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But 90% of the study of religion is history, and that is the subject where public schools have completely failed in the modern educational system. So why bother? In an attempt to avoid law suits, US textbook manufactures have composed a completely sanitized history, where nobody has ever done anything bad, all contributions to society and culture were made by an evenly distributed population of race and gender, and nothing is ever offensive.

What do you think?

2007-01-28 07:18:10 · 5 answers · asked by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Absolutely agree. I think one of the most tragic consequences of PC-ism is how so many people seem to automatically equate disagreement with hatred. We've lost the sense that two people can hold different beliefs about serious moral issues, different religious beliefs, etc and still have a civil discourse and debate. Instead if you hold a different belief than the prevailing PC agenda's, then you must be a racist, a sexist, intolerant, a homo-phobe, etc. In other words, your different opinion can only be motivated by bigotry and you obviously must hate all the people who disagree with you.

This is a very cyncial view of humanity.

2007-01-28 07:32:03 · answer #1 · answered by Sass B 4 · 0 0

I don't think so. I think most academics are committed to the truth. IMO.the notion of PC is overblown in the minds of some.

In the academic sense world it means using neutral language as much as possible and attempting to dereference your own cultural frame when coming to conclusions.

I remeber the first day of ecology class in college. My prof said something like, "and I would like to point out that this is ecology with a small e not a capital E. This is not a political or spiritual movement, it is a science aimed only at discerning the truth."

Now outside of academic circles, I think there are people who are overly PC (on both/all sides). That is a different story, and I think it does become intellectually debilitating.

2007-01-28 15:28:41 · answer #2 · answered by mullah robertson 4 · 0 0

The US National Park Service cannot even comment on the age of the Grand Canyon because it might offend some religious nut. With political correctness, our democracy has given way to the tyrrany of peoples emotional sensitivity.

2007-01-28 15:28:43 · answer #3 · answered by neil s 7 · 0 0

Yes.

2007-01-28 16:21:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0 0

I would comment, but I guess you know my opinion. I'm surprised that nobody else took up this discussion...

2007-01-28 15:27:51 · answer #5 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1 0

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