“Progressives have unleashed a war on thought, and since speech governs thought, political correctness is being used to change the way we speak and even the meaning of our words,” Thor argued.
Bestselling author Brad Thor on Thursday warned that America faces many threats, but if we continue cowering to the laws of political correctness it will be “the death of us.”
“[Progressives have] chosen a clever path — wordplay and bullying,” Thor said while guest hosting The Glenn Beck Program. “Here’s how it works: Progressives lay out an unconstitutional idea — let’s say amnesty, for example. They give it a flowery name like ‘dreamers.’ Now the trap is set.”
Thor said anyone who disagrees is “publicly chastised, mocked, ridiculed as a paranoid racist who wants to crush the dreams of poor minority immigrants.”
“Progressives have unleashed a war on thought, and since speech governs thought, political correctness is being used to change the way we speak and even the meaning of our words,” Thor argued. “Don’t believe in same-sex marriage? You’re a homophobe. … How about not believing in the redistribution of wealth? You obviously hate poor people. How about amnesty; do you believe in that? No? Well you obviously hate Mexicans.”
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