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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Conservatives policed public speech and behaviour to enforce morality. Now anyone defying social norms is more likely to be denounced and shamed by the left.
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Nah, the right is still just as active in that business.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poste...=.c60fabc531cd
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But conservatives have their own, nationalist version of PC, their own set of rules regulating speech, behavior and acceptable opinions. I call it “patriotic correctness.” It’s a full-throated, un-nuanced, uncompromising defense of American nationalism, history and cherry-picked ideals. Central to its thesis is the belief that nothing in America can’t be fixed by more patriotism enforced by public shaming, boycotts and policies to cut out foreign and non-American influences.
Insufficient displays of patriotism among the patriotically correct can result in exclusion from public life and ruined careers. It also restricts honest criticism of failed public policies, diverting blame for things like the war in Iraq to those Americans who didn’t support the war effort enough.
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