The Pros And Cons Of Political Correctness

The article "The Pros And Cons of Political Correctness" found in The Onion is found to be incredibly satirical. With its use of both trivializing and exaggerating the concept of being "politically correct". The term political correctness they use is usually defined by the layman of avoiding words that are deemed "offensive" and regressive. This obviously develops a strong sense of controversy between those with the progressive mindset and that of the conservative or liberal.

The first and foremost method of their satirical writing is the exaggeration of certain issues. For example for the "pros" section of political correctness, "has the word correct in it" was used. In this case not only does it exaggerates the issue but also hints

at the potential fact that supporters of political correctness merely like the appearance of a society where these words are not used. The writer also uses the reference of the Redskin's team name being challenged for being deemed "offensive." This also shows the idea that the writer is disinterested in social progress and is more enthralled with the comedic aspects of what the progressive mindset has deemed racism.

Another noteworthy method is the acknowledgement of crazy and unlikely events that are sparked from what the politically incorrect and deemed racist thoughts from the alternate extreme mindset. They used sarcastic cons such as "Jews are really conspiring to destroy america" as a way of sarcastically pointing out the extreme thought of racism and prejudice. This is satirical in that this is a rash and irrational course of thinking that very few people here in America actually hold. This criticizes the progressive viewpoint that so many people are actually prejudiced, despite the truth not being the case.

this Onion article is heavily critical on exaggeration and its use of emphasizing the irrational thoughts both sides have. This allows them to show the rash course of thought that you would have to have to side with political correctness. This article is a very good example of satire in its finest form. Its a very laid back way of showing the extremism from both perspectives, mostly on that of political correctness.