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Political Correctness: The Scourge of Our Times

Agustin Blazquez with the collaboration of Jaums Sutton

Does anyone know the origins of Political Correctness? Who originally developed it and what was its
purpose?
I looked it up. It was developed at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, Germany, which was
founded in 1923 and came to be known as the "Frankfurt School." It was a group of thinkers who
pulled together to find a solution to the biggest problem facing the implementers of communism in
Russia.
The problem? Why wasn't communism spreading?
Their answer? Because Western Civilization was in its way.
What was the problem with Western Civilization? Its belief in the individual, that an individual could
develop valid ideas. At the root of communism was the theory that all valid ideas come from the effect
of the social group of the masses. The individual is nothing.
And they believed that the only way for communism to advance was to help (or force, if necessary)
Western Civilization to destroy itself. How to do that? Undermine its foundations by chipping away at
the rights of those annoying individuals.
One way to do that? Change their speech and thought patterns by spreading the idea that vocalizing
your beliefs is disrespectful to others and must be avoided to make up for past inequities and injustices.
And call it something that sounds positive: "Political Correctness."
Inspired by the brand new communist technique, Mao, in the 1930s, wrote an article on the "correct"
handling of contradictions among the people. "Sensitive training" – sound familiar? – and speech codes
were born.
In 1935, after Hitler came to power, the Frankfurt School moved to New York City, where they
continued their work by translating Marxism from economic to cultural terms using Sigmund Freud's
psychological conditioning mechanisms to get Americans to buy into Political Correctness. In 1941,
they moved to California to spread their wings.
But Political Correctness remains just what it was intended to be: a sophisticated and dangerous form
of censorship and oppression, imposed upon the citizenry with the ultimate goal of manipulating,
brainwashing and destroying our society.
PC Cuba
My first conscious exposure to Political Correctness was in 1959 – the first year of Castro's revolution
in Cuba – while attending an indoctrination session at a neighborhood elementary school in Havana.
There I learned for the first time of the claimed superiority of life in the Soviet Union vs. the U.S.
There I also learned that the word "compañero" (filtered version of the communist "comrade" – Fidel
was denying his communist preferences) was the correct way to refer to the other members of the new
Cuban society-in-the-making.
Mr., Mrs. and Miss were no longer acceptable, and their further use could reveal that you were not a
Fidelista. Since repression and violations of human rights came roaring in right behind Castro's sweep
down from the mountains in 1959, objection or rejection of Fidel Castro's revolution would (and still
will) land you in a lot of trouble. You could easily lose your life in those summary executions at La
Cabaña prison under the direction of Che Guevara.
But don't worry about Che. Che was later transformed and cleansed by the masters of Political
Correctness. His likeness became a revered icon of the far left, with T-shirts and posters still adorning
the campuses of America.
The same techniques were used to cleanse one of today's "heroes," Mumia Abu-Jamal (even if he was
convicted, by overwhelming evidence, of killing a cop).
And under the pervasive guidance of Political Correctness that took hold from elementary school to
university, from the media to the arts, from the country fields to factories and offices, Cubans learned to
say what it was safe to say. Always in line with the overpowering state. Always following the dictums
of the only political party left: the Communist Party.
The self-censorship resulting from Political Correctness easily trampled freedom of speech. Political
Correctness has succeeded in Cuba by creating a uniform political discourse that has lasted for 43
years.
Political Correctness has given the state (Castro) complete control of speech. That is the main reason
why the U.S. media cannot extract the truth of what Cubans really feel when they interview regular
citizens and deceptively present their comments as valid to the American public.
The same was true in the former Soviet Union and the former satellite countries. The same continues in
the remaining communist world.
It's nothing new. The U.S. media must know that, so why don't they openly report that fact instead of
misleading the public? Perhaps that is the reason why the American people are so uneducated about the
Cuban tragedy and acted regrettably during the Elian Gonzalez affair.
The PC U.S.
With profound dismay, I have seen how the scourge of Political Correctness has taken hold in the U.S.
It is very well entrenched in our educational system, at scientific, religious and community levels, the
media, the workplace and even our government.
It is changing the American society from within, and the citizens of this nation are increasingly
censoring themselves and losing their freedom of speech out of fear of Political Correctness repression.
It is the nature of Western Civilization to be civilized – respectful of others and concerned with
correcting injustices. We don't need Political Correctness to make us think we are not civilized on our
own and must have our thoughts and words restricted.
In December 2001, in Kensington, Md., an annual firefighters Santa Claus festivity to light the
Christmas tree was objected to by two families. The city council, in the name of Political Correctness,
voted to ban Santa from the parade. Fortunately, due to citizen outcry, the decision was reversed in the
end and many people protested by dressing up as Santa.
Logically and respectfully, how can one person's benign icon be objectionable to the point of
banishment? Offer to add other people's icons. Make it a broader celebration. That's the Perfectly
Correct American way.
The rulers of Political Correctness reach absurd levels when they refer to the betrayal of America by
the spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg – executed in 1953 – as "non-traditional patriotism"!
We see shameful situations created in our schools and universities in America that have fallen prey to
Political Correctness. Some professors, students and publications are being attacked for expressing a
point of view that differs from that imposed by a fanatical far left, under the guise of Political
Correctness.
In schools and workplaces we see that "diversity" has degenerated into reverse discrimination, where
often the less qualified are admitted and the incompetent cannot be fired. We have seen characters like
Rev. Jesse Jackson shamelessly blackmailing and threatening to boycott entire corporations if they
don't hire those selected by him or simply make "donations" to his organizations.
The Double Standard Emerges
Our Constitution requires the separation of church and state, which has always discouraged our public
education system from teaching religion. However, in December 2001, while Christmas cards, symbols
and decorations were being objected to for the first time in American public schools in Georgia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Oregon, in an elementary school in Texas, a
girl was allowed to give to her classmates an overview and show a video about her Muslim religion.
And in January 2002, a public middle school in San Luis Obispo, Calif., had its students pretend to be
warriors fighting for Islam. Another school near Oakland, Calif., also encouraged 125 seventh-grade
students to dress up in Muslim robes for a three-week course on Islam.
This arbitrary double standard was applied in the name of Political Correctness following the Sept. 11,
2001, attacks.
According to Ellen Sorokin's "No Founding Fathers?" published by the Washington Times on its front
page on Jan. 28, 2002, even our Founding Fathers have fallen victim to the travesty. The article says of
the New Jersey Department of Education's history standards,
"The latest revisions to the state standards have disappointed educators across the country, who said the
board's exclusion of the Founding Fathers' names is 'Political Correctness to the nth degree.' "
Sorokin points out that "the standards specifically note that students should identify slavery, the
Holocaust and modern Iraq as examples in which 'people have behaved in cruel and inhumane ways.' "
Conveniently, communism is absent from that short list.
In another article by Sorokin, published by the Washington Times on March 10, "Report Blames Anti-
Americanism on College Teachers," she presents two examples of upcoming courses for next spring
and fall. They are " 'The Sexuality of Terrorism' at University of California at Hayward; and 'Terrorism
and the Politics of Knowledge' at UCLA, a class that, according to its course description, examines
'America's record of imperialistic adventurism.' "
Recently, a historic photograph of the New York firefighters raising the American flag over the ruins of
the World Trade Center was going to be made into a sculpture as a memorial.
But history's revisionists used Political Correctness to dictate that other minority faces replace some of
the faces in the historical photograph! Fortunately, in the end that didn't fly either, due to the outcry of
firefighters and the public.
The Goal of the PC Dictators
For people with the background and firsthand experience of living inside a totalitarian communist
society, the tilt and goal of the dictators of Political Correctness in America are obvious.
The beneficiaries in the end will be the fanatic believers in the totalitarian state, who, in spite of the
dismal failure of communism and the 100 million people exterminated pursuing that criminal system,
have not given up.
Political and religious fanatics, as demonstrated by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the subsequent war
in Afghanistan, are extremely dangerous in today's world.
All citizens who cherish liberty must reject the scourge of Political Correctness. Freedom of speech
must be preserved in America if we are to continue to be free.
Let's say it: Castro is not a 'president,' as the U.S. media's Political Correctness calls him. Castro has
not been democratically elected to anything in Cuba. The correct word to define him is 'tyrant.' He is
not just a 'leader,' as the U.S. media also calls him. He is more of a criminal Mafioso-type character.
Why criminal? Because he has caused the deaths of more than 100,000 Cubans. Thousands have died
through his support of guerrillas in Central and South America. Thousands of blacks were killed by
Castro's soldiers in Africa. Castro in the 1980s introduced the use of bacteriological weapons to kill
blacks in Angola.
How many thousands have died in America as a result of his drug trafficking into the U.S.? How many
thousands have died all over the world due to terrorists trained in Castro's Cuba?
Former Soviet colonel Ken Alibek, who defected to America, was once in charge of the Soviet Union's
production of biological weapons. In Alibek's 1999 book, "Biohazard," he revealed that with the help of
the Soviet Union, in the 1980s Cuba created laboratories to produce chemical and bacteriological
weapons of mass destruction – just 90 miles from U.S. shores.
The information about Castro's involvement with bacteriological weapons also comes from various
independent sources. We must not forget either that Cuba is on the U.S. State Department's list of
terrorist nations.
Why Mafioso? Well, Castro is like an untouchable godfather, surrounded by bodyguards and thugs and
a private army of about 40,000 soldiers for his personal protection (roughly the size of the entire army
of Cuba prior to 1959).
He stole foreign and national properties in Cuba. He has become one of the richest men in the world,
according to Forbes magazine. He has created a despotic and corrupt elite to exploit the Cuban people
and keep himself in power. He has made the Cuban people hostages and slaves of his corrupt regime.
The U.S. media do not call Al Capone "the former leader" of the Italian Mafia. Why the double
standard with Fidel and other far-left regimes? The answer can be traced to where the sympathies lie –
with the elite dictating Political Correctness in America.
It's one thing is to be educated, considerate, polite and have good manners, and another to be forced to
self-censor and say things that are totally incorrect in order to comply with the arbitrary dictums of a
deceiving and fanatical far-left agenda.
Let's preserve our freedom and say NO to the scourge of Political Correctness.
© 2002 ABIP
Agustin Blazquez is producer/director of the documentaries "Covering Cuba," Covering Cuba 2: The
New Generation," and the upcoming Covering Cuba 3: Elian," and author with Carlos Wotzkow of the
book "Covering and Discovering."

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