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If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that political correctness has gone too far. A new study from the international organization More in Common showed a whopping 80% of people think that “political correctness is a problem.”

The study focuses on the U.S., but I’d wager the numbers are similar in Canada.

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Every day there are stories in the news about social media mobs going after someone for saying the wrong thing, or demanding that someone lose their job or their platform for saying things that other people don’t like.

This has a chilling impact on freedom of speech. It impedes on our ability to think, to discuss new ideas, to work through problems, to rightfully criticize things we don’t like, and to try to make our society a better place.

I’ll give you two recent examples of political correctness run amok.

I heard on the radio the other day an activist encouraging listeners not to use the term “homeless” – which she thought was derogatory and unkind. Instead, this activist urged the audience to call homeless people our “outdoor neighbours.”

Another example was less amusing. Scott Kelly, an esteemed astronaut and retired U.S. Navy captain took to Twitter to encourage Americans to come together and stop gloating over partisan victories.

He quoted the great Sir Winston Churchill, saying “in victory, magnanimity.”

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The “woke” social justice warriors were having none of it, and Kelly became the target of an anti-free speech assault. Apparently, Churchill is no longer couth on the radical Left.

Kelly capitulated to the mob and posted the following statement. “Did not mean to offend by quoting Churchill. My apologies. I will go and educate myself further on his atrocities, racist views which I do not support.”