What the Politically Incorrect Movement Stands For

According to a recent Pew Research poll most Americans believe people are offended too easily: 78% of republicans, 68% of independents and 37% of Democrats.

It's polls like this and candidates like the politically-incorrect Donald Trump that seem to be giving a cultural movement momentum, if you've heard of individuals such as Milo Yianopoulos, Ben Shapiro or Steven Crowder you may be familiar with itbut what do supporters of the movement actually believe?

Here are five common beliefs that most people hold to within the movement:

1.) Freedom of Speech: The Politically Incorrect believe that Freedom of Speech matters--even if the message can be considered offensive and hateful. Exemptions are made for slander, threats of violence they say but there is a strong belief that a person should be able to expose any view in a public places with minimal exemptions. This is in contrast with the view held by a considerable number of millennials that Freedom of Speech should be restricted if it is deemed "hateful" and "triggers" an individual. Those who oppose this principal of Political Incorrectness argue that while on a college campus an individual can use a special Free Speech zone to say what they want to.


2.) There are only two genders: This is where the movement comes closest to Social Conservatism. There is strong support for the traditional view that a person is either male or female; that they cannot be both, without a gender or between the genders. There is also strong support against the idea that one can change their sex: that Caitlin Jenner is a women. The idea that transsexual thoughts are indications of a mental illness while not uncommon do not define the movement.


3.) Modern-day Feminism has lost its way: When Milo Yianpoulos said "Feminism is cancer" he wasn't saying men and women shouldn't be treated equally; he was talking about something else. Even though Feminism in the dictionary is defined as seeking equal treatment the Politically Incorrect argue that Western Feminism has become a movement of man-despising, fact ignoring, victim-hood and even female supremacy in many respects.


4.) Islam is bad: The majority of the Political Incorrect view Islam as a problem-ed religion which promotes violence and human rights abuses more than any other major faith. It is argued that while the majority of Muslims believe in promoting peace and human rights they believe these things in spite of Islamic teachings found in the Qu'ran and the Hadith.


5.) Facts trump feelings: The Politically Incorrect are more concerned about statistically provable data than the use of emotion to support a movement. For example when it is claimed that 1 in every 5 women will be sexually assaulted on American campuses and this is used to push for the abolishment of sexual assault they demand that the facts be laid out--not just made up numbers to support getting rid of moral evil. They argue that a problem should be solved based on facts not emotion; if the problem even exists.