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What Orwell would actually say about "political correctness run amok"

What Orwell would actually say about "political correctness run amok"

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Carl Beijer
Aug 02, 2014
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If George Orwell taught us one thing, it’s to be wary of “political correctness”. That’s one of the few aspects of his legacy that liberals and conservatives invariably agree upon, even if they disagree over who he was criticizing. (See: West, Krugman)

It seems to me, however, that we might have cause for suspicion when the two ruling ideologies of our a…

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