John Cleese: Political Correctness Will Lead To An Orwellian Nightmare

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John Cleese: Political Correctness Will Lead To An Orwellian Nightmare
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/01/2016 20:40 -0500

John Cleese says political correctness has gone too far, especially on America's college campuses, where he will no longer go to perform. As BigThink reports, the very essence of his trade — comedy — is criticism and that not infrequently means hurt feelings. But protecting everyone from negative emotion all the time is not only impractical (one can't control the feelings of another), but also improper in a free society.
Cleese, having worked with psychiatrist Robin Skynner, says there may even be something more sinister behind the insistence to be always be politically correct.
"If you start to say we mustn't, we mustn't criticize or offend them then humor is gone. With humor goes a sense of proportion. And then as far as I'm concerned you're living in 1984."
Follow this link for 157 seconds of Python-esque reality from Mr Cleese on just how silly all this PC-ness really is...
John Cleese: Political Correctness Will Lead To An Orwellian Nightmare

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Excellent post. One could either conclude that young people are simply inexperienced and unable to see the consequences of their actions. Or one could conclude that they are willingly enabling the powers that be that want to bring about 1984. After all, 1984 is a happy place where there are no worries, right?

Marcy