skeptic 975 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Found this piece in the Los Angeles Times to be interesting and bit humorous. I particularly liked the ending comments; " giving this new version of PC the respect it deserves warrants a whole new term. So what have we got? Insatiable aggrievedness? Compulsive didacticism? Sanctimonious kneejerkery? Any of those would beat political correctness. Because PC's been beat." http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed...03-column.html Link to post Share on other sites
qwazse 4333 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Misread it at first and thought "Hmm knee jerkey ... next to the pickled pigs feet." Link to post Share on other sites
Rick_in_CA 401 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Found this piece in the Los Angeles Times to be interesting and bit humorous. I particularly liked the ending comments; " giving this new version of PC the respect it deserves warrants a whole new term. So what have we got? Insatiable aggrievedness? Compulsive didacticism? Sanctimonious kneejerkery? Any of those would beat political correctness. Because PC's been beat." http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed...03-column.html A good article, you should also read the Jonathan Chait article the LA Times article references. I especially agree with the paragraph: Liberals believe (or ought to believe) that social progress can continue while we maintain our traditional ideal of a free political marketplace where we can reason together as individuals. Political correctness challenges that bedrock liberal ideal. While politically less threatening than conservatism (the far right still commands far more power in American life), the p.c. left is actually more philosophically threatening. It is an undemocratic creed. Link to post Share on other sites
SeattlePioneer 144 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I saw a report that newspapers and wire services are increasingly refusing to use the term "illegal immigrant" in newspaper reports. This is political correctness as mind control. Link to post Share on other sites
Merlyn_LeRoy 72 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 This is just the whining of people who can't stand being criticized. Link to post Share on other sites
Scouter99 265 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 This is just the whining of people who can't stand being criticized. This is just the whining of people who can't stand open discussion. Link to post Share on other sites
Merlyn_LeRoy 72 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 This is just the whining of people who can't stand open discussion. I'm fine with open discussion; you might notice I don't hold back my opinion, either. Seriously, skeptic's constant whining about "PC" is ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites
LeCastor 641 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Political correctness threads always make me think of Walter Sobczak from the film The Big Lebowski: "The Chinaman is not the issue here. Oh, and, Dude, 'Chinaman' is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please." Link to post Share on other sites
Fehler 118 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 One person's courtesy, in calling a person what they want to be called, is another persons PC. Link to post Share on other sites
LeCastor 641 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 One person's courtesy' date=' in calling a person what they want to be called, is another persons PC.[/quote'] Fehler, "in the parlance of our times", you nailed it. Link to post Share on other sites
Stosh 3452 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 One person's courtesy' date=' in calling a person what they want to be called, is another persons PC.[/quote'] I have always wanted people to call me Your Highness, but even the PC bunch doesn't follow through because of their hypocrisy. Must mean that all the PC crowd wants is courtesy on their terms, not what other people want. Stosh Link to post Share on other sites
TAHAWK 1420 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I thought you wanted to be called "Stosh." 0___0 Link to post Share on other sites
DuctTape 1224 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 While it may be fun to pick on PC, or even be a badge of honor to refer to oneself as "not PC", I think the fundamental concept behind it is sound. If calling someone something is offensive to them, why would we continue to refer to them in such a way as to be hurtful? I thought a scout was supposed to be Kind. Link to post Share on other sites
BadenP 93 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Prejudice has always been rampant in our society since the Founding Fathers and will continue to be so, in spite of PC and because of moronic TV and radio conservative commentators like Reilly, Limbaugh, etc., etc., etc. Link to post Share on other sites
walk in the woods 888 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Prejudice has always been rampant in our society since the Founding Fathers and will continue to be so' date=' in spite of PC and because of moronic TV and radio conservative commentators like Reilly, Limbaugh, etc., etc., etc.[/quote'] As well as Maddow, Sharpton, Jackson, Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartman, Ed Schultz and the like. Bomb throwers from either extreme are the problem. Link to post Share on other sites
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