[ExI] Political correctness consequences

[Giulio Prisco]

Thanks Mike for mentioning heterodoxacademy.org - I subscribed to
their Facebook and Twitter feeds and will follow their posts. I
totally agree with what you say.

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Michael LaTorra <mlatorra at gmail.com> wrote:
> Political Correctness is like the fable of "The Emperor's New Clothes" in
> reverse. In the fable, the con artists told the emperor and royal court that
> only the best, most refined people could actually see the non-existent
> clothes. The advocates of Political Correctness tell everyone that only
> racist, sexist, xenophobic, stupid, evil people could not see the validity
> of PC. The PC advocates claim that PC "is just being polite" and so on.
> Disagreeing with them can be bad for your reputation and career.
>
> Surveys of American universities show that faculties have moved much farther
> to the Left over the past 20+ years. And most faculty don't believe there is
> anything wrong with that, because only stupid, evil people could disagree
> with what most faculty believe. Right? This trend is most pronounced in
> humanities departments. (As a retired professor of English, I can attest to
> that.)
>
> Psychologist Jonathan Haidt (author of "The Righteous Mind") has banded
> together with other academics who believe that viewpoint diversity is at
> least as important as the racial and sexual diversity that PC social justice
> warriors focus on. Haidt et al have created the Heterodox Academy
> organization. Check out their website for many interesting articles.
>
> Heterodoxacademy.org
>
>
> On Jul 31, 2016 9:38 AM, "Giulio Prisco" <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The liberal "intellectual elites" should listen to this warning, and
>> try to revers ethe trend.
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 3:31 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > At the risk of starting up the Trump / Brexit arguments again, this
>> > article from a financial blog seems to risk saying what the PC media
>> > avoid.
>> > Note that this is from a professional investor who has to forecast
>> > fairly well in order to make money.
>> >
>> > <https://capitalistexploits.at/2016/07/trump-victory/>
>> >
>> > Why A Politically Correct West Ensures A Trump Victory
>> > In Global Trends by Chris MacIntosh   July 29, 2016
>> >
>> > Quotes:
>> >
>> > What we’re dealing with today is a crisis in political correctness.
>> >
>> > But the man on the street is no longer buying it. He’s not that
>> > stupid. He understands and sees with his own eyes, even if his rulers
>> > try to distract him.
>> >
>> > This is one reason that Brexit is taking place. A populace,
>> > increasingly distrustful of the establishment and horrified by the
>> > consequences of the actions already taken by the ruling class, look
>> > around them in search of someone who will say out loud what they
>> > whisper to each other behind closed doors.
>> >
>> > Brexit was a huge plus for Donald Trump. It provided legitimacy to the
>> > rhetoric of Trump’s campaign: “Don’t vote for the establishment
>> > (Hillary), vote for me.” “Let’s make America great again” speaks the
>> > same language that Nigel Farage was speaking. Importantly, Trump
>> > doesn’t pander to politically correct anything.
>> > -------------
>> >
>> > Like him or loath him, Nigel Farage provided an increasingly horrified
>> > citizenry with a crystal clear message which never tried to pander to
>> > political correctness. A populace under attack (because Europe is most
>> > certainly under attack) found a level of honesty in the Brexit
>> > campaign, which was sorely lacking with the “remain campaign” and they
>> > voted for it.
>> >
>> > When only right-wing demagogues are prepared to say what a politically
>> > correct establishment is unwilling to say, then it will be right-wing
>> > demagogues that are elected to power.
>> >
>> > Expect this trend to accelerate – first bringing Trump to power in the
>> > US and followed by massive changes in Europe, something I’ll cover
>> > next week, including what I think is the easiest short in history and
>> > how it is likely to play out.
>> > ------------
>> >
>> >
>> > BillK
>> >
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