Basicly, someone gets offended by say, I don't know... saying "Merry Christmas", AT CHRISTMAS TIME. The 'politacly correct' thing to do , would be to take all the merry christmas sign and stop saying merry Christmas... AT CHRISTMAS TIME! It's absolutly idiotic! It lacks TOTAL and COMPLETE common sence! And frankly I'll take common sence any day! So back to my original question...
2007-07-31 04:03:39 · 14 answers · asked by Colton 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Political Correctness is us being sensitive to oversensitive people offended by the truth! It's STUPID!
2007-07-31 04:09:14 · update #1
I'm not offended by P.C., I'm sick of it! It's the "Wussification of America" as Brad Stine Calls it.
2007-07-31 04:13:04 · update #2
BETER EXAMPLE: There was an elementry school in Washington state that was having a Haloween fest for the kids and they told the kids to dress up in costumes, but told the girls that they could'nt dress up as witches. You know why? There was a woman from the local Witchen (???spelling???) chapter that was offended by the stero type! I'd think they'd have bigger fish to fry then be offended by a six year-old in striped socks trying to score a kit-kat bar at halloween! GROW UP!
2007-07-31 04:18:44 · update #3
Yes, I am so tired of it.
2007-07-31 04:06:18 · answer #1 · answered by Brian 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Please--it's not like poltical correctness is a LAW. If you don't want to be PC, then don't be PC... just don't whine if a bunch of people are offended, as they have the right to be. If a majority of people *weren't* offended by certain terms, then companies wouldn't choose to avoid those terms, so whether you like it or not, PC, is the perceived majority. So when people are offended by political correctness, it sounds more like they want to use language that over time has become rude, AND don't want to be called on it.
I've never heard someone be offended by "Merry Christmas," but I do remember people BOYCOTTING some stores (Target, I think?) for using "Seasons Greetings" instead.
2007-07-31 04:07:30 · answer #2 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It's an over used phrase (political correctness) and I'd really like to see it removed from the English language. If you want to say Merry Christmas, then say Merry Christmas. Say it at Easter if you want to. We still have freedom of speech in the US so everyone can say what we want to,isnt' that a beautiful thing?
2007-07-31 04:14:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Aparently Vaughn has no real world knowledge of Political Correctness but I'm sure the rest of us do.
How is PC not fascism exactly? When they take away our words they take more control over our lives. It is one step further to total domination.
I actually watched the honorable Reverend Al Sharptoon, during a debate interrupt his opponent in the name of freedom of speech. This debate was about outlawing the words n!gg$#, b!t$# and ho from the English language, outlawing them from the LANGUAGE! But Al's SOOO worried about his freedom of speech. Its would have been comical if it wasn't such a spit in the face to what this country is founded on.
pink_angel is advocating removing words from our language as well. The ulimate example of PC removing PC from the language entirely.
2007-07-31 04:17:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
For the love of a non-denominational supreme being, Yes!
EDIT: Vaughn, most of those stores were boycotted not for using the words "Seasons Greetings", but for forcing employees to use that phrase and forbidding them to say "Merry Christmas". In other words for violating their employees freedoms.
2007-07-31 04:07:04 · answer #5 · answered by osborne_pkg 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why is the party that is always whining about political correctness the same one that got Bill Maher fired from a show called Politically Incorrect for saying something that was ... POLITICALLY INCORRECT??
And BTW, NOBODY is offended by "Merry Christmas". That's something that O'reilly invented so he'd have something to whine about.
2007-07-31 04:11:18 · answer #6 · answered by Fretless 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
nicely, i do in contrast to basketball and that i hate affirmative action. yet i do no longer have faith the NBA is being racist. for my section, in straight forward terms the main qualified persons could be employed for any given interest reguardless of race, intercourse, faith, etc... So, if the final basketball gamers available to play in the NBA are black, white, latino, in spite of - those are people who could be paid to play. Is hockey racist for having a majority of its gamers white Canadians, Europeans or Midwesterners? no longer whether that's drafting gamers based entirely on their skill to play the sport.
2016-10-08 21:47:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Politically correct is such an overused word, I don't really know what it means. I do agree that stupidity and oversensitivity should die.
BTW common sense tells me there is no "c" in sense.
2007-07-31 04:07:05 · answer #8 · answered by beren 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If COMMON SENSE is doing the eulogy, then I'm I dressed and ready to attend that funeral!
2007-07-31 06:55:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we must destroy political correctness at all costs
It is a beast of biblical proportions that is undermining our society
I had a question about this very thing a few minutes ago:
2007-07-31 04:10:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
I would like to be the one to strangle the life out of it.
2007-07-31 04:15:40 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋