[i]part two...[/i]
Hegemony—This is part of a political theory based on the writings of an obscure Italian Marxist named Antonio Gramsci. It is based on the assumption (seldom stated as it is here) that average citizens are too stupid to know what’s for their own good, and that they will unthinkingly accept whatever they read or hear in the news. Thus, the people who control the news and other modes of cultural expression control the minds of the “masses” - the poor, the working class, minorities, and women - and thereby prevent them from starting a Revolution and destroying capitalism.
False Consciousness—A concept associated with the Marxist idea of “class consciousness,” or being true to your social class. It is the mental condition to which oppressed poor people, women and minorities fall victim whenever they are duped by the hegemony imposed by the DWEMs and start to think that American society isn’t such a bad thing after all. Essentially, false consciousness means being poor and not being a socialist or communist, being a woman and not being a radical feminist, or being a minority and not hating white people.
Rage—The most frequently expressed emotional condition experienced by politically correct people. Often heard as, “I am OUTRAGED by your . . . blah, blah, blah!!!”
Womyn—The politically correct way to spell “women.” It takes the “men” out of the picture.
People of Color—The politically correct term for ethnic minorities.
Consciousness Raising—The transformation of politically incorrect women and minorities into politically correct “womyn” and “people of color.” Look in Webster’s under “brainwashing.”
Eurocentrism—The belief that European-inspired ideas, fashions, culture and values are in many instances superior to those of other cultures. Naturally Europeans are Eurocentric, as well as are most Americans, Canadians, Australians, more and more Japanese, Indonesians, Chinese, citizens of former communist countries and just about anyone else who has come under the spell of that queer notion that Western liberal democracy has resulted in more freedom and more wealth for more people than any other social movement in the history of the world.
Deconstruction—A fashionable academic philosophy imported from France (hmmm, sounds kinda Eurocentric). The main idea seems to be that, since life is absurd, philosophy and literature professors should be absurd also. Deconstruction is very PC, because if everything is absurd or meaningless, then none of the DWEMs’ writings (Magna Charta, Declaration of Independence, etc.) makes any sense. If enough people will start to believe this, then the ideas of the Eurocentric DWEMs will no longer have any authority in the minds of oppressed womyn and people of color who are now controlled by the white male hegemony. Then the consciousness of the people will become raised to the level that they will become enraged enough to start the Revolution, and then there will be no more classism or oppression and everybody will be sensitive to diversity and multiculturalism, and then things will be really happy and neat.
Like it is in Cuba.
-- Comrade Z
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http://www.contumacy.org/14PoliticalCorrectness.html