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Isn't the perverse fairness of giving equal time to clearly unequal opinions (/science/facts/etc) worse discourse than political correctness? Of course PC can a

Isn't the perverse fairness of giving equal time to clearly unequal opinions (/science/facts/etc) worse discourse than political correctness? Of course PC can and does wade into over sensitivity but it also includes the idea that you should err on the side of safety when using words that can be terribly hurtful to some people. It's not our place to decide that it's not in fact hurtful.

engi_nerd 11y ago
Yes, the idea that we must be fair to all opinions, no matter how silly, is also a bad one.
- Lawtonfogle 11y ago
  But it must be countered by the fact that some valid opinions of today were the silliest of the past. Consider how many things we accept as valid today (say opinions related to equality) were once almost blasphemous to mention. It would be arrogant of us to assume we are not making similar mistakes.
  - engi_nerd 11y ago
    You raise a good point that I hadn't thought about. I suppose the lesson is to keep an open mind, but not so open that our brains fall out.
    - Lawtonfogle 11y ago
      I'm just worried that among progressives of the past, many open minded positions of today would have been 'opening your mind til your brain fell out'. Consider what people would've said a century ago if you brought up homosexuals marrying or transsexual acceptance. What today seems a strange to use as those concepts seemed a to progressives a century ago?
      - engi_nerd 11y ago
        Any ideas for how we can guard against this?