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"He's not politically correct." It's as if people who rage against political correctness don't understand what it means. It means showing respect and being pol
by wueiweiuhle 10y ago
"He's not politically correct."
It's as if people who rage against political correctness don't understand what it means. It means showing respect and being polite and not using pejoratives. That's all.
- api 10y agoLike "redneck" and "hick" and "white trash"? That's the other thing I think people are reacting to. There's a double standard where it's okay to slur rural white Americans but nobody else. IMHO it's about classism as opposed to racism. Racism is taboo in American discourse but classism and urban elitism (placeism?) are not. Maybe the answer is to define PC as you do and extend it to cover classism, placeism, and reverse stereotyping. Maybe it should just be taboo to be an asshole.
- splawn 10y agoI thought it was taboo to be an asshole. Hence the term "asshole".
- api 10y agoIn most human cultures and subcultures it is acceptable to be an asshole to out-groups. My point was that your average left-leaning person is not immune from this.
- wueiweiuhle 10y agoTo cry double-standard here is to have completely missed the point
- rrauenza 10y agoThat's a gross simplification. It is used to shutdown opposing viewpoints, particularly on college campuses. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/what-it-looks-like-when-political-correctness-chills-speech-on-campus/497387/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/what-it...
- LyndsySimon 10y agoNot from our perspective. It means pre-emptive censorship and ridicule.