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Political Correctness: Red Herring?
Isn't political correctness a red herring? How many third hand stories have we heard about ridiculous things happening on account of it? It's like the Yeti, or Nessie, or Bill O'Reilly's researcher. You hear about it, but no one seems to have a first hand account.
Do people and organizations sometimes decide to deal with new or controversial topics conservatively? Sure, and that's prudent. Do they go too far sometimes. For my taste, yes. But while the left is attacked for being PC, the right takes a different tack in response to disagreement. They tap phones, infiltrate organizations, throw folks out of campaign rallies, or smear their names.
I think what some people call PC is simple, basic respect. A person or group should have the right to choose their name. Don't you?
If someone isn't allowed to call Black folks "darkies" any more, that's not being PC. That's being a decent human being. Do we really need to demand the right to be immature assholes?
Holla back.
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- BeachBumLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Teaching ppl to be sensitive to others is a healthy thing.
Using terminology that is of a negative tone is detrimental. For example, I can't stand to hear the phrase, "runs like a girl." unless it is actually about someone running I guess. But most of the time it is referring to running away like a coward. That always ticks me off when I believe women have more courage than men when it comes for standing up and fighting for what we believe in at all cost.
With all that said though, it can be taken to the extreme. And I have no clue what has happen to the phrase, "sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me."
That teaches us to let negative things bounce off us and that we choose to let somebody's elses opinion of us hurt us or not. We seem to have lost that mentality.