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Politically Incorrect (blog)

Politically Incorrect (blog) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Politically Incorrect (blog) rather than just read about it. In short: Politically Incorrect (commonly abbreviated PI) is a mainly German-language counter-jihad political blog which focuses on topics related to immigration, multiculturalism, and Islam in Germany and Western societies. A condensed version of the weblog is available in English.

Key takeaways

Politically Incorrect (blog) belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Politically Incorrect (blog) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Politically Incorrect (blog) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Politically Incorrect (commonly abbreviated PI) is a mainly German-language counter-jihad political blog which focuses on topics related to immigration, multiculturalism, and Islam in Germany and Western societies. A condensed version of the weblog is available in English. The blog is one of Germany's oldest far-right sites. Much of its content is Islamophobic. PI's self-declared goal is to bring news to a wider public attention which it perceives to be ignored or suppressed in what PI declared as "the mainstream media" due to a pervading "leftist political correctness". The site has no imprint or legal details; the editors and authors are disguised. According to Der Spiegel, as of April 2021, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutz) classifies PI as "verified as extremistic" („erwiesen extremistisch") and surveils PI-affiliated activists. The blog's local news bureau in Bavaria has been investigated by the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution.

History Politically Incorrect was founded in 2004, soon after the re-election of George W. Bush, by a German teacher named Stefan Herre "to do something against Anti-Americanism"; its popularity surged in the wake of the Muhammad cartoons controversy the following year. Herre participated in a 2007 international counter-jihad conference in Brussels, and has been on the board of advisors of Stop Islamization of Nations (SION). It is one of the most successful German blogs, receiving several tens of thousand visitors each day and ranking among the thousand biggest German websites in terms of traffic. The site ranked ninth in March 2013 among German blogs in terms of public resonance in virtual social networks. The blog is interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments within a certain time limit.

Reception

The blog has been widely criticized by German media for inciting Islamophobia and equating Islam as a whole with Islamic extremism. The blog's internet shop sells items with the slogan "Islamophobic and proud of it". Herre says his Islamophobia is without shame: "Phobia is fear, and I'm afraid of Islam." The SPD politician Sebastian Edathy, a spokesman for the party on interior affairs, views Politically Incorrect as a vehicle of right-wing populist agitation. It is not observed, however, by the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution which sees it as differing from right-wing extremism in its support of a democratic order and basic rights, as well as its pro-Israel stance. Even so, the Munich local group which cooperates with the German Freedom Party is monitored by the Bavarian branch of the office since April 2013.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Politically Incorrect (blog)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Politically Incorrect (blog) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Politically Incorrect (blog) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Politically Incorrect (blog) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Politically Incorrect (blog)

In research: Politically Incorrect (blog) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Politically Incorrect (blog) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Politically Incorrect (blog) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Anti-Islam sentiment in Germany, Anti-immigration politics in Germany, Blogs critical of Islam, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Politically Incorrect (blog) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Politically Incorrect (blog) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Politically Incorrect (blog) means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Politically Incorrect (blog) out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Politically Incorrect (blog) in simple terms?

Why does Politically Incorrect (blog) matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Politically Incorrect (blog)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Politically Incorrect (blog).