What is political correctness?

[PeachyKeane]

I agree that political correctness is usually taken too far by the Left. But I see the response on the Right as demanding the right to insult people without consequence.

Several years ago Todd Aiken, while running for office, offered up the phrase "legitimate rape", and claimed (falsely) that during rape, a woman's body prevents pregnancy. When he went on to lose that election Aiken blamed "PC Culture". He, like much of the new Right, believes that for some reason he should be able to say something stupid, offensive and false, and people would still vote for him. "I should be able to say stuff like that, and not suffer any social consequence for it. If I do, it's because the world is too politically correct. It's their fault, not mine."

 

[SummerMadness]

How about suspending an eight year old for chewing his poptart into the shape of a gun?

That has nothing to do with political correctness, that has more to do with zero tolerance rules. But what do you expect in a society that supports mandatory minimums and three strike laws? It has nothing to do with political correctness.

 

[USincognito]

I lament watering down (and/or twisting) the words democracy, good, rights, tolerance, discrimination, sport, burger, ... actually, let me get out a dictionary ... OK, starting with the letter A we've got ...

Point of pedantry - dictionaries are not authoritative tomes on spelling and meaning, but merely a linguistic snapshot of how words are being spelled and used at the time of publication.

 

[iluvatar5150]

I can’t hold a door open for a lady anymore because thanks to pc, that is no longer courtesy, but it is now sexist.

I hold doors open for all kinds of people - women, men, children - and not once have I been accused of being sexist, racist or anything of the sort. I generally get a "thank you".

Where do you live that when you hold a door for a lady people accuse you of being sexist?

Probably a college town.

idk... I've lived in big liberal college towns for the last ~10 years; I make a point of holding the door for people all the time and have had zero issues. Sometimes I get nothing, but I usually get a thank you. I work in the arts and my wife works in academia, so it's not like we avoid the liberal elitist crowd.

IME, most people seem genuinely appreciative of the gesture.

 

[greenguzzi]

PC is all about being kind, and showing some common decency and empathy.
It's really easy to do and simple to understand.
There is no good reason NOT to do those things. If you think there are good reasons not to do those things, then you have some serious personal issues that you need to deal with - especially if you claim to be a Christian.

 

[hislegacy]

That has nothing to do with political correctness, that has more to do with zero tolerance rules. But what do you expect in a society that supports mandatory minimums and three strike laws? It has nothing to do with political correctness.

Hogwash! It’s a child with a pop tart. Not a three time felon.

That is the textbook difference between reality and common sense.

 

[FenderTL5]

Merry Christmas.

Happy Holidays!

 

[PeachyKeane]

Hogwash! It’s a child with a pop tart. Not a three time felon.

Three time felon? Was this kid thrown in prison? That would certainly be wrong.

 

[Obliquinaut]

I'm saying political correctness has fueled the more outlandish speech. Forbidding something makes people want it more.

Oh. I see. You are 100% correct. It is ALWAYS the Left's fault. Always.

 

[hislegacy]

Three time felon? Was this kid thrown in prison? That would certainly be wrong.

Read the post I quoted.

It will make sense then.

 

[hislegacy]

For example, a 2015 debate about campus sexual assault at Brown University led some women on campus to fear the dialogue would trigger civil rights warnings to a degree that at the University’s guidance, attendees “who might find the debate upsetting” were provided with “a safe space room” equipped with “cookies, coloring books, bubbles, Play-Doh, calming music, pillows, blankets and a video of frolicking puppies,” as reported by the New York Times.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...-when-political-correctness-goes-too-far/amp/

 

[Obliquinaut]

For example, a 2015 debate about campus sexual assault at Brown University led some women on campus to fear the dialogue would trigger civil rights warnings to a degree that at the University’s guidance, attendees “who might find the debate upsetting” were provided with “a safe space room” equipped with “cookies, coloring books, bubbles, Play-Doh, calming music, pillows, blankets and a video of frolicking puppies,” as reported by the New York Times.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...-when-political-correctness-goes-too-far/amp/

Yes we know that the Left can be very goofy at times. VERY goofy.

Thank you for pointing out all the excesses of the people on the Left.

 

[PeachyKeane]

Read the post I quoted.

It will make sense then.

For my own peace of mind: was the kid thrown in jail?

 

[PeachyKeane]

For example, a 2015 debate about campus sexual assault at Brown University led some women on campus to fear the dialogue would trigger civil rights warnings to a degree that at the University’s guidance, attendees “who might find the debate upsetting” were provided with “a safe space room” equipped with “cookies, coloring books, bubbles, Play-Doh, calming music, pillows, blankets and a video of frolicking puppies,” as reported by the New York Times.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...-when-political-correctness-goes-too-far/amp/

What's wrong with that? My wife needs those things to watch Stranger Things.

 

[Rion]

Oh. I see. You are 100% correct. It is ALWAYS the Left's fault. Always.

I didn't say that.

 

[Obliquinaut]

I didn't say that.

I'm just interpretting almost every one of your posts on this forum. You have assured me you are not necessarily aligned with the Right so I am assuming that since the Left is almost always to blame in your posts that indeed it is because the Left is almost always to blame.

How else could we interpret the comments of an unbiased source such as yourself?

 

[Rion]

I'm just interpretting almost every one of your posts on this forum. You have assured me you are not necessarily aligned with the Right so I am assuming that since the Left is almost always to blame in your posts that indeed it is because the Left is almost always to blame.

How else could we interpret the comments of an unbiased source such as yourself?

I never claimed I was unbiased.

 

[LoAmmi]

For example, a 2015 debate about campus sexual assault at Brown University led some women on campus to fear the dialogue would trigger civil rights warnings to a degree that at the University’s guidance, attendees “who might find the debate upsetting” were provided with “a safe space room” equipped with “cookies, coloring books, bubbles, Play-Doh, calming music, pillows, blankets and a video of frolicking puppies,” as reported by the New York Times.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...-when-political-correctness-goes-too-far/amp/

I'll ask again, why does this bother you?

 

[Obliquinaut]

I never claimed I was unbiased.

I misspoke, I meant one who defies being aligned with one side over another. You are "fair" in that you are not 100% on the Right (despite never saying anything even marginally positive about the Left and instead posting an unending string of attacks on the Left) or 100% on the Left.

If I cannot interpret the information you post as being at least a "fair" (and non-aligned) assessment of the Left and how it is always wrong, who could I possibly get a clear understanding from?

I get it. The Left is wrong.

 

[Obliquinaut]

I'll ask again, why does this bother you?

It's funny. The Left is made up of loons. It's funny to laugh at them. Because the Right is made up of steely-eyed realists who are able to buck up and take what life gives them calmly and rationally.

Like Ben Garrison: