Politcal Correctness! When will a political party stand up and say bollocks!?

Answer 1

When said party develops the balls to do so.

Answer 2

When the next terrorist towel head attack results in hundreds of thousands of casualties in a western urban area...

Then the already obvious reasons to condemn political correctness will become an avalanche of anger...

Note the following from Christopher Ruddy in Monday, Oct. 1, 2001: Political Correctness Ruined the CIA

Our loyal readers will remember that NewsMax broke the story, within hours of the attacks, about how P.C. thinking by Clinton and Sen. Torricelli had prevented the CIA and its many patriotic members from doing their jobs. (See CIA Officials Reveal What Went Wrong – Clinton to Blame and Sen. Torricelli Played Key Role in Closing Down CIA Ops.)

The CIA was effectively banned from recruiting unsavory characters to penetrate terrorist cells.

But that was just a small part of how P.C. thinking has undermined America and the CIA.

During the past decade, the CIA has been twisted from an intelligence-gathering organization with a mission to protect America and her citizens – and turned into a model of political correctness.

Under Clinton, the CIA was told to stop focusing on spying and start focusing on P.C. agenda items like global warming.

Worse, the CIA staff was to become a model of P.C. ideology.

One analyst retired in disgust after the agency had appointed a person to become a lead analyst for a particular country.

Answer 3

I agree but surely the term should be called 'Political Incorrectness' after all it's sole purpose is to undermine hard working native and normal Brits! and if that's Not incorrect what is?

Answer 4

The sooner the better, but I can't see it happening in my lifetime. What I can see though is that ordinary hard-working citizens are getting fed up and I think we'll soon see riots here. Look what happened over the Poll Tax.

Answer 5

Political correctness (also politically correct or PC) is a term used to describe language that is calculated to provide a minimum of offense, particularly to the racial, cultural, or other identity groups being described. The concept is not exclusive to the English language. A text that conforms to the ideals of political correctness is said to be politically correct.

The existence of PC has been alleged and denounced by conservative, (Lind, Buchanan, Sobran), liberal (Hentoff 1992, Schlesinger 1998), and other (Brandt 1992) commentators. The term itself and its usage is hotly contested. Some left-wing commentators have argued on the contrary that "political correctness" is a straw man invented by the New Right to discredit what they consider progressive social change, especially around issues of race and gender.[citation needed] Radio talkshow host Michael Savage routinely calls political correctness by the catchphrase political cowardice.

Those who use the term in a critical fashion often express a concern about the dilution of freedom of speech, intolerance of lay language, and the avoidance of social problems.[citation needed] Some further claim that politically correct speech constitutes an excessive indulgence of some particular minority group, and that it is used to avoid acknowledging any misconduct or shortcomings of individuals belonging to such a group.[citation needed]

The term PC is sometimes used in a pejorative or ironic sense to satirize either the idea that carefully chosen language can encourage, promote, or establish certain social outcomes and relationships, or the belief that the resulting changes benefit society. This satire often comments on certain forms of identity politics, including gay rights, feminism, multiculturalism and the disability rights movement. For example, the use of "gender-neutral" job titles ("lineworker" instead of "lineman," "chairperson" or "chair" instead of "chairman," etc.), the use of the expression "differently abled" rather than "disabled", or the use of "Native American" rather than "Indian", are all sometimes referred to as "politically correct". 'PC' terms are also applied to objects, such as "maintenance cover" instead of "manhole cover".

Since the 1990s the concept has sometimes been a target of certain kinds of comedians and satirists, partly because of the effective equation of the term political correctness with euphemism.

Answer 6

My one has been saying bollocks to it for ever. Stuff PC.

Answer 7

The BNP are like that, but more subtle.

Answer 8

That would be politically incorrect!

Answer 9

never none of them have the guts

Answer 10

they will never ever say it.

but they sure as hell talk a lot of it...