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You're taking this out of context. Let me put it back into context by quoting myself: >I mean, sure, I laugh at those who have this 'white rage' for complain

by lsc 11y ago

You're taking this out of context. Let me put it back into context by quoting myself: >I mean, sure, I laugh at those who have this 'white rage' for complaining that we, as white men, are now expected to treat other people with a base level of respect (as that, at root, is the intent of political correctness.) At least where I live, this expectation is phrased more like "Please consider that women are humans too, you know, if it's not too much trouble" In other words, my experience of 'political correctness' is being paid, every now and again, to watch amateurish videos that boil down to the message "Please consider that women are humans too, you know, if it's not too much trouble" You can see how this would color my opinion of the people who complain that "political correctness has gone overboard" It's possible that there are times and places where political correctness really is oppressive; Considering my life experience, though, I find that to be pretty unlikely, but who knows.

flipcoder 11y ago
> It's possible that there are times and places where political correctness really is oppressive; Considering my life experience, though, I find that to be pretty unlikely, but who knows. Brendan Eich knows.
- lsc 11y ago
  Eh, I'd compare the case of Eich to the case of Lindsey Stone. I think the issue there is how the internet has taken mob justice to the next level, not political correctness; it's a phenomena of both sides of the political spectrum. It's kind of a scary problem, because we've all done something that offends someone, and what makes the difference between something offensive you've done that nobody cares about and something offensive you've done that makes you the five-minute hate for half the world looks a lot like random chance to me. This sort of thing could happen, really, to any of us at any time.

by lsc 11y ago

flipcoder 11y ago

> It's possible that there are times and places where political correctness really is oppressive; Considering my life experience, though, I find that to be pretty unlikely, but who knows. Brendan Eich knows.

lsc 11y ago
Eh, I'd compare the case of Eich to the case of Lindsey Stone. I think the issue there is how the internet has taken mob justice to the next level, not political correctness; it's a phenomena of both sides of the political spectrum. It's kind of a scary problem, because we've all done something that offends someone, and what makes the difference between something offensive you've done that nobody cares about and something offensive you've done that makes you the five-minute hate for half the world looks a lot like random chance to me. This sort of thing could happen, really, to any of us at any time.