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Don't think anyone could have said it better Elphaba. The problem these days lies not with political correctness, but with a lack of accountability and self-reliance on an individual level. We have a society that will stand by and tell a man or woman day in and day out that no matter what they do, no matter how hard they try, they'll likely never achieve what they set their minds to; the odds of them becoming rich are famous are almost absolutely nil. That same society will then turn around and reward, laud, praise, and adore those very individuals that paid them no heed in the first place.

Grab an issue. Any issue. One that is a highly stratified, extremely emotional issue. Doesn't matter. On some level, this issue comes down to one thing. Personal choice. A person will have to make a choice. Whether it be abortion, racism, world hunger, AIDS, STDs, gay marriage, human rights, whatever. On each level of the issue, a person will have to make a choice. Someone may live or die because of that choice, but the choice remains to be made. That's not the problem. The problem lies after the choice is made. Does the person who made that choice stand behind it? Do they accept the consequences of it? Do they try to hide their involvement? Do they stand with their head held high proclaiming what they've decided?

More than likely, that individual will claim that they did in fact not have a choice, but rather were forced into their decision by economic factors, race factors, constituents, public opinion, religion, geographic background, socio-economic background, or any of a hundred other things they can force that responsibility off on.

People are scared to acknowledge responsibility, to take accountability, and to accept consequences. Fact of life. Until this changes, PC isn't going away, it's growing stronger. PC will be the death of personal responsibility and strength of character.

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