This week I found two articles about political correctness relating to the religion of Islam.

One
article from mediamatters.org states that political correctness can kill people the other article
from ibtimes.com states that political correctness is simply being nice others. These ideals fall on
two sides of a wide spectrum and that states that political correctness can be helpful or just a way
to ignore major problems that can eventually lead to people getting hurt. Both of these articles
say that if your concerns are accurate there is no need to sugar coat your words to make them
less offensive but there are still lines that cannot be crossed.
In the first article from mediamatters.org, is an interview of a Fox New contributor Laura
Ingraham. Her and other reporters were discussing the terror attacks in Belgium. She says that
political correctness can kill. In her interview she is concerned about that so many people are
afraid of being called islamophobia that they are not willing to call out certain actions that seem
suspicious. She says that after the San Bernardino attacks the neighbors claimed that they had
noticed suspicious activity but did not report it because they were unsure of what was actually
going on. I think, are taking a moment to rethink how we approach just fundamental issues of
border control, controlling those who come to the United States on visas, understanding that
political correctness can sometimes kill. And when I say kill, sometimes people are afraid to say
something even if they see something(mediamatters.com) I think that a lot of people are indeed
worried about what is right and wrong to say when it comes to terrorism. I also feel that when it
comes to reporting suspicious activity, who decides what is suspicious? When it comes to
terrorism and Muslim influenced terrorism people are very quick to over generalize and
stereotype everything that Muslims do. So when it comes to being suspicious what is genuine
concern and what is just generalizing that is often stemmed from racism.
In the other article form ibtime.com also called International Business Times it discusses the
Republican debate between Donald Trump and Marco Rubio. Donald Trump says that his goal is
not to be politically correct because he wants to get his point across a quickly as possible. You
can be politically correct if you want. I dont want to be so politically correct. I like to solve
problems, (ibtimes.com). When asked about his statement that all Muslims hate America, he
said not all Muslims hate America but the majority do. He wants to be tough on Muslim
influenced terrorism and put a stop to it completely. He says that the time wasted on being
politically correct could be put to stop terrorism. His opponent lil Marco says that he does not
care about being politically correct just correct. The conservative senator stood by his more
inclusive approach to fighting radical Islam, saying Trump's hateful comments would injure
American interests by alienating Muslims overseas. Rubio said the United States must work
closely with Muslim nations, like Jordan, in order to defeat the Islamic State group, also known
as ISIS or ISIL( Ibtimes.com). He says that Donalds accusations are false and that there are
more Muslim people that love democracy and freedom than there are Muslims out to destroy
America.
It seems that right now many more people agree with ideologies of people from Laura and
Donald. It is often said that the reason Donald Trump is so popular is because he says what
people are thinking. His thoughts represent the ideas of people who want a quick fix to terrorism

and other issues that seem to be suppressed by political correctness. I am interested to see how
this debate continues to play out because it seems to have no end in sight.