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SpokenTruth said:

State censorship and politcal correctness are not the same thing.  At all. 

Censorship is the eradication of all discussion about a topic.  Political correcteness is the framing of the discussion to be inclusive without marginalizing others within it.  The former ceases all discussion.  The latter frames the discussion.

I sincerely hope you do not consider that to mean the same thing.

It's just a matter of degree.  In soviet society you got a bullet in your head for discussing topics that are banned by those in power, while in western society you get censored on facebook, twitter, called a racist and accused of being as bad as Hitler even if you have never committed an actual crime.  Both of these things are supression of free speech: in one case force is being used by those in power to supress individuals while in the other lies or exaggeration of the truth is being used.  I agree that one is worse then the other but both of these things are wrong.

Just because somebody has concerns about terrorism doesn't necessarily make them racist.  Just because somebody holds a religious conviction that marriage belongs between a man and a woman doesn't mean they necessarily hate gay people.  Just because somebody believes that life starts at conception doesn't meand that they are sexist and don't care about women's rights.  Political correctness generalizes these people as being bad and when this language is adopted by the media it is a form of oppression.  These viewpoints have a right to exist, you don't have to agree with them or listen to them but it is wrong to characterize them as hateful and censor them without looking at each individual case or trying to understand the intent.