We live in a world that over the past 25 years or so has seen the move of political correctness take hold of the lexicon of communication to the point where some things that were at one time acceptable to say are now forbidden to even think.
The other day I wrote about an example of this in regards to the US Army deleting a tweet and changing the title of a story due to the use of the term, “Chinks in the armour.”
It stirred up a lot of debate on both sides of the story but most stated that the US Army was wrong in its move to change the terminology used.
Tonight on #CopChat we’ll talk about the effect that political correctness has occurred over time and how it impacts communication…many times, honest communication.
What happens when we say something wrong or that people don’t agree with? The answer nowadays is to vilify the person who said it and go into attack mode.
Has the truth been lost in this change or was it a needed and necessary change that has taken place over time and how does it relate to the communication efforts of police agencies and the communities they serve online.
