Is political correctness just kissing the posterior of so called minorities ?

Answer 1

Yes.

Everyone deserves to be treated EQUALLY. I am sick and tired of minorities getting special treatment. The playing field is as even as it is ever going to be. By leaning it in favor of the minorities, it creates hostility where none should exist.

There will always be people who won't like others due to their color, religion, sex, age, etc. You can't stop that. Some people are just ignorant. However, by giving (just as an example) a black woman extra points on an exam simply because she is a black woman, you make people resent her.

What's to say that she didn't grow up rich and privileged? Why should she get the benefit over some poor white man who didn't get a great education? What the system is saying is that minorities simply aren't capable as being as smart as a white man.

That's a really good message, isn't it?

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Answer 2

Yes, it is a form of fear.

"You are a racist" - the PC brigade's greatest (and only) weapon

It makes politicians quake in their boots, it kills sensible discussion stone dead. This one short sentence is the greatest (and the only) weapon the PC brigade has. Losing the argument? - call your opponent a racist - that slur will usually silence them.

So let us examine this further - a dictionary definition of racism is:

i) discrimination against or unfair treatment of or violence against people because they belong to a different race from your own

ii) the belief that there are characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to each race

and therefore anyone practicing any of the above must (by definition) be a racist.


Ok so no problem with (i) as surely nobody would wish to do any of those things to a fellow human being.

I'm not too sure about (ii) as there does seem to be certain traits that are recognisable in certain races of people. Jewish people often seem to be involved in finance, travelers often want to tarmac your drive, Asians in the UK seem to like corner shops and driving taxis and the Chinese in the UK often like running takeaways and having the odd flutter in the bookmakers. I personally don't see anything wrong in noting the things one observes about the people around you.

So now let's just examine how the PC brigade can say certain things are racist.

Calling a black man "a f*cking lazy n*gger" is certainly offensive to that person. If you called him "a f*cking lazy b*stard" or "a f*cking lazy w*nker" would that have been less offensive to the man? It certainly would have knocked any serious idea of racism on the head (although the PC brigade would have still have complained bitterly as it was said about a black man) but would the recipient be any less upset or offended?

Answer 3

I've never:
had a slave, nor have my parents or grandparents.
killed anyone over land.
led anyone to an execution chamber.
forced a march across a desert.
supervised a railroad being built.

My ancestors where persecuted, but I haven't staged a riot over it. I have never been in a gang. I have never shot someone. I've never been given land to live on for free. I have not been given a job because of my skin color. I have not been eligible for a grant on the basis of my race. My ethnic background doesn't qualify me for scholarships, clubs, grants, loans, housing, or employment. I still live in the country where I was born, but find that I don't speak the language.
Come to think about it... the answer is YES... evidently (I am sorry to say) it IS! ... but ONLY in AMERICA...

When we fight off a different species we will realize that we are all HUMAN BEINGS and no one is any more equal than another.

Answer 4

i'm uncertain why the shops can no longer bypass regulations against *babies* loitering on the mall. it may remedy the difficulty with out being race-particular. It appears like the difficulty isn't lots political correctness--despite the fact that for this reason, that is of course playing a factor--as lax regulations approximately babies oftentimes. the place I stay, some townships surpassed regulations approximately babies loitering oftentimes, and it helped plenty.

Answer 5

NO! and it's time to stop bashing "political correctness" Once in a while, P.C. does seem a bit silly, but , for the most part, it is about treating other people with the kindness and respect that we ourselves would hope to receive...the Golden Rule...what Jesus tried to teach us.

Answer 6

The problem with political correctness is it was meant to lend a more sensitive outlook to differences in the social status of one group of people to another who had been otherwise oppressing them. In reality what this did was highlight the difference in status and make the problem worse.

Answer 7

Political correctness is a creation of Republicans and other right-wingers who then blame their own creation on Liberals in an attempt to make them look silly.

I am about as far left as one can get, as are most of my friends and family. I know of NO ONE that is the least bit concerned about using PC language.

Answer 8

political correctness is just another way of saying "being polite and not hurting others' feelings"

I don't know what's so bad about that.

Answer 9

You don't like political correctness?ok then, christians are ignorant idiots who live in a fantasy world and are too dependant on their pretend man in the sky.

You can't have it both ways.

Answer 10

Nope.