Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe LONDON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- A new booklet in Britain reportedly blames the political correctness culture for tragedies such as the July 7 London terror attacks and the spread of HIV. The author, Anthony Browne, claimed that he was prevented from appearing on the radio to make the "factually correct" but "politically incorrect" statement that the increase in HIV is caused by immigration from Africa, reports The Independent. Advertisement "The result of that conspiracy of silence is the government follows a policy that does absolutely nothing to combat the growth of HIV," Browne was quoted as saying. He also was quoted as saying "political correctness" had "allowed the creation of alienated Muslim ghettoes which produce young men who commit mass murder against their fellow citizens." Browne said: "Political correctness is literally killing people. If someone is poor because they are lazy, ill-disciplined, addicted to benefits and resentful of those who aren't, then encouraging them to blame others rather than emulating them will in fact just perpetuate their poverty," The Independent reported. A Labor lawmaker, accused of practicing political correctness, dismissed Browne's claims as "political incorrectness gone mad."
