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Americans strongly dislike what they perceive as PC culture, but most of us participate in it in some form. In other words, we don't like that others have a lis
by draw_down 7y ago
Americans strongly dislike what they perceive as PC culture, but most of us participate in it in some form. In other words, we don't like that others have a list of things we can't say, but we all have a list of things others can't say.
The fight is purported to be PC vs politically incorrect, but the truth is everyone has their own little version of political correctness. People rant about free speech but they would never allow someone to burn a flag. They rail against political correctness but they lose their minds when a football player says something they don't like. Et cetera.
Or to put it yet another way, the fight is over which ways of curtailing speech are acceptable to classify as "political correctness" and which are not.
- xfitm3 7y ago> but the truth is everyone has their own little version of political correctness Personally - I'm ok with you saying whatever you want. Any word, in any context. If I don't like it that's my problem. You can burn a flag too. I don't care.
- toasterlovin 7y agoI think what you're describing is not that every person has their own little version of political correctness, but that every group has their own subgroup of people who have an instinct to police speech. I'm personally fine with whatever speech you want to use (with the exceptions that are enshrined in U.S. law; no inciting violence, etc.), but I may choose not to interact with you. And I suspect that a sizable chunk of the population actually feels this way.
- draw_down 7y agoYes, thank you, I agree it operates more on a subgroup level.