George Orwell anticipates politically correct speech codes

Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?  In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.

~ George Orwell, 1984

Unknown on offensive speech

If you are easily offended, you’re easily manipulated.

~ unknown

Walter Williams on offensives sports team names

Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune wrote, “Now that Washington’s NFL team has announced its ‘retirement’ of the racial slur that has been its brand name since 1933, I am tempted to gloat a little.” In response to Page’s article, there is an email making the internet rounds that raises naming issues. What about the Kansas City Chiefs, the Atlanta Braves and the Cleveland Indians? 

The New York Yankees might offend Southerners because there is no team named for the Confederacy, Some people, particularly Catholics, might be offended by or deem it sacrilegious to have sports teams named the New Orleans Saints, the Los Angeles Angels or the San Diego Padres. Then what about team names that glorify savage barbarians and criminals who raped and pillaged such as Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Pittsburgh Pirates? The New York Giants and the San Francisco Giants might be promoting obesity and the Milwaukee Brewers promoting alcoholism.

~ Walter Williams, "The Leftist Effort to Rewrite History," LewRockwell.com, August 5, 2020

Milo Yiannopoulos defines hate speech

Hate speech seems to mean anything that a liberal doesn't like, or a fact that a liberal can't rebut, or an opinion or a joke that a liberal finds offensive, but can't fight on the merits.

~ Milo Yiannopoulos, "'Dangerous' Milo Yiannopoulos tells all," (8:20-8:31 mark), YouTube, July 12, 2017

Jordan Peterson on the right to offend

You're going to come out on stage and you're going to say something important about something vital, and you're not going to offend one person in a thousand?  Well, you can't say anything about anything important ever without offending, probably with the person you're talking to.  Important speech about important issues, especially contentious issues, is instantly offensive.

~ Jordan Peterson, "Free Speech and the Right to Offend, 0:23-0:44 mark, YouTube, March 14, 2018