Can it coincide with truth, with the Good, or does it coincide exclusively with lies?
2007-08-15 22:39:15 · 10 answers · asked by Mirka 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
no
political correctness is a farce!
I went to school back in the 70's and 80s I seen people call people names and people got bad grades if they didnt study. people were black, white, hispanic. no one complained. Dogs didnt get upset because we never called them canine americans instead of dog. Notice the results, we didnt have people whacking each other left and right on school campuses. we didnt have terrorist blowing up our buildings either. People, werent afraid to call soviets the evil empire. the results? communism fell many many places! a wall came down! We werent afraid to confront our enemy!
now fast forward. what has this political correct produced?
Got people butchering people left and right on campuses. you got pre teens snipering kids in arkansas! U got VT students gun downed! You got terrorists not afar but in our backyard blowing up buildings!
you have produced a generation of more manly women and more weak pansy men!
wake up
2007-08-15 22:52:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Being politically correct actually mostly coincides with what I would consider to be good and true.
It was intended to be good and true. Political correctness was a byproduct of the 60s and 70s when progressive, fair-minded people were trying to change what they considered wrong and unjust in society. It wasn't really until then that we as a nation embraced the idea that racism was wrong, that sexism was wrong.
Because there were so many hateful words and ideas embedded in our everyday language, some people began to say 'let's be careful of the words we use, what concepts we use to describe ourselves and each other'. This is what political correctness was.
It was a shortcut to trying to change prejudiced behavior and bias that most people had grown up with.
It was well intended. But the problem, was that that certain problems and perspectives that fell outside of "political correctness" got ignored, and were left unrepresented. A lot of resentment built up.
People began to say stuff they didn't mean, to be 'politically correct'. This was hypocritical, which frankly can be worse than just being an asshole with different values. Others felt they couldn't speak their own truths, because it wasn't 'politically correct'.
The truth is, it takes more than just words to solve social problems and bring people together. Political correctness shut a lot of people out of the dialogue, and that was a mistake.
Think over the issues, think about what kind of world you want to live in, and what values are important to you. Don't believe something JUST because it's politically correct -- or JUST because it's politically INcorrect.
2007-08-16 06:09:25 · answer #2 · answered by snoopy l 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since Politics and what is Politically Correct, in word and deed, change with the wind, political correctness can not have much to do with any kind of larger truth which, one hopes is more immutable than daily fashion.
2007-08-16 05:45:20 · answer #3 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all about perception, so it has some basis in truth (just stretched), nothing about it to denote good or bad, and could have basis in lies...and absolutely no functionality.
2007-08-16 05:45:23 · answer #4 · answered by paradigm_thinker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Subject: My Insensitivity Training Continues
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2007-08-16 07:09:35 · answer #5 · answered by character 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are two big lies in this world...one is politically right and the other is statistics..so better not treat hem as facts.. Ty
2007-08-16 05:44:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes if it is genuinely done to avoid causing vulnerable people genuine grievances - rather than going too far and being plain bonkers!
2007-08-16 05:43:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no..like the word says it is political, and not necessarily correct.
2007-08-16 05:47:36 · answer #8 · answered by Krytox1a 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are afraid to call a terrorist, a terrorist because you do not want them upset, then it is weakness.
2007-08-16 05:43:06 · answer #9 · answered by Dina W 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nancy pelosi is a classic example of where its far from it, so the answer is no.
2007-08-16 06:12:56 · answer #10 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋