3 ms·
I don't understand pc the way this article kinds of defines it, but what I experience is people making clear racist comments and then defending it by claiming I
by Latteland 8y ago
I don't understand pc the way this article kinds of defines it, but what I experience is people making clear racist comments and then defending it by claiming I'm worried about being politically correct.
My (family member that I want to avoid exposing) is an Archie Bunker cliched conservative. When he gets mad he might throw out the N word. He tries to defend it some times by saying rappers use it in songs. I told him it's always offensive (we are white for what it matters). He might claim that this is just being politically correct. When he was a kid this person must have heard their parents use it.
Maybe I'm on the other side of the pc maginot line, but I think using that word is pretty much always wrong, I don't like it when it's music. I don't like similar words for Jewish people, or immigrants from certain countries or words to denigrate muslims. This feels very different than the "new word to judiciously refer to a group of people that I don't know about" that feels like a different kind of thing that is also attacked as PC (e.g., Latinx).
- paulddraper 8y ago> When he gets mad he might throw out the N word. > I told him it's always offensive It is always offensive. Just like f--ker, s--thead, a--hole, etc. are always offensive. Yet somehow, you rarely see a ruckus made over those.
- Latteland 8y agoOkay, it's always been obvious to me that those words are unacceptable, but I am trying to be open minded for other people's ideas in the discussion of pc culture. Maybe there's another view?
- Chazprime 8y agoThis American Life did a great podcast entitled “Words You Can’t Say” earlier this year; might be good primer for you (it’s also available on iTunes): https://www.thisamericanlife.org/637/words-you-cant-say https://www.thisamericanlife.org/637/words-you-cant-say
- Latteland 8y agoI know these words are unacceptable. It's the very conservative person in my family who insists we are unfairly complaining about his racism, he calls it tone policing or some other bs - it's just using racist words, exposing his soul.