2007-03-21 10:55:25 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It means saying things only if they promote the liberal agenda
2007-03-21 11:02:55 · answer #1 · answered by Kat 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means using words and expressions that are safe and won't offend anyone, even though the words you want to use are accurate, correct, and easily understood by everyone, and the words you wind up using aren't. Like, short people aren't "short people", they're "vertically challenged." Or like my Philosophy professor said in describing some classical Philosophers: "These men are all dead, or at least no longer living."
2007-03-21 18:04:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Politically correct means that which is unoffensive; that which people will not get upset about. It means that one keeps to statements that will not hurt the feelings of the listener.
2007-03-21 18:00:41 · answer #3 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Politically correct" was initially coined by Leon Trotsky to refer favorably to those whose views remained in sync with the ever-shifting Bolshevik Party line. This was important, as "not PC" people risked prison or death.
"Politically correct" was revived (and again, used favorably) by 1960s New Left radicals who fancied themselves revolutionaries in the mold of Che, Castro, and Mao.
"Politically correct" was first used negatively by 1980s conservatives, following the publication of Allan Bloom's Closing of the American Mind. Conservatives embraced the term "politically incorrect" as a badge of honor to contrast their championing of free speech against campus leftists who used speech codes to suppress debate on sensitive topics. This was also when the term first became widely known by its acronym, "PC."
2007-03-21 18:58:42 · answer #4 · answered by Fatima 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not hurting anyones feelings. Christians are about telling the truth which is not always politically correct but helps everyone more than covering up faults does.
2007-03-21 17:59:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It mean that they are lying. Politically incorrect means telling the truth.
2007-03-21 17:59:24 · answer #6 · answered by MagicEyeCS 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its all a matter of opinion, there's obviously a moral majority, and what society believes to be correct and appropriate, but from a conservative standpoint it would be anything that isn't racial, sexist, blasphemous, or just nothing to offend a group of people belonging to the subject of someones parody or satire.
2007-03-21 18:05:56 · answer #7 · answered by Professor Crazyass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means: anything which could offend political sensibilities (as in matters of sex or race) is wrong.
2007-03-21 18:03:19 · answer #8 · answered by Dowland 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lying
2007-03-21 17:57:56 · answer #9 · answered by bolt1 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
That you are going along with what can and can't be done or said per the ruling majority of the moment.
2007-03-21 17:59:19 · answer #10 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
language and behavior that will not offend anyone from any race, culture or identity. for example:
1.you do not call an african american a n*gger in a public speech you call him african american or latin american a sp*c or an asian american as chink etc..
2.you do not call a person retarded you call him mentally/physically disabled
etc etc.
nothing derogatory towards a group of peoples
2007-03-21 18:05:47 · answer #11 · answered by kalibay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋