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Political Correctness

Is Political Correctness Real

  • Yes

    Votes: 82 82.8%
  • No

    Votes: 8 8.1%
  • Other

    Votes: 9 9.1%

  • Total voters
    99
Real or not... some think it isn't and they are generally the ones guilty of being Politically Correct. :lol:

Thoughts....

Political correctness is real but it's not necessarily backed by law.

There can be consequences to any free speech outside the law. We can still be held responsible for our speech and other expressions.
 
antifas are for a reassertion of traditionalism, racial supremacy, etc

news to me br0



nah bro, antifa is about a witch hunt by anarchist/communist left wingers bro. they tend to be as intolerant, and bad as the actual racists they claim to stand against.

They use anti-racism as an excuse for violence against those they disagree with, even those who are not racist but don't share thier pathetic left wing views.


They are like akin to the islamic "sharia police" and about as tolerant.
 
Yep, until the shirt bearer is being stabbed by a person who was raped as a child. Then the assailant would plea insanity and win the case if they could prove PTSD and no premeditation.


Then it would be like a gwar show,
 
nah bro, antifa is about a witch hunt by anarchist/communist left wingers bro. they tend to be as intolerant, and bad as the actual racists they claim to stand against.

intolerance of racism is just as bad racism itself what a goddamn revelation. dropped your Ron Paul newsletter br0

They use anti-racism as an excuse for violence against those they disagree with, even those who are not racist but don't share thier pathetic left wing views.

wah wah wah. the worlds better off with maimed and dead fascists

They are like akin to the islamic "sharia police" and about as tolerant.

well we have the US to thank for helping to remove the secular left in those countries huh
 
intolerance of racism is just as bad racism itself what a goddamn revelation. dropped your Ron Paul newsletter br0

Not what I said, antifa finds racism where none exists, stalks shows by bands that are not left wing and accuses them of racism when they are no such thing.

It's usually done via cowardly phone calls and internet muscles.


wah wah wah. the worlds better off with maimed and dead fascists

and communists, given they have slaughtered as many if not more than fascists over the years.


but I agree, fascism is bad, so is communism.




well we have the US to thank for helping to remove the secular left in those countries huh


deflection from the activities of trustifarian internet PC warriors...
 
Guilty of being politically correct ?
A strange , illogical time in which we live ..
I care not for PC ,, buts me .. insensitive , disrespectful, IMO .
I voted other ..
Many try to be, this I find to be outright silly . Others are more honest .. this I respect .
 
Not what I said, antifa finds racism where none exists, stalks shows by bands that are not left wing and accuses them of racism when they are no such thing.

white boy is the gatekeeper of what racism is now lol

and communists, given they have slaughtered as many if not more than fascists over the years.

i didnt realize being communist makes me responsible for deaths that occurred before I was born any more than you are for slavery



deflection from the activities of trustifarian internet PC warriors...

damn those sjws getting racists fired
 
white boy is the gatekeeper of what racism is now lol

WTF are you talking about? you just go off on your own free though exercise?


i didnt realize being communist makes me responsible for deaths that occurred before I was born any more than you are for slavery

by that logic, someone who supports fascism is like you not responsible for deaths his philosophy caused. right?


damn those sjws getting racists fired


This is that BS I'm talking about, take bands like stomper98 and the Templars, both attacked by antifa freaks as being "racist". band members are black, and one is 2/3 black, does that stop them? nope.

The internet gave a voice to the coward to witch-hunt those he disagrees with, and makes it easy to cast false accusations. Antifa is no better than blood and honor, or whatever white power goofballs organize under these days,
 
Real or not... some think it isn't and they are generally the ones guilty of being Politically Correct. :lol:

Thoughts....

Yes, evolving forms of etiquette exist in every time and place on earth (where there are people).
 
Yes, evolving forms of etiquette exist in every time and place on earth (where there are people).

That is not political correctness...
 
That is not political correctness...

The term "political correctness" was just created by one generation feeling boxed in by the evolving etiquette of the next. I'm sure every generation had a derogatory term for the overly touchy sensitivities of the generation that replaced it.

Interestingly enough, I seem to have gotten old enough to be one such generation. When Seinfeld and Chris Rock didn't want to do standups at universities because those audiences were too sensitive, I agreed with them.
 
The term "political correctness" was just created by one generation feeling boxed in by the evolving etiquette of the next. I'm sure every generation had a derogatory term for the overly touchy sensitivities of the generation that replaced it.

Interestingly enough, I seem to have gotten old enough to be one such generation. When Seinfeld and Chris Rock didn't want to do standups at universities because those audiences were too sensitive, I agreed with them.

PC is about criticizing behaviours/terms/speech that does not conform to what some want it to be. Etiquette is not calling a black person nigger. PC is people criticizing you for saying not everybody is equal or that something is retarded.
 
PC is about criticizing behaviours/terms/speech that does not conform to what some want it to be. Etiquette is not calling a black person nigger. PC is people criticizing you for saying not everybody is equal or that something is retarded.

Right. Etiquette.

Every generation and every place on earth has social rules for what one can and can't say in public.
 
University of California's Insane Speech Police - Robby Soave, Daily Beast

". . . During the ’60s, students at Berkeley understood that a campus climate of absolute tolerance for free speech was a precondition to successfully combating injustice in the UC system and elsewhere. Liberal and libertarian students and professors fought the administration for the right to hold political rallies, opt out of loyalty oaths, and advocate against the Vietnam War. They trusted that their ideas would win out in the court of public opinion, and only needed to establish that they had the legal right to utter such ideas.

Today’s UC campus body would be well served to recall these lessons. There is in fact no better place for unfettered free speech than a university campus, and students who spend their four-plus years in college without encountering provocation or offense won’t be adequately prepared for life in the real world. Students should recognize a censorship-lite approach like Napolitano’s for what it is: an attack on the idea of the university as a safe haven for all kinds of speech.
It also represents an absurd dumbing-down of the concepts of racism and sexism. Contrary to what the seminar materials assert, exclaiming, “Wow! How did you become so good at math?” is not an act of aggression—micro or otherwise. It’s a compliment. Shouldn’t students feel free to compare math-learning strategies without risking the wrath of the PC police?"
 
University of California's Insane Speech Police - Robby Soave, Daily Beast

". . . During the ’60s, students at Berkeley understood that a campus climate of absolute tolerance for free speech was a precondition to successfully combating injustice in the UC system and elsewhere. Liberal and libertarian students and professors fought the administration for the right to hold political rallies, opt out of loyalty oaths, and advocate against the Vietnam War. They trusted that their ideas would win out in the court of public opinion, and only needed to establish that they had the legal right to utter such ideas.

Today’s UC campus body would be well served to recall these lessons. There is in fact no better place for unfettered free speech than a university campus, and students who spend their four-plus years in college without encountering provocation or offense won’t be adequately prepared for life in the real world. Students should recognize a censorship-lite approach like Napolitano’s for what it is: an attack on the idea of the university as a safe haven for all kinds of speech.
It also represents an absurd dumbing-down of the concepts of racism and sexism. Contrary to what the seminar materials assert, exclaiming, “Wow! How did you become so good at math?” is not an act of aggression—micro or otherwise. It’s a compliment. Shouldn’t students feel free to compare math-learning strategies without risking the wrath of the PC police?"

So you disagree with the etiquette in those social circles (in this case, the academic ones). So? There are rules of conduct in the social circles you exist in. If I were to suddenly hang out with you and your friends and family, it would be ridiculous to think I could say literally anything I wanted without some form of backlash. This reaction to the break of such social rules is identical in every way to what others call "political correctness."
 
PC is about criticizing behaviours/terms/speech that does not conform to what some want it to be. Etiquette is not calling a black person nigger. PC is people criticizing you for saying not everybody is equal or that something is retarded.

Etiquette ("politcal correctness") is in fact so malleable and constantly shifting that terms that were once forbidden are suddenly acceptable again. For example, there was a time when "black" was almost entirely replaced by "African American" to the point that it looked very likely that "black" would go the way of "negro." Then a funny thing happened: you could say "black" again. I can only assume that the multiple geographical and racial inaccuracies implied by the term African American just made people drop it and say, "Oh, whatever."
 
So you disagree with the etiquette in those social circles (in this case, the academic ones). So? There are rules of conduct in the social circles you exist in. If I were to suddenly hang out with you and your friends and family, it would be ridiculous to think I could say literally anything I wanted without some form of backlash. This reaction to the break of such social rules is identical in every way to what others call "political correctness."

This is not etiquette. It is the enforcement of a political agenda.
 
This is not etiquette. It is the enforcement of a political agenda.

That's your interpretation of the end result of a time and region's etiquette. What you're experiencing is a shrinking social circle whose etiquette is slowly being engulfed by a newer and larger one. But again, don't forget you do have your own circles with their own etiquette, and anybody else who steps inside your world will suffer the consequences of not abiding by its rules. From their perspective, they will have experienced the "enforcement of a political agenda."
 
That's your interpretation of the end result of a time and region's etiquette. What you're experiencing is a shrinking social circle whose etiquette is slowly being engulfed by a newer and larger one. But again, don't forget you do have your own circles with their own etiquette, and anybody else who steps inside your world will suffer the consequences of not abiding by its rules. From their perspective, they will have experienced the "enforcement of a political agenda."

Sorry, but no. My "circles" don't enforce codes of speech or belief. They do, however, cherish the freedom that political correctness aims to curtail.
 
Sorry, but no. My "circles" don't enforce codes of speech or belief.

Of course they do. If you walked into a room your friends were hanging out in and announced that you have decided that you think child molestation is great or you started wearing a Nazi uniform around, you don't think they would say anything? The difference is that you probably generally agree with the norms your friends would enforce socially, so you don't see them as "political correctness" where you do see people enforcing norms you don't agree with that way. Well, a Nazi or a NAMBLA member would see the way your group reacts to their beliefs as "political correctness."
 
retarded. Mentally challenged. Mentally handicapped. Handicapped. Hand-able. Black. African American. American. Etc. It is all bull****.

When others tell you that you are saying things wrong or that saying black instead of African America makes you racist, or a bigot or sexist for other things, things are out of control.

If someone says that using the term black makes you racist, then not only are they wrong, they are grammatically incorrect. Black is an informal term while African American is more formal. Which term you use has more to do with context than political correctness. That said I agree with you on PC being ridiculous at times.
 
Of course they do. If you walked into a room your friends were hanging out in and announced that you have decided that you think child molestation is great or you started wearing a Nazi uniform around, you don't think they would say anything? The difference is that you probably generally agree with the norms your friends would enforce socially, so you don't see them as "political correctness" where you do see people enforcing norms you don't agree with that way. Well, a Nazi or a NAMBLA member would see the way your group reacts to their beliefs as "political correctness."

Those would also be unacceptable in the circles I regard as infected by PC. Sorry, but you're going to have to produce more reasonable hypotheticals to make a point.
 
Those would also be unacceptable in the circles I regard as infected by PC. Sorry, but you're going to have to produce more reasonable hypotheticals to make a point.

Not sure what you're trying to argue. Yes, those things would also be unacceptable in pretty much all circles. But to people who don't agree with those norms, they are "political correctness." That's what "political correctness" is- a social norm one doesn't agree with. So it isn't like there are circles that are objectively PC and other circles that are objectively not PC. It is completely subjective. Depending on one's personal beliefs, different circles look more or less PC. In fact, if 30 years from now, your circle traveled back in time and met your circle today, your circle today would perceive your future circle as being extremely PC because the future circle would have adopted quite a few social norms that your present circle hasn't yet.
 
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