Donald Trump's bet against political correctness - Irish Examiner
Donald Trump’s success in the polls has stunned many who consider him “an unelectable boor and narcissist,” as The Economist put it. Why do people appear willing to vote for him — do they actually agree with the bigoted rubbish he spouts. “I’ve been challenged by so many people, and I don’t frankly have time for total political correctness,” he told Megyn Kelly, one of the moderators of the Fox News Republican presidential primary debate. Europe has made space for political mavericks by embracing multiparty coalitions. If Trump were Swedish or Polish, he’d set up a party, win 10% of the national vote and perhaps become a junior partner in a ruling coalition that would also include some of his rivals. Here’s how Yale University’s Stephen Morris defined political correctness: “Because certain statements will lead listeners to make adverse inferences about the type of the speaker, speakers have an incentive to alter what they say to avoid that... Even people outside of politics can be stigmatised for seemingly innocuous acts: Witness the blitzkrieg against British scientist Matt Taylor, who helped land a spaceship on a comet but announced his success while wearing a shirt printed with... For a candidate, political correctness —. Source: www.irishexaminer.com
