if you can't beat them,,join them?
define political correctness
2007-07-11 01:08:29 · 3 answers · asked by HELLO? 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
A sign of weakness and surrender. If you can't win and your cause is futile, stop resisting and assimilate.
If you can't beat the Borg, become the Borg!
The quote with real hope and encouragement should be:
If you can't beat them, join them - and subvert them from the inside!
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Political correctness.
The state where individual freedom and expression no longer exist because any possible human action or statement may potentially be offensive to someone, somewhere.
2007-07-11 07:46:20 · answer #1 · answered by Tom P 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
WOW... I can't believe the negativism of the answerers!!! How about THIS for it's meaning:
Maybe you are not beating them because they are doing it better than you are... that you are "beating your head against a wall"... so stop doing that, and join the others who are SUCCEEDING in what they are doing.
Kinda like "Don't reinvent the wheel." Someone got the wheel invented and invented it "right"... so why waste your time redoing something that's already been accomplished.
So, if you can't beat them (maybe because they've got it "right" and you don't)... JOIN them... and DO IT RIGHT!!! Be successful!
2007-07-11 19:40:52 · answer #2 · answered by wyomugs 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Give up the fight in favor of your ideals and go along with the crowd.
Political correctness is the necessity of political figures to avoid any statement that can be construed as ethnic, religious, or moral bias against any minority group.
2007-07-11 08:16:19 · answer #3 · answered by jsardi56 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋