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I think the only thing interesting about this is to reflect on the culture of the late 80s and early 90s. It seems to me that there was a transition from the li
by solosoyokaze 6y ago
I think the only thing interesting about this is to reflect on the culture of the late 80s and early 90s. It seems to me that there was a transition from the litigious nature of the US to "political correctness" to the culture we have today that can be viewed as accountability or "cancel culture" depending on your point of view.
Limbaugh played a big role in politicizing that process. He was probably also one of the main drivers of the populist right movement that ultimately turned into Trump.
Disclosure: my politics don't match the mainstream and I'm not a liberal/democrat/republican/far-right, this is just my observation from someone who grew up in the 90s.
EDIT: if you're down voting this I would love to know why. I'm not even sure if it's pro-Rush or anti-Rush people doing it as I thought my statement was pretty neutral.
- mateo411 6y agoI don't understand what you mean by transition from the litigious nature of US to "political correctness". I think the convention definition of litigious nature is to be "quick to litigate/sue people in court". I don't see what that has to do with political correctness. Political correctness was a term invented in the late 80s early 90s, but I think America was litigious before that and continues to be litigious today. And if you disagree with that, I'll see you in court.
- solosoyokaze 6y agoI think political correctness was born of the litigious culture. There was a pivot in the 80s in the US from focusing on the individual to that of the systems the individual interacts with. The locus of control flipped and in my opinion this was due to culture, especially workplace culture, becoming more litigious. This manifested in increased awareness of discrimination and HR in general, which led directly to "political correctness". I personally agree that systems play a huge role in a person's life trajectory and that "rugged American exceptionalism" was always a myth unless you were white, but that's beyond the scope of my point here.
- mateo411 6y agoThat's an interesting point. I hadn't thought of that. Thanks for explaining that because it's not an obvious connection. You might be correct.