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I may be misunderstanding you, but politically attacking rich people and white people are some of the most popular things going right now, especially among the
by AlexB138 9y ago
I may be misunderstanding you, but politically attacking rich people and white people are some of the most popular things going right now, especially among the demographic common around HN. It's almost the opposite of politically incorrect.
Not saying all complaints are unfounded, but it's far from politically incorrect in many groups.
- geofft 9y agoI don't think "politically incorrect" is necessarily correlated with "unpopular" - see, for instance, the number of news articles about how countless people are thrilled with Trump for saying out loud the "politically incorrect" things that they were just thinking.
- AlexB138 9y agoFair point. Still, political correctness is very much about avoiding offense or further disadvantage toward marginalized groups. It still doesn't fit to claim it's politically incorrect to go after rich white people. It's a pedantic point though, I admit.
- geofft 9y agoI agree that that's how the phrase is used in practice (and yeah, language is descriptive), but I don't think the idea itself has any fundamental reason why it's about offense towards the marginalized and not offense towards the powerful--especially given that the powerful, somewhat by definition, tend to control politics and standards of decorum.