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>Mind you, the fundamental thesis of our presentation was Politically Incorrect, but we wanted people to get upset about the actual content rather than the form
by brokenkebab 7y ago
>Mind you, the fundamental thesis of our presentation was Politically Incorrect, but we wanted people to get upset about the actual content rather than the form in which it was presented
Gosh, that were peaceful times in 1993, weren't they? Nowadays they would risk to get into a twitter shitstorm demanding their resignation, firing, and disappearance.
- kerkeslager 7y agoI think the phrase "politically incorrect" had a narrower meaning in 1993. At the time it really was limited to politics, and in this case the politics in question were probably the politics of academia. So you'd only be be taking a risk saying the politically incorrect thing he was saying if you were an academic, and it offended other academics who had the power to make decisions that affected your career. Nowadays, "politically incorrect" really means "socially unacceptable", and what is socially acceptable has shrunk to not include having political opinions outside of your social sphere's. But I think the modern idea of "politically incorrect" isn't new. McCarthyism, for example, is basically the same thing; they just didn't use the term "politically incorrect" to describe statements which could be construed as Marxist.
- brokenkebab 7y agoI don't think so. The fundamental idea behind the concept of PC remains the same, it's possible to check it by reading discussions of that time. It's just that the political movement which forces it was weaker, smaller, and less aggressive back then.