Political correctness effects

Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to.

-- Theodore Dalrymple, Our Culture, What's Left of It  (2005)

self-righteous left

I never thought I’d live to see the day when the right wing would become the cool ones giving the middle finger to the establishment, and the left wing becoming the sniveling self-righteous twatty ones going around shaming everyone.  

-- John Lydon

Temples of Syrinx

We’ve taken care of everything:
the words you read, the songs you sing,
the pictures that give pleasure to your eye.

One for all and all for one.
Work together, common sons.
Never need to wonder how or why.

-- Neil Peart (Rush) 1976

girl on a motorbike

Too many folk in the middle lane don't want to swerve against the rails.
Apathy balanced with disdain;  dogs chasing their own tails.
-- Adam Franklin (Swervedriver) 1993