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"Political correctness" is just a term given to it. It was originally known as "caring about someone else's feelings and not just your own, and giving a damn about the influence you have on those around you."
No surprise we needed a name for it. But it is surprising that so many people have forgotten what it refers to.
Absolutely. When certain people can't come up with a good rebuttal to an argument, they say you're being politically correct, or they blame the "liberal media". They're both red herrings.
If someone asked you to call them Bob and not Robert or Bobby, would you respect their wishes? Why is it so difficult for some people to respect people's wishes when it comes to being called African-American and not Black, or Black and not African-American? Does respecting people's preferences for which name to be used stifle thought and feel like censorship? Is calling someone Mike and not Michael or Jo and not Joanne suppressing your freedom of speech? Why is it that when people have a preference for how a part of their identity is referred to, some people instantly equate that with censorship and thought control? For example, I prefer to be called blind and not visually-impaired or non-sighted or sightless. I don't get all bent out of shape if someone calls me one of the others, but if someone asks me my preference, I appreciate the gesture, and let them know nicely, just as if I ask someone if they prefer to be called Jennifer, Jenny, Jen, etc. Respecting people's wishes in terms of how to refer to an aspect of their identity is no different than respecting people's wishes in terms of what name to use with them, IMO.
Calling someone a Mexican, has become politically incorrect. Even if they are from Mexico and a Mexican citizen.
That would be an example of political correctness gone too far.
On this, I'd say it depends on the forum. My gf calls herself a Mexican, though she's born and raised here, but I think she'd use the term "Hispanic" if she ever went on TV for some intellectual discussion.
I have never seen
anyone accuse of people against military to be politically incorrect.
Stupid , Weak , i have seen them called ,politically incorrect i have not seen that
The point is that there is an attempt to enforce a particular side's idea of what is permissible to say. That's political correctness whether you use the term or not.
The term "political correctness" was coined by its critics anyway.
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It annoys me when people say that political correctness is always 'liberal'. For example, it's politically incorrect to say you are against the military, or against the death penalty. It's also politically incorrect to say you're anti-capitalism.
Buyers remorse? The left owns political correctness! Own up.
The point is that there is an attempt to enforce a particular side's idea of what is permissible to say. That's political correctness whether you use the term or not.
The term "political correctness" was coined by its critics anyway.
It's kind of sad that taking people's basic preferences into account has to be broken down into "permissibles." You're allowed to not respect people's preferences or wishes for what to be called, but don't you just want to, out of basic respect?
It's kind of sad that taking people's basic preferences into account has to be broken down into "permissibles." You're allowed to not respect people's preferences or wishes for what to be called, but don't you just want to, out of basic respect?
Yes, that's true, but what's now called political correctness often goes beyond that toward an enforced orthodoxy of ideas, not simply having good manners.
That would be an example of political correctness gone too far.
On this, I'd say it depends on the forum. My gf calls herself a Mexican, though she's born and raised here, but I think she'd use the term "Hispanic" if she ever went on TV for some intellectual discussion.
Just as the "N" word get slung around in certain communities, but on camera, they would suddenly become African American, yet they have never ever been to Africa, much less born there.
Political correctness is governments way of pushing something that in its full view, is a very bad thing.
It goes back to renaming public assistance, which was unconstitutional, Welfare.
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