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Nope. Freedom of speech is a very specific and well-defined thing that says "the government won't persecute you for voicing your opinion." If you say something, sound like a bigoted ass, and everyone around you treats you like an asshole, that's OK.

Modern day McCarthyism

Sure does.

How about we just throw PC out the window and go back to using common decency while speaking the honest truth. PC drives me crazy!!!

It's extremely annoying.

Political correctness limits honesty and truth.

no. the government won't break down your door and arrest you for being un-PC. freedom of speech doesn't protect you from the consequences imposed by the citizenry. you can say whatever you want, but don't expect people ignore asshattery

Of course not. No one "has to be" politically correct. Therefore, the concept cannot limit freedom of speech

Yes, I resent the fact that I have to be careful to say something in case it might offend someone, and if I offend them I get sued, fired, or deemed a racist

Down right annoying. Now the college that does a charity fundraiser where the guys dress in hula skirt and coconut bra. Said it offended the natives in Hawaii.

I don't mind a little pc but when it interferes with trying to communicate a thought, it's gone too far.

Yes, especially since there is a movement to sue and/or prosecute certain politically incorrect speech deemed as a "hate crime".

No, PC isn't coercive therefore your right to free speech is preserved

Political correctness is a choice so no it does not, in and of itself, limit freedom of speech. Being respectful is also a choice so it does not limit freedom of speech either.

Being respectful limits freedom of speech. True or false?