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Why Disagreeing or Challenging an Idea is Not “Incivility”

Posted by on February 13, 2011

The latest politically-correct buzzword of the day, incivility, sounds good on the surface.  After all, who could be against a more “civil” society? The Resurrection of “Civility” and the Push for Kumbaya The problem is that the issue has been pushed to the forefront in a political context.  The buzz started with the Obama Administration […]

School Safety Quotes: On Political Correctness

Posted by on July 25, 2010

“What is popular is not always right. What is right is not always popular.” Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, this sign was posted in my offices and/or at my desk when I worked in school safety departments.  It reflected my rather well known “political incorrectness” in speaking my mind and speaking the […]