A long time ago a famous author
named Hans Christian Anderson wrote a story called the "The Emperor's
New Clothes" which effectively addresses the problem of going along with something
so called leaders of the community come up with to be politically correct or simply to hide the fact that you have no spine,
refusing to "believe your lying eyes". Wikipedia sums it up in the paragraph below which does not do justice to the original story which you can read in the next link and only takes a few minutes.
"A vain emperor
who cares about nothing except wearing and displaying clothes hires two
weavers who promise him they will make him the best suit of clothes.
The weavers are con-men who convince the emperor they are using a fine
fabric invisible to anyone who is either unfit for his position or
"hopelessly stupid". The con lies in that the weavers are actually only pretending to manufacture the clothes. Thus, no one, not even the emperor nor his ministers
can see the alleged "clothes", but they all pretend that they can for
fear of appearing unfit for their positions. Finally, the weavers report
that the suit is finished and they mime dressing the emperor who then
marches in procession before his subjects. The townsfolk uncomfortably
go along with the pretense, not wanting to appear unfit for their
positions or stupid. Finally, a child in the crowd blurts out that the
emperor is wearing nothing at all and the cry is then taken up by
others. The emperor realizes the assertion is true but continues the
procession."