Patriotism is declining throughout the United States. A Wall Street Journal/NORC poll from this year found that only 38% say patriotism is very important to them. In 1998, that number was 70%.
A glance at the Guide suggests that the urge to get people to bite their tongues rather than use language which some may find “politically incorrect” has now crossed.
Last week we discussed Stanford University’s “Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative”, which has issued a list of words that people should avoid using ..
The university’s effort to remove racist, violent and biased language from its website morphed into a PR disaster. Other colleges’ initiatives have fared better perhaps because they are less transparent in their practices.