"Today most of us are starched up stiff in the high, white collar of political correctness. What is deemed politically correct is as likely to enslave us as our prejudices. ... We are not all alike, but we are no longer permitted to celebrate our differences.

"Political correctness functions to silence us. It eliminates our right to ponder the issues important to our lives and to think for ourselves. In an allegedly free society it has become society's censor. ...

"Political correctness is the hollow voice of power exhorting the slaves to let the master think for them. It is often no more than the dictates of a group of self-appointed censors foisting their doctrine on us."

--- Gerry Spence, from his book "Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom".

And therein lies the problem we have today; honest opinions are not tolerated, nor respected. Political correctness is not the same as criticism; one should be able to criticize without political correctness getting in the way.

Robert Ringer writes, "Being a member of the all-volunteer political-correctness police should be beneath you. Individualism and political correctness are mutually exclusive objectives."

"Because a true individualist keeps an open mind when it comes to knowledge."