#331 - Michael Knowles - The Problem With Political Correctness

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Michael Knowles is a political commentator, podcaster, and an author. Ostensibly, political correctness is the right thing to do if you're a responsible human that is respectful of other people's emotions. Encouraging people to be mindful and precise of the words they use makes sense. But demanding for tolerance becomes undermined when the people doing the demanding are overbearing and intolerant. It’s like punching people in the name of peace. Something is obviously amiss... Expect to learn why people who respect free speech may need to restrict free speech, how political correctness lays a trap for everyone, whether Michael thinks we're closer to a Brave New World or 1984, his thoughts on Steven Crowder's situation and much more... Sponsors: Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and Free Shipping from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 3.0 at https://www.manscaped.com/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Buy Speechless - https://amzn.to/3vTcmxS Follow Michael on Twitter - https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show.
0:03.0	My guest today is Michael Knowles.
0:05.0	He's a political commentator, a podcaster and an author,
0:08.0	and we are talking about the problem with political correctness.
0:11.6	Ostensibly, political correctness is the right thing to do
0:15.1	if you're a responsible human that is respectful of other people's emotions.
0:19.2	Encouraging people to be mindful and precise of the words that they use makes sense.
0:23.6	But demanding for tolerance becomes undermined when the people doing the demanding
0:28.0	are overbearing and intolerant.
0:30.2	It's kind of like punching people in the name of peace.
0:33.8	So something is obviously a miss.
0:36.5	Today, expect to learn why people who respect free speech
0:40.4	may need to restrict free speech, how political correctness delays a trap for everyone else,
0:45.4	where the Michael thinks were closer to a brave new world on 1984,
0:49.2	his thoughts on Stephen Crowder's situation, and much more.
0:53.2	At the moment, political correctness and what is an appropriate use of language,
0:58.0	they're probably one of the most common news stories that you're seeing being pushed online.
1:02.2	And we need to cut through the mess that has been left by a lot of deconstruction.
1:08.8	I don't know if Michael's proposed solution is workable,
1:12.2	but it's definitely better than the current situation where both sides aren't speaking.
1:16.4	Free speech absolutists and free speech deconstructionists simply aren't getting anywhere,
1:21.4	and something needs to change if we're not going to just spin our wheels and stay in the same
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