The Logic of Political Correctness: Avoiding a Word Means Avoiding the Truth

The Logic of Political Correctness: Avoiding a Word Means Avoiding the Truth
A health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine to a pregnant person at Clalit Health Services, in Israel's Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on Jan. 23, 2021. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images
Theodore Dalrymple
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The mills of political correctness grind exceeding fine, though unlike those of God or justice, they also grind rather fast. Nothing is too small or insignificant for them, nothing can hide from them for long.

Theodore Dalrymple
Theodore Dalrymple
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Theodore Dalrymple is a retired doctor. He is contributing editor of the City Journal of New York and the author of 30 books, including “Life at the Bottom.” His latest book is “Embargo and Other Stories.”
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