Politically incorrect


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Describing oneself as '''politically incorrect''' is on nearly ''every'' occasion an admission on the part of the speaker that the audience is about to be sold a line of [[Willful ignorance|ignorant]] [[bullshit]].  

==Code phrase==
"Politically incorrect" is often a [[code word|code-phrase]], often used by [[bigot]]s when describing their ideas, which roughly translates as "now ''this'' will offend the imaginary [[liberal]]s in my brain." Labelling one's self as "politically incorrect" is one of the easiest means by which to [[Conservative correctness|rebrand]] your own intolerance, [[racism]], or [[homophobia]] as a fight against [[Small government|Big Government]] Intervention. This is done all the time by people who are fundamentally against any kind of [[equal rights]]. Their basic claim is that they ''must'' be right because people who think [[women]] are equal or that [[Gay marriage|gay men should be allowed to marry]] too are "just being politically correct" about it. 

If you are going to use "politically incorrect" humor, remember that the best humor is thoughtful humor that [[George Carlin|challenges]] [[Fun:Monty Python|the]] [[Bill Hicks|power]] [[Bill Maher|structure]] rather than [[Victoria Jackson|predictably]] [[Steven Crowder|ridiculing the]] [[Brad Stine|less fortunate]].<ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/04/where-are-all-right-wing-stand-ups Where are all the right-wing stand-ups?]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8yV8xUorQ8 George Carlin's Thoughts on Andrew Dice Clay]</ref>

At least initially, users of the term insisted that the opposite term "politically correct" was in active use and they were satirizing it.  In fact "politically correct" has always had a pejorative meaning in the western world and was brought into English use by moderate liberals to frame the speech of the more extreme members of their wing.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/political-correctness Encyclopedia Britannica - political correctness]</ref>

==Politically (and factually) incorrect science==
For whatever reason, "PC" has attached itself to various [[science]] produced by "[[liberal academia]]". For example, the "journalist" [[Tom Bethell]] claims to deliver politically incorrect truths about "PC science" to the masses. This "PC science" apparently includes [[evolution]], [[global warming]], [[AIDS]] epidemics, the [[theory of relativity]], and much, much more! [[Satoshi Kanazawa]], an advocate for pop [[evolutionary psychology]] that acts as a [[rationalization]] for [[bigotry]], has asserted: "[[naturalistic fallacy|human nature is simply not politically correct]]."<ref>Miller, Allen, and Kanazawa, Satoshi. "[http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200706/ten-politically-incorrect-truths-about-human-nature Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature]." ''Psychology Today'': July 1, 2007.</reF>

==Bill Maher's show==
It was also the name of [[Bill Maher]]'s television show from the late-'90s, born on Comedy Central and later picked up by ABC. It was cancelled when he argued that the [[9/11]] hijackers were not actually "cowards".

==Politically Incorrect Guides==
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The [[conservative]] Regnery Publishing prints a series of books called the '''''Politically Incorrect Guides''''' or '''''P.I.Gs''''', which are largely written by [[wingnut]]s living in an alternate universe.

==See also==
*[[Appeal to emotion]]
*[[Political correctness]]
*[[Conservative correctness]]

==References==
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