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Do you ever feel tired in their presence? Do you feel fatigued talking to them because everything has to be so perfectly embellished, and it has to please everyone?
What's the situation in your country like? I mean are people more inclined to being politically correct as a form of upbringing or do they speak their mind?
In my country, people are so politically correct, the meter reading crashes through the roof.
Not at all,and in Taiwan it's not a good thing because it means that people simply state their discriminatory thoughts out loud,and those who agree would echo loudly right away.
Here in the USA, I would say about 50/50. Most Conservative, Right Wing people abhor political correctness.
I can't think of anything more stupid than political correctness but at least, we have laws that protect people's right to speak their minds. As much as I don't agree with the KKK, I think they should have the right to speak their minds, as long as no crime is committed.
Most Liberal, Left Wing people dream about an Euro style politically correct society where all races get along, they all hold hands and sing about diversity together. You are allowed to speak your mind as long as you don't offend anybody.
I have heard some stupid Left Wing Liberals say that people who are "racist" should attend mandatory "diversity training" as if taking some stupid course on diversity and other Leftist utopic BS will make a person less racist.
As far as the legislature is concerned, it's pretty terrible. People's general attitudes are a different story, however, many being outraged by the actions of the police in this case and against the irrational way public order laws are being enforced:
But really, it exists to a certain extent, and there are instances when the law oversteps the line, but a lot of the time people scream 'politically correct' because they can't say offensive things under the guise of a joke (and this is another tricky area - when a joke stops being a joke and becomes downright offensive). A limit needs to exist, because people shouldn't be allowed to go around hurling abusive things at people and then claiming 'freedom of speech', but at the same time, if someone wants to preach abstinence or sexual morality or whatever, then no harm done. The person isn't causing harm to me, because I will ignore them, and I suspect most people would.
The above case is a good example of the law overstepping the line - the man in question wasn't targeting homosexuals or inciting hatred from what I can gather, so there was no need for an arrest. I mean, I don't agree with him at all, but he isn't being hurtful. It's silly to arrest him but not arrest the braindead morons who parade with the English Defence Leage across the country (note: I think they have a right to exist, but it's a double-standard as the EDL stand for something more offensive than what that man was preaching - the EDL are a step beyond UKIP and more like the BNP).
I don't think there should be any tolerance for groups who outright hate particular groups of people such as the KKK. I can somewhat relate to a bunch of Christians going around proclaiming that homosexuality is a sin (even if I think it's bullshit), but there's no logic behind wanting to kill black people (or people of any racial minority - because race is clearly an area completely beyond our control). Ditto for neo-nazis and similar nutjobs.
I think Sweden is a good example of a country that probably takes political correctness to the extreme. If people can't even reference to lady parts without feminists getting huffy, then there is a problem.
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In France, if officialdom and most big medias are PC, with the people it's quite another matter, I believe the UNcorrectness dominates largely, due to traditional French free thinking and distrust of the powers that be...
I think Sweden is a good example of a country that probably takes political correctness to the extreme. If people can't even reference to lady parts without feminists getting huffy, then there is a problem.
Sweden is becoming a center for political correctness and pseudo intellectualism. I read an article about these "gender neutral" schools in Sweden where boys and girls are not addressed as boys and girls but rather "equals"
I think the most extreme term of politically correctness in this case is "physically challenged"
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