3. How would you explain the deal with 'political correctness' to confused foreigne...

How would you explain the deal with 'political correctness' to confused foreigners who think we're uptight?

You can’t. Political correctness is just a symptom of a disease produced by over-coddling our people and telling the that all their problems are somebody else’s fault.

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Just to give a bit of context of what type of things we are talking about here in Europe.

Take a look at the picture in this newspaper article from Germany and I will translate a bit of the text it comes with.

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Headline: "Do not let them take away your fun"

Small headline underneath: "Nigger bodies on the pillory"

Text: "Withstanding the sympathie for coloureds who have to explain the Niggers to their children during carneval, we still shouldn't blow things out of proportion [...], today it is the Nigger heads [who face criticism], tomorrow the Winnetous, Frau Antjes or Hula Girls. To everyone who do not understand or love our carnival: Leave us the fun[...]." And so on and on.

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I personally like Carnival, but I have to say I cringe inside whenever I see people like this. You can call it political correctness, I personally think it is racism.

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