Police Brutality is Different Than Political Correctness

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The difference between police brutality and political correctness is enormous (can you believe it!) because they are completely different phenomena that operate in different spheres of society.

🔵 Police brutality

• What is it? The use of excessive force by police, often against civilians.
• Where does it happen? In the physical world – on the streets, in detention centers, during arrests.
• Consequences: Injuries, deaths, human rights violations, protests, distrust in institutions.
• Examples: Beating an unarmed person, using tear gas against peaceful protesters.

Political correctness polices your words; police brutality polices your body.

🟣 Political correctness

• What is it? Use of language and behavior that avoids offending or excluding certain social groups.
• Where is it happening? In speech, the media, education, the Internet - that is, in the symbolic and communication sphere.
• Consequences: Seen as either a means of inclusivity or a restriction on free speech – depends on perspective.
• Examples: You say "disabled person" instead of "disabled", or "member of the Roma national minority" instead of offensive names.

🟥 In a nutshell

• Police brutality hurts the body.
• Political correctness provokes debates about language and the limits of free speech.

One is physical violence, the other is a social phenomenon related to language and norms. There aren't many similarities that the eye could see, except that both topics often provoke heated public reactions.