We live today in a world where our daily lives are dictated by political correctness. People at work, at school, on the street and sometimes even in their own homes, have to worry about every word they say, as it could be misinterpreted by someone as offensive or discriminatory. When writing an email at work, you need to meticulously review its contents. If you don't do this, you risk corrective action from your employer, termination, or possibly a discrimination lawsuit. Political correctness has gone too far in some people's minds. Almost every phrase or word can be interpreted the wrong way by people nowadays. Political correctness almost goes against the First Amendment on free speech. Why would anyone look at someone else and ask if it's okay to say what you want to say? We are a free people. Nobody decides what is right to say. The European socialist can control the language, but here we have a Constitution with the Bill of Rights that protects our freedom of speech, but we have no right not to be offended. You shouldn't be afraid of offending someone with your speech because of what others will say (Brady, National World). What may offend one may be complementary to another. First, political correctness is based on the assumption that discrimination and prejudice exist within society. Of course the goal of being politically correct is to influence communication in a positive way. It's to prevent arguments and people from getting offended. What we're not trying to achieve is some kind of polite utopia: it would be a boring, sad place to live. I believe people should use more concrete words when communicating with each other. In this way, others... middle of paper... is said and of course, it depends on the situation. I've decided that being completely politically correct is almost an impossible task. I imagine that with the rapid changes in acceptable terminology, before we know it, schools will be required to teach lessons on political correctness. People don't like social labels, but they also want to be labeled correctly. People want to be distinct individuals and distinctly grouped with others. The boundaries of political correctness are difficult to determine. A person's perception of an action or statement is enough for it to be interpreted as offensive. I hope that a person in this world can relax, have fun, not worry and be happy. But you can't relax when you have to worry about political correctness and its consequences every time you act, speak and write with every word.