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In the Word Police, my favorite quote that I chose to reflect upon was "In the case of the politically correct... it's purchased at the cost of freedom of expression and freedom of speech." I especially found this quote intriguing because the author references "freedom of expression" and "freedom of speech" as if they are tangible objects that "cost" something and can be "purchased". This allows the reader to understand the sense of trading one thing (freedom), for another (being politically correct).
Personally, the whole PC idea seems a little extreme to me. I'm not easily offended and take things very light-heartedly, so even the example of people asking "where are you really from?" after you've responded multiple times with "Troy. Troy Michigan.", I never really take these things to heart.
I do agree that people should think and speak respectfully, but it has come to the point where I feel as if I can't fully express my opinions without the fear of offending one person. It seems like everything and anything could be taken too literally and hated upon.
For instance, during the feminism/gender unit in this very class, during seminars, I felt like I couldn't explain my thoughts to their full extent because I thought I'd be attacked. I spent so much time trying to carefully choose my words so no one would be hurt.
Overall, I believe that being respectful is of course, very, very important. However, I think some people might be a bit too sensitive because most people, don't say things with the intention of hurting others. And honestly, I'm kinda scared to even post this so we'll see how this goes.

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  1. Isabella SmithApril 21, 2019 at 3:00 PM

    I really enjoyed reading this! I totally agree with what you thought about how on this unit I had to watch what I said so no one would be hurt or offended. I also agree with the over sensitive part you mentioned because I think sometimes people take things way out of context of what you mean.

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