Ok first let's get one thing straight- a lot of people think politically correct means unracist but that's not true. Political correctness is looking for and being offended by small problems or problems that don't exist but ignoring the real problems. Politically correct people will look for any reason to accuse someone of being hateful when they're not, but ignore the real hate and racism and think that the bigger problems are totally okay. A lot of politically correct people are racist themselves and don't even realize it. A lot of political correctness involves bigotry and racism itself.
2006-10-16 14:09:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
political correctness became what it is...it started out with some realizations that some things were harmful, but they were so embedded in society that they had been missed.
it got crazy when people started nit-picking at every little term as if correcting the term was going to make racism disappear. now it's obnoxious because it has become the equivalent of putting a band aid on a broken limb.
2006-10-16 14:12:49 · answer #1 · answered by serasotto 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are 100% right. A lot of the pressure to be politically correct is really trying to force people to accept popular opinion on various issues otherwise you are on the outer if you dare to go against it.
2006-10-16 14:11:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is just plain silly. It doesn't matter what terminology you use to describe different types of people, some one is going to get offended because they have a chip on their shoulder, they want people to feel sorry for them, they want attention or they are racist themselves.
2006-10-16 14:17:34 · answer #3 · answered by jim h 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
agreed. it has gone way beyond the original intent - respect for peopel who are different - and is now being used (by both sides) to stiffle genuine democratic discourse.
2006-10-16 14:13:18 · answer #4 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋