Do you think Political correctness is destroying us ?

Question

NOW before you get your panties in a bunch just listen.

I watched the path to 9/11. Im on the middle of the fence on this but several times when someone tried to do something against a middle easterner who might have posed a threat, someone stepped and said STOP! WE can't its racial profiling, we'll get sued. At least 3 times in the movie that I can recall this was referenced. ( im not saying I believe all of the 9/11 commission report so lets just act like its fact for sake of argument )

So do you think the way we handle poiltical correctness is more important than making sure a group of people who are only interesting in landing and or just flying a plane is more important to save face, ignore that and see what happens?
Please be adult about the answer, Im just curious to see if people would think that saving face is more important then us being safe

thanks cor, I guess I do but I was just sitting there and the guy was like we cant do anything to him, it will look like racial profiling and the guy gets on a plane and you know the rest.
Im not good about politics but I was just curious

ned sorry it was hard for you to read.
Sometimes Its hard for me to get into writing what my brain is meaning but thanks for answering =)

Answer 1

Political Correctness is a euphemism for the improbable, if not impossible, effort of removing all bigotry and racism from our society.

I believe the phrase was first initiated in good faith, but it has since grown tentacles and is presently way out of control.

Profiling under the guise of hatred or bigotry is absolutely wrong - however, profiling for security reasons based on valid historical facts and evidence, backed by statements and threats and verified through surveillance and other valid data is both necessary and effective.

When it is deemed not to be "politically correct" to wish someone something as innocuous as a "Merry Christmas" or, on a more serious note, to question a terrorist detainee without his lawyer present, or return fire when the sniper or terrorist is in a Mosque or cemetery - then the phrase has outlived any usefulness it might or might not have had.

Answer 2

I dare say that these morons that are concerned about what other countries think about the USA and want to refrain from any coercion of the prisoners are the ones that have their priorities this screwed up. Proverbs 18-2 of the new international version says "A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his opinions" Does that not hit the nail on the head in this case?

Answer 3

Yes....and it's mostly a false correctness anyway. Profiling of any kind is just one tool that law enforcement uses. Blunting that tool is foolish. And coragryph, is wrong as usual. Unless you happen to take a case before the 9th Circuit, where almost everything is un-constitutional.
And saving face is worthless if you're dead... not that I care what the losers of this world think of the best nation on Earth.

Answer 4

If blond haired, blue eyed white guys were hijacking planes and flying them into buildings I would want the authorities to check out blond haired, blue eyed white guys on a plane I was about to fly on (and by the way I am one). Political correctness and 'racial profiling' are the most ignorant concepts ever put forth by America (and there have been some really stupid things). I think they will continue to bite us in the butt.

Answer 5

I hate Political Correctness, and yes I do belive it has had alot to do with our present situation.
That being said, I do believe that too much "Racial Profiling" is a mistake as well. Not for racial diversity sake, but for the fact that if we concentrate to much on Middle Easterns only, they have only to change their strategy and recruit non Muslims, see my point?

Answer 6

undecided that I understand the risk. What precisely are the climate of political correctness that threaten the republic? Does someones rhetoric or styles of tackle represent a danger to the form, the invoice of Rights. the place precisely we ought to seek for out this engine of destruction? or in keeping with risk, yet another monster decrease than the mattress?

Answer 7

Just listen carefully, and you keep hearing the line, We have lost
the Respect of the Europeans, or The World Leaders.. Really
their respect and Five Dollars might get us a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

Answer 8

OH yeah,no doubt.It stymies our thoughts. and it interferes with our communication with one another.Why just reading your question was kind of difficult for me.That could be me though.I'm not trying to make a joke.People have become too sensitive;to the point where everybody has a lawyer's telephone number listed on their cell phone.Before anyone says anything straight forward they preface it "only joking but".

Answer 9

Yes it is.
When was the last time an Italian/Greek/Irish/French/German/Russian/Jewish/Catholic/Christian/Etc. Granny showed up as a suicide bomber?
In the last 40 years, it has been 99% Middle Eastern Men between 18-45 who have committed acts of terror.
Why are the screeners searching my Aunt Mary and waving Abdullah through?

Answer 10

You need to distinguish between political correctness, and constitutional Equal Protection violations.

Saying something that hurts another person's feelings in being politically incorrect. That's a matter of social etiquette, not law.

Racial profiling is a violation of the constitution, specifically the Equal Protection clause (14th Amendment). The 14th prohibits any state (or govt agency) from discriminating (treating people differently) on the basis of their race, ethnicity or national origin. and could subject the govt to multi-million dollar lawsuits.

Even ignoring the lawsuits, and the constitutional violations, racial profiling focuses security efforts on a specific visible segment of the population. Which means those security forces are being deployed in an obvious and predictable manner. And anytime that security gets predictable, that's when you create dangerous blindspots and gaps. Which means racial profiling will almost always cause far much more harm than any benefits gained.