The Words Within Me

Every day in today's society, we hear hateful speech from every corner of our lives. When we go to watch TV, it is inevitable to see a news reporter spewing biased facts toward a cause. Moreover, even when walking to the grocery shop, we hear hateful words coming out of people's mouth due to an argument that has reduced the betterment of those people's lives. The point is that every day we hear these horrid comments and we cannot help but feel sorrow for the people receiving them. What can we do? If we see someone on the side of the road getting yelled at and try to intervene to make the problem better, the result would only worsen as the angry person would lash out at us too. Although Michiko Kakutani infers in "The Word Police" that these tiny specs of hate should be left ignored because it loses sight of the bigger problems at hand, I see an alternative picture. For example, as she says that "calling the homeless the under housed doesn't give them a place to live", her point is that the feelings of others won't help impact society in any way so it is better to ignore them. Although homeless might not be too harsh because it has been the accepted term in society for many years, other words will have a great impact on people which will disrupt the cohesion in fixing society's bigger problems. If someone constantly harasses you with certain terms to criticize you because you are poor, they will affect you every day. This will impact your motivation to benefit society. Why would you help the same society that is putting you down and making life miserable? It is not one person that receives this treatment but thousands and maybe even millions. A portion so large that is questioning whether or not to help society will keep the big problems in the society at large. If people at least adopt some politically correct words that are actually needed, then it could help motivate the people who are doubtful toward society to realize that society is deserving of these changes.