Political correctness is a way to be diplomatic in public situations. In an all-too-sensitive society with racial turmoil around every corner, it makes me wonder why everyone has to be so polite?

Sometimes, it could also just be a way to not appear to be an inconsiderate person. Whichever of the two reasons, it can be understandable. However, when there is an individual that sees nothing outside the spectrum of political correctness, it can be irksome.

With the Internet people have the ability to voice their opinions – no matter how odious – to everyone on the web. Certain Internet activists have tried to push their brand of political correctness. One such activist was Suey Park who started #cancelcolbert when the Colbert Report Twitter account tweeted a joke that she perceived to be racist against Asians. The joke was taken heavily out of context and within minutes, a sizable amount of activists were tweeting #cancelcolbert.

How a comedy show can be subjected to the same standards of political correctness, especially when it is a crude news satire, is puzzling.

Recently, the University of New Hampshire told students outright to avoid using the word American and the phrase “I am American.” It only get more idiotic, they also said the phrase “America is the land of opportunity” is somehow, someway offensive. The reason they gave is that “North Americans often use ‘American’ which usually, depending on the context, fails to recognize South America.”

Apparently, it is considered offensive to be patriotic in your own country now. Good job New Hampshire University.

Comedians even seem to be getting loathsome of political correctness as well. Jerry Seinfeld even spoke out against it, saying that college kids in particular “just want to use these words: ‘That’s racist;’ ‘that’s sexist;’ that’s prejudice.”

Seinfeld also believes that they do not know what they are talking about when they throw around those phrases.

Truth be told, political correctness may be a good way to avoid offending someone, albeit when the evidential want or need to be as non-offensive as possible to the point of telling others to not use the word “American” in the United States of America, it loses effect and becomes a joke. People are going to be offended either way. With about seven billion different perspectives in this world, it is virtually impossible to not offend anyone.