skeptic 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwazse 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_in_CA 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeattlePioneer 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlyn_LeRoy Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 This is just the whining of people who can't stand being criticized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouter99 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlyn_LeRoy 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeCastor 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fehler 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeCastor 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAHAWK Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I thought you wanted to be called "Stosh." 0___0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuctTape 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadenP 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walk in the woods 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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