I'm so tired of people getting all rilled up if you call someone fat, or retarded, short, handicapped, etc .. Along with that the whole thing with saying Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas because God forbid you might offend someone. Does anyone else feel that people are just a little oversensitive? If you are fat your fat. If your short your short. Why can't you just admit you are like that and accept it? I even fall into one of the catagories and I'm not offended by being called what I am.
2007-01-10 09:21:35 · 25 answers · asked by firefly 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
It sickens me. I read a post that said that I would be offended if I had a "handicapped" sister and somebody called her a retard..that's true..but if somebody asked me if she was "mentally retarded" I would say yes. I have a sister who is mentally retarded and thats exactly the word to use. "Retarded" means stopping somethings growth, and thats exactly what happened to her.
But its everywhere..blind people arent blind, they're "visually impaired"; deaf is "hearing impaired", wtf?
If you're fat, you're fat, if you're tall, you're tall, short,blind, deaf, etc.
And no, unless you are from there, you're not "African American"; you're black. You've never been there, never gonna go there, and your parents were born in Detroit.
Unless you want to call me European-American...
2007-01-10 09:46:08 · answer #1 · answered by Rich F 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The problm is that if you speak honestly and the other person has issues, you have trouble.
I am fat, but when I say that I am fat, people question my self-esteem. Fat is just an adjective describing a person with an excess of...guess what?...fat.
People still ascribe an entire negative story around the adjectives you mentioned and many others. And about being short--I met Sylvester Stallone, he is 5'7" on a tall day. But he is HOT. Antonio Banderas was in a movie with him and they are the same height. I still wouldn't say no to either of them.
I used this past holiday season to be politically incorrect. At Christmas I said Merry Christmas, Chaukah was Happy Chanukah and the Muslim Ead got Ead Mubarek (which means simply happy ead). I was told by Christians that I should not say Merry Christmas. The Jews just said thank you and the Muslims expressed gratitude for my good wishes.
2007-01-10 10:09:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If people just had basic respect for one another, and treated others with the respect, politeness, and dignity they would want to be treated with, would all of the 'politically correct' stuff be necessary? Probably because people nowadays are so rude to each other...in a way, Political Correctness is much like the stifling Social Etiquette of yesteryear. (By which I mean the Victorian ages and the like.) Not that I have anything against etiquette, but a lot of the rules were superflous and/or unnecessary (who needs to know how to balance peas on the back of a fork, or bow before the Queen? How often are you going to need those?) But all of the rules of etiquette come down, basically, to 'Do unto others' or 'show respect'. If we could just remember that, we'd all be a lot less uptight.
2007-01-10 09:42:30 · answer #3 · answered by Strange Design 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Politically correct is a term dreamed up by people who were asked to stop being rude and intolerant and instead (gasp) show some common courtesy for their fellow human beings.
Oversensitive and seeking minimal respect are pretty far apart.
IMO, the only people offended by having to be polite are those who find it self gratifying in some way to be rude.
2007-01-10 09:39:36 · answer #4 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, but not to the extent that my words are offensive to someone else. It's all in the delivery. Many of these words are ill defined (retarded, stupid). Better to listen than to speak quickly.
Starbucks "Christmas Blend" and "Holiday Blend" are identical. How silly is that one?
2007-01-10 09:58:33 · answer #5 · answered by pops 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I'm sick of it. I mean, granted, it's not nice to go around just off the cuff saying whatever you want about people but we get offended over EVERY little thing anymore. It's getting rediculous!
2007-01-10 09:28:07 · answer #6 · answered by misteri 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, totally.. so much so I was prompted to ask a similar question earlier today.. PC sucks, its a form of desensitization and in the long run mind control (crazy as you may think that is).. 1984 isn't far away!
2007-01-10 09:30:01 · answer #7 · answered by artrickwo 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I completely agree, it's not helping anyone to deny what we are.
I got a little extra junk in the trunk and I dont get offended when someone tells me that.
2007-01-10 09:46:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Glitterkittyy said it straight to the point!!
there's a diference between being tactful and being politically incorrect.
calling someone a retard, if theyre handicapped is just not nice.
calling someone FAT, is not nice.
what if you had a handicapped brother or sister or something and someone called him or her a retard. i really doubt you'd like that!!
2007-01-10 09:38:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think the problem you pose is one of having a lack of tact and common courtesy and not an issue with the world being too politically correct. There's never a reason to go out of your way to hurt someone's feelings. If you do, you're being rude not politically incorrect.
2007-01-10 09:27:26 · answer #10 · answered by glitterkittyy 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋