In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When
people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious
lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they
lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies* is to
co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One's
standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of
emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political
correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to.
* for example,
- avoiding the conclusion that women should not serve with men on combat duty because they are unable to avoid being a hindrance and distraction, whose hostage value will always be greater to the enemy than "mere" men http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/sarah-sands/sarah-sands-only-the-capture-of-prince-harry-could-have-done-more-damage-442716.html
- causing offence by referring to someone's race is de facto racism that could lose you your position if not your job - Top Tory axed over Army race row - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6431005.stm
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