Poll: politicly correct
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Hell no, political correctness has gone nuts. It's gaining on Britain's health and safety laws in terms of level of insanity, and that's saying a lot.
Politically incorrect, and because i am american, so i have the right to say what i want to anyone (at least in america)
To be honest I could not care less about that. If I'm called a racist it's more likely that it's the other way around.
I don't usually do this but please use the search bar. A thread just like this was done a couple days ago.
Now to answer your question no I am not. Being politically correct doesn't help anyone or anything and does no good. It is just annoying and angers me (slightly).
Now to answer your question no I am not. Being politically correct doesn't help anyone or anything and does no good. It is just annoying and angers me (slightly).
Uh.
I wouldn't describe myself as intentionally politically correct, but I'm not going to run around shouting things that I know will be inflammatory to the present company.
I am a rather polite individual, but that has more to do with my upbringing than anything.
I wouldn't describe myself as intentionally politically correct, but I'm not going to run around shouting things that I know will be inflammatory to the present company.
I am a rather polite individual, but that has more to do with my upbringing than anything.
Okay lets put this into context.
"They're not 'racially-handicapped' they are black."
Personally I find that hilarious.
In normal conversation I won't hide away from saying black, white, gay, etc. but at the same time I won't spout off a load of derogatory terms with the sole purpose of hatred as I don't call that 'normal conversation'.
"They're not 'racially-handicapped' they are black."
Personally I find that hilarious.
In normal conversation I won't hide away from saying black, white, gay, etc. but at the same time I won't spout off a load of derogatory terms with the sole purpose of hatred as I don't call that 'normal conversation'.
It's not what you say, it's the context in which you say it.
Although I've never seen anyone spell something wrong so consistently in all of my 16 years of life.
Although I've never seen anyone spell something wrong so consistently in all of my 16 years of life.
What is PC changes so frequently and is os subjective it's impossible to be truly PC, so it's a we may try very hard to be, but it's all such a nonsense. People can see the difference between you being racist or rude and someone who is fundamentally quite polite. PC makes social interaction more awkward because you become more tentative about the language you use.
Case in point: I used to work in game retail, and a customer asked me where a certain item was, I told her it was just in front of "the young black lady" across the room. The customer I was talking to looked at me quite worriedly, then walked over. I felt like I had said something wrong, but patently it's just PC sensitivity. The best thing to do is just treat everyone like a human being, regardless of ability, race or creed...
Case in point: I used to work in game retail, and a customer asked me where a certain item was, I told her it was just in front of "the young black lady" across the room. The customer I was talking to looked at me quite worriedly, then walked over. I felt like I had said something wrong, but patently it's just PC sensitivity. The best thing to do is just treat everyone like a human being, regardless of ability, race or creed...
i try to be, but to be honest i don't know why. the only people who enforce them are self righteous saints who still tell you not to smoke but don't realise it's only because they were told not to by someone else, or R.E. teachers, or history teachers, or any teachers to be honest. most people are completely fine with it, but i draw the line at racist names like "paki" and "chinky". I'm okay with black and white though, as Jedoro said, it just saves space, i would feel a bit odd being called "caucasian", when i'm clearly white as vanilla.
It is beneficial to know when and how to use both. Being pc can be advantageous when in a job interview or talking to a pretty girl for the first time.
Most people - including most people in this thread - are against political correctness because they either: a) misunderstand what it really is, or b) are prejudiced and don't like being called up on it.
When people hear "political correctness", they think of this straw man set of laws that say you can't even mention a person's race or sexual orientation without being called a racist/homophobe, and yet at the same time you have to give preferential treatment to any minority or female. There are very few people who actually promote that kind of PC, and yet the anti-PC crowd acts as though they're everywhere. The reality of political correctness (like the reality of feminism) is that it only asks for people to not discriminate against minorities and oppressed groups. If three people apply for a job and one of them is a Muslim woman, you don't have to give the job to the Muslim; but if the Muslim woman is clearly more qualified but you give the job to a white dude just because you dislike Islam, then you're politically incorrect.
In other words, political correctness = not being a dick.
Which brings us to the second type of anti-PC person: the stupid bigot [http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2009/07/london-babes-of-the-bnp.html]. These are the people who say things like "I'm not racist, but I hate it how I can't call someone a ****** without being called politically incorrect. They say it all the time!" It should be clear why this is a nasty kind of thing to say.
EDIT: This sort of thing is totally ok in my definition of political correctness:
When people hear "political correctness", they think of this straw man set of laws that say you can't even mention a person's race or sexual orientation without being called a racist/homophobe, and yet at the same time you have to give preferential treatment to any minority or female. There are very few people who actually promote that kind of PC, and yet the anti-PC crowd acts as though they're everywhere. The reality of political correctness (like the reality of feminism) is that it only asks for people to not discriminate against minorities and oppressed groups. If three people apply for a job and one of them is a Muslim woman, you don't have to give the job to the Muslim; but if the Muslim woman is clearly more qualified but you give the job to a white dude just because you dislike Islam, then you're politically incorrect.
In other words, political correctness = not being a dick.
Which brings us to the second type of anti-PC person: the stupid bigot [http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2009/07/london-babes-of-the-bnp.html]. These are the people who say things like "I'm not racist, but I hate it how I can't call someone a ****** without being called politically incorrect. They say it all the time!" It should be clear why this is a nasty kind of thing to say.
EDIT: This sort of thing is totally ok in my definition of political correctness:
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