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In the U.S. we already tried to institutionalize racial discrimination. From reading the history, I think that "too much political correctness" is preferable to
by jacobwilliamroy 7y ago
In the U.S. we already tried to institutionalize racial discrimination. From reading the history, I think that "too much political correctness" is preferable to "separatist paramilitary groups and city police departments having shooting wars in my neighborhood."
- Chris2048 7y agoProblem is the same brand of PC is being exported to places without that history, because of the power shift it causes. Also see: invoking emergency military powers during peacetime (as reaction to overblown external threats) to suppress political dissent.
- jacobwilliamroy 7y agoWhat is a specific example of a PC behavior which you don't appreciate? I want to understand why you are concerned.
- raxxorrax 7y agoI disagree and the dichotomy is a wrong one, since suppression of issues just leaves the way of taking justice into your own hands in the way you described
- jacobwilliamroy 7y agoThe dichotomy is real, and you are comparing apples and oranges. Yes, there are white separatist paramilitaries operating within the United States who have cropped up in reaction to affirmative action and social justice, but it won't blow up the same way the black panthers did. It's apples and oranges, because today's U.S. white separatist paramilitary groups are not targets of the U.S. government. The FBI isn't assassinating members of the Aryan Brotherhood nor are politicians passing gun control laws to curb the flow of weapons into their territories. The U.S. government is not actively persecuting white supremacists. There is no COINTELPRO for white supremacists. There is no escalation here, no conflict. Nazis get a free lunch in the U.S.