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> In contemporary professional and technical society, the politically incorrect occupy a disadvantaged position. This is not true in the least. The "political

> In contemporary professional and technical society, the politically incorrect occupy a disadvantaged position. This is not true in the least. The "politically incorrect", as you put it, get free license to say and do sexist and racist things and its up to the people affected by that to speak up. When those people do speak up, usually their attempt to bring up that point is the subject of criticism. > The person being accused of political incorrectness is automatically assumed to be a person of the worst sort - sexist, unthinking, mean. That someone's tears and fears of being called out on a being a sexist is considered more of a problem then their sexist words and behavior is a key part of having privilege. > For comparison, see also "I'm a man hating dyke, meh, I get more pussy than you." That statement drips with misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia. If someone wants to take ownership of those aspects of themselves, that's fine, but that person deserves to be ridiculed for it.

yummyfajitas 13y ago
The "politically incorrect", as you put it, get free license No they don't. If they phrase factually correct statements the wrong way, society condemns and penalizes them. Larry Summers is a perfect illustration of this. That someone's tears and fears of being called out on a being a sexist is considered more of a problem then their sexist words and behavior is a key part of having privilege. It's not considered "more of a problem" by pretty much anyone. Accusing someone of sexism is just a rhetorical weapon used by the privileged to make dissenters stop speaking truth to power. A person who's beliefs align them with modern liberalism has an extraordinary privilege - they do not suffer the presumption that they are bad people with evil beliefs. They can make content-free assertions, make ad-hominem attacks against those who disagree, while in contrast those who disagree must present mountains of evidence for their position. (Oh yes I am being the jerk who uses the language of political correctness against itself.) As for the statement you describe as "drips with mysogyny, homophobia and transphobia", it's a statement I heard made by a lesbian who was taking ownership of the word "dyke". If you wish to ridicule lesbians who claim "dyke" for their own (or blacks who claim "nigger" for their own) be my guest.

yummyfajitas 13y ago

The "politically incorrect", as you put it, get free license No they don't. If they phrase factually correct statements the wrong way, society condemns and penalizes them. Larry Summers is a perfect illustration of this. That someone's tears and fears of being called out on a being a sexist is considered more of a problem then their sexist words and behavior is a key part of having privilege. It's not considered "more of a problem" by pretty much anyone. Accusing someone of sexism is just a rhetorical weapon used by the privileged to make dissenters stop speaking truth to power. A person who's beliefs align them with modern liberalism has an extraordinary privilege - they do not suffer the presumption that they are bad people with evil beliefs. They can make content-free assertions, make ad-hominem attacks against those who disagree, while in contrast those who disagree must present mountains of evidence for their position. (Oh yes I am being the jerk who uses the language of political correctness against itself.) As for the statement you describe as "drips with mysogyny, homophobia and transphobia", it's a statement I heard made by a lesbian who was taking ownership of the word "dyke". If you wish to ridicule lesbians who claim "dyke" for their own (or blacks who claim "nigger" for their own) be my guest.