” for what it really is. Jeff Deist addresses the Federalist Society of Montgomery, Alabama, to make sense of it all.