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The Don Cherry Affair and Political Correctness

The Don Cherry Affair and Political Correctness
Don Cherry in a file photo. (The Canadian Press/Chris Young
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The brouhaha over Don Cherry that has been consuming the news cycle is reflective of a few insidious ailments currently plaguing society.

One is that political correctness has run rampant to the point where every syllable spoken has to be approved by a self-appointed group of moral paragons. Another is, as one can see from the reaction to Cherry’s firing and subsequent commentary, that there remains a divide between how the average Canadian sees their country and how the cultural elite would like to define it for everyone.