I try to avoid it whenever possible, short of being racist
2006-11-02 04:45:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
That's what's wrong with America today
2006-11-02 04:48:40 · update #1
because the word police in this country scare people. i honestly dont care, not being politically correct is more american because you're excercising your first amendment rights
2006-11-02 04:48:53 · answer #1 · answered by man_in_the_box2590 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree completely. the goal of politial correctness is to avoid offending everyone, but everyone is offended by something, and we can't please everyone. I, for instance, am offended by this "Happy Holidays" junk. it's MERRY CHRISTMAS for crying out loud
our school is so "politically correct" that we are singing a song for the Christmas concert (which is not called a christmas concert, but "The Sounds of the Season"), made of a medly of traditional Christmas songs, and the authors had the nerve to write "suggested text" under the actual words that totally eliminated all mention of God, Jesus, or any Christian part of Christmas. thank God we have a chorus teacher who thinks that being politically correct is a load of doggy doo doo, and we are singing the original words.
there are boundaries though, and racism is definately one of them. i personally believe that race does not matter at all, and no one should be given special or derrogatory treatment because of thier race.
2006-11-02 05:02:45 · answer #2 · answered by resistance fighter1 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because everybody is terrified of the consequences of being accused a racist, especially in multi-cultural places.
2006-11-02 20:54:09 · answer #3 · answered by veroniki 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think because to many people are too worried about the wrong things in life. Just live it and be happy.
2006-11-02 04:52:55 · answer #4 · answered by nor2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they dont want to offend someone else and get a lawsuit
2006-11-02 04:47:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋