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http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Sapir%E2%80%93Whorf_hypothesis.html http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Sapir%E... This w

by fuckpig 13y ago

http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Sapir%E2%80%93Whorf_hypothesis.html http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Sapir%E... This was the left's justification for Political Correctness. It's entirely dubious science with a clear agenda behind it: make thoughtcrime illegal.

bgilroy26 13y ago
It may be dubious science, but it's important from an 'Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten' perspective. Many of my friends have the "fuck em if they can't take a joke" outlook on political correctness, so I get it. On the other hand, it is more difficult to mix with strangers and new social groups when you aren't used to being polite a lot of the time.
- midas007 13y ago
  Most British corporate shops, and startups also, transplanted to the US would have everyone headed to HR for sexual harassment training and hurt feelings lawsuits.
  - sitkack 13y ago
    Would it be the brits or the americans heading to the HR department for the violations?
    - midas007 13y ago
      Brits. There is constant teasing and innuendo, and everything's fair game.
- fuckpig 13y ago
  I don't agree that political correctness "equals" being polite. It's possible to be polite and not be PC. It's in fact possible to not be PC and not be offensive at all (note: politeness was originally a way of dealing with disagreements, including offense, not hiding them). However, our modern masters want us to see the two as conflatable...