‘The Demands of Political Correctness’
by Adam BaldwinIn reply to a recent political and cultural controversy involving “Sesame Street,” Sesame Workshop Executive Vice President Miranda Barry wrote:
Jim Henson, Jon Stone, Frank Oz and others set a witty and silly tone for Sesame Street that our current writers work to maintain despite the demands of political correctness.
What then, specifically, are the demands of political correctness that Ms. Barry’s taxpayer-funded organization operates under?
What is Political Correctness?
For an exacting scholarly analyses of Political Correctness we can turn to Free Congress Foundation & William Lind’s The History of Political Correctness.
As Mr. Lind distills:
If we look at [Political Correctness] analytically, if we look at it historically, we quickly find out exactly what it is. Political Correctness is cultural Marxism. It is Marxism translated from economic into cultural terms.
Frank Ellis’ Political Correctness and the Theoretical Struggle:
…exposes the ideology behind political correctness and the role it plays in modern western society. Frank Ellis traces PC’s dark history from its invention by the Russian Soviets to its migration to the western world. Ellis also demonstrates how political correctness is being used to shut down debate and marginalise opponents of any social reform by branding them with unpopular labels. PC is destroying language and culture and making it impossible to critique what is happening in society.
With this history and scholarly definitions — and in the interest of convivial debate (and of course inevitable disagreement) — the following questions are posed in good faith and with the hope that Sesame Workshop might provide American taxpayers clarification and contextualization for the benefit of all concerned, especially for the children:
- What is Sesame Workshop’s definition of Political Correctness?
- When did Political Correctness enter Sesame Workshop’s criteria for its federal taxpayer-funded educational programs?
- Who does Sesame Workshop believe is responsible for instituting the demands of political correctness upon its administrators, Sesame Street writers, producers, cast, and ultimately its target audience of pre-school and elementary school children?
- Where can the public find Sesame Workshop’s instructional policies and guidelines regulating its practices regarding Political Correctness?
- How does Sesame Workshop believe its Political Correctness programming complies with widely accepted academic freedom ethics and standards that require varying scholarly viewpoints be given equal time?
- Why does Sesame Workshop currently feel constrained by the demands of Political Correctness?
- What are Sesame Workshop’s plans for future governance of Political Correctness?
Other recent examples and outcomes of the demands of Political Correctness upon the Arts, public education and American society illustrate the need to more closely scrutinize and explain this highly controversial (even deadly) political and cultural issue:
- The NEA’s coordinated falsehood with the White House that the organization’s infamous conference call “was not a means to promote any legislative agenda.
- ACORN’s tax and voter fraud activities and its CEO Bertha Lewis’ coordination with her “sister from another mister,” AFT’s Randi Weingarten.
- White House Communications Director Anita Dunn’s claim that Mao Tse Tung is one her ‘favorite political philosophers.’
- The Ft. Hood terrorist attack.
Political Correctness is a menacing form of viewpoint discrimination, an intolerant “heckler’s veto” deployed to stifle reasonable debate of controversial issues.
A varying viewpoint contributed by one commenter on my last post asserts:
“The ‘political correctness’ she [Ms. Barry] refers to is right wing political correctness. IE wingers who are hypersensitive and read marxist messages into everything.”
Fair enough?
Exit compound question: What is your definition of Political Correctness, and what demands do you think it places upon the Arts, public education, American institutions and American society?
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Question to Executive Vice President Miranda Barry: What do you know of Political Correctness and when did you know it? Can you name anyone else who may be involved in Political Correctness? Would you be willing to testify to this?
PC = Leftist fundamentalism
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I like the definition of PC as written by students at Texas A&M: "The premise that it is entirely feasible to pick up a turd by the clean end".
I also like the late Charlton Heston's definition: "Tyranny with manners".
What then, specifically, are the demands of political correctness that Ms. Barry’s taxpayer-funded organization operates under?
Whiners complaining about a joke on Fox would be one.
The irony is rich here.
Good article, Adam.
On a side note, I loved you as Hamilton on "Angel".
The demands of Political Correctness are in short. You will be good enough give up who you are, What you believe in and all that you know and hold to be true as you smile at the things and the people you hate. Oh yes and you will kindly lay down your life if need be rather than offend anyone ala Ft. Hood…..That'll be the F'in Day.
I like this quote by Theodore Dalrymple.
"Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to."
Go watch him as Jayne in "Firefly." His character is the polar opposite of politically correct, and that's what makes him so great.
Political Correctness:
The imposition of controls on speech or behavior that is counter to the position of any vocal (liberal) minority, for the purpose of neutralizing any viewpoint that may be in the majority, and intimidating those that may wish to present their personal views or positions.
George Orwell defined it well in "1984," only he called it Newspeak.
Truly awesome. Thanks for the research. And think how much of advertising is about instilling fear and fear of embarrassment (humiliation). No wonder mass media meshes with the philosophy.
I love that liberals are so blinded by their own stupidity that anything they cry foul over as either racism or bigotry or whatever is always correct, however if anybody in opposition (it's not limited to conservatives anymore) is offended or points something out as socialist or marxist, they're being hypersensitive.
They've had no problems giving Bush or Christians or Mormons every label in the book, but once it's turned around, it's because we need to calm down and we're blowing things out of proportion. Their defense is usually followed by calling us some sort of expletive or an insult that's equally infantile. Because that totally shows us how wrong we are.
Apparently so is the stupidity.
Political correctness: The act of disregarding the concept of freedom of speech because it might be considered offensive or dangerous.
It is usually accompanied by a willful ignorance of reality because reality and the presentation of facts have a habit of offending the groups which are "protected" under the rules political correctness.
Tyranny comes in many forms. This is but another more subtle one used to intimidate society into passivity and compliance. But, where is the law? Ask and public servant, "Under what law do you punish me for speaking my mind?" When they bluster and fumble, say "I thought so" and walk away. The US Constitution is the law of the land, not congress. Bravely stand up for liberty.
Political Correctness at one time only destroyed careers, the events at Fort Hood demonstrate that it now does both.
Beware of the political correctness/"climate change"/neo-socialist-communist nexus.
M."Gorby" Gorbachev the former General Secretary of the Communist Party embraces "climate change/global warming" – and criticising the so-called *science* is thus – politically incorrect.
This giant transfer of western wealth to cesspool masquerading as countries in the "third world" is pure socialism. That's why the 0bamaists embrace it, hug it, hold it to their busom.
That, and they are their friends are going to GET RICHER, WAY RICHER!!!! YAHOO!
Ive always said that political correctness was a grotesque corruption of anthropological principles that sought to observe a culture as objectively as possible. Anyone who is familiar with the history of Franz Boas and 'armchair anthropologists' knows there was a great deal of harm brought about by those who made comparisons between cultures with the intent of declaring one culture superior to another (often with the intent to justify genocide – Hitler employed this well). The intent of the scientist in anthropology was to remain objective and record how each culture came about – NOT pass judgement. But it has appalled me how the sociological element of this effort has been warped to divide and conquer and completely forgoe the scientific principles of anthropology. Sociologists like to group and classify and single out groups for labeling and ordering. I see this PCness as this…urge…as having gotten WAY out of hand. The directive to remain objective about a culture was intended for the anthropologist, with the understanding that 'all others' were simply acting within their cultural norm.
I understand now that anthropology has been taken over by this sociological prejudice and I am VERY glad I am no longer in those circles. I was young head full of mush in college, but even in looking back I can remember professors who were not as radical as the ones Im hearing about today. The focus I learned was about science and relying upon the objectivity of science to filter our work, not marxism and group politics.
So then you feel you should be free to spew any hateful garbage you wish, under any circumstances?
You willing to live with the consequences of that?
Political correctness is the attempt by the "Left" to marginalize those of us who think for ourselves, speak what we believe, and defend our right to do so. And they do this with smiles on their faces and daggers in their eyes.
I define PC as-
We can't make fun of anybody, except for those on the right.
We can't offend anybody, except for those on the right.
We have to show tolerance and respect for everyone, except for those on the right.
We have love and compassion for all races and sexual orientations, unless your a white male and/or have the wrong point of view.
Interesting analysis. Would you have the same position on the issue had Sesame Street called CNN the "Crappy News Network."
Some how I think not.
Theodore Dalrymple's essays at times can be long, tough reads, but he does have a sharp mind.
The next plateau, if you will, is the term "Political Correctness" will be discouraged by the left and defined as a right wing descriptive term. Like those on the right that insist on calling progressives, liberals, will also whine that subjects "everyone" have deemed settled like global weather change and Capitalism equals greed is settled and no longer up for debate is placed behind the PC veil. Strictly right wing meaningless terminology.
Political Correctness is cultural Marxism.
Interesting thought that does make sense. I'm more familiar with Liberation Theology which is basically the same thing. Marxism crouched in Christian terms. It's rampant in the Church under the guise of so called 'Peace and Social Justice,' but it's all the same.
The totality of Jesus' teachings in the Gospel proves that in spite of all his recorded words will gladly support violence in the name of establishing social justice.
Welcome home from the swamp Ms. Sharon!
Political Correctness = power and control for the leftist minority.
Yes, absolutely. The cure for "bad" speech is "good" speech. No censorship now or ever.
Is that armor you are wearing? I have to know. I wonder every time I read your posts.
Lord help you if you are a fat smoking white guy.
Political correctness has taken on a life of its own in recent years and it has now reached breaking point, IMHO. The "correct" message as percieved by one audience will always mesh with that of another.
"Abraham Lincoln " – "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. "
Keep telling people what they can/cant say, think, ware or display with pride, & society will turn.. Our freedoms of tradition & of expression are under attack from jumped up mini hitlers with quotas to fill and a burning desire to make it seem like they are doing something. Even if it is policeing our thoughts.
"Orwell, George – 1984 " ~ "Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull."
D.
My Bodyguard ; ) Loved you.
My brother was a real life Clifford (bushy hair, tiny guy and all) in need of a Linderman. Unfortunately, he only had three older sisters to kick mean kids' butts. That never went over well for him.
Please don't project anything about me giving the O.K. on spewing hateful garbage. I'm saying don't go against yourself, don't give yourself up. In the vain hope of teasing out a smile on some cold face with the aspiration of being told "Your O.K." Your a Good Person" "I Like You" that I'm not willing to do. If you can fine. You'll find it's very hard on the knees and spine.
I still love anthropology/archaeology – I had good teachers, some of them were other students, not just the professors, but I am glad to be out of the swamp! I was fortunate to have "left" the system as it were before the dreck of "women's studies" et al became the rage (as if women really were separate creatures! That's when I knew things had gone bad.)
Political Correctness
Usage: noun
Abbreviated as P.C. or B.S.
1. The laws of moral and ethical relativism; all systems of cultures and thought are equal in value, steming from a perceived guilt from white liberals who believe that the Western Civilization is the root of all evil to the exclusion of all else.
2. The use of various euphemisms when communicating with people that have a hard time dealing with reality.
3. Something that the selectively perceptive left (see: insane) consistently aim to be in a debate to try and cover up the fact that they simply have no valid points.
4. An insidious guilt-trip placed on everyone so that reasonable people are afraid to say what everybody thinks
5. A way that we speak in America so we don't offend whining wimps.
See also:
Doublespeak
I didn't mean the swamp of anthropology/archaeology, I meant from the swamp in those academic fields created by liberals for the sole purpose of ensuring nice cushy jobs that require nothing in the way of productivity.
As near as I can tell the sole purpose fro "women's studies" or any of those gobbeldy gook curriculum is to crank out more modern liberals in order to keep those programs running.
I've worked in the real world for going on 25 years, and I have yet to come across any job that would even remotely require and type "studies" grad.
PC is the deliberate misidentification of reality (aka: Lying), or deliberately overlooking some uncomfortable feature of reality (aka: Lying by omission), to make something seem more palatable.
The demands that PC puts on speech and the arts, is that, ultimately, Truth and Beauty are no longer the goals of the Arts – ask yourself when the last time was you saw a widely hailed item of Art, that struck you as being beautiful? Something may labeled as that, but in substance they'll be more Gritty and Blatant, than True and Beautiful.
The early dismissals of PC speak as just pinheads being silly, i.e."Janitorial Engineer" instead of janitor, missed the more subtle and dangerous results of PC – that it instills a tolerance not only for Lying, but for 'The ends justify the means', which is a key tenet of replacing the classical liberal understanding of Justice which our Founders had, for the preferred proregressive, marxist, goal of 'Fairness', which is key to being able to 'spread the wealth around'.
And of course, as we found out last week, habitually and deliberately overlooking the obvious truth, will eventually ensure that a definite evil will be passed by, without a single challenge, and with deadly results.
Btw, the pdf of William Lind's speech seems to have been chased out of it's original home at academia.org(go figure), but can be found here: “Political Correctness:” A Short History of an Ideology.
Lord help you if you are a stay-at-home mom who is pro-life and doesn't use contraceptives-the horror!
How about a tall thin occasional smoking guy?
Good call.
That sounds about right!!
It's refreshing to read your contributions here, Mr. Baldwin. I've enjoyed your work for a long time, particularly your compelling characters in the X-Files, Angel, and Firefly TV series. I had no idea you were one of those rarest of creatures; i.e., a conservative in Hollywood.
Hey all you PC nutjobs! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
That was a pretty impressive shot taking out the alien and saving the President.
He never even hesitated to ponder if the President was a democrat or a republican. That's duty and honor.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
That means Congress can't shut him up. Where do you get the authority to demand it?
My definition:
You are from a political persuasion that I detest, so if you say anything that I can even remotely hang the title of hater on, I will. You are in my cross hairs.
It's not stupidity, it's hatred.
If they were really that stupid evolution would have ordered them out of the gene pool thousands of years ago.
It's because they are filled with such rage they will gladly say and do stupid things, because they are confident there are enough on their side to maintain their self esteem.
Woot!
Close but not quite.
It''s the act of removing language from the exchange of free ideas, in order to prevent their debate opponent from accessing their full arsenal.
When it comes to political debates, modern liberals insist they set the rules and the premise. That's to ensure the game is rigged and they win. This is just one tool to accomplish that.
I'm already a proud owner of the DVD of "Serenity" and the "Firefly" box-set.
And, "God Bless You!" It's fun to stick it to the man : )
Keep pounding away Adam, it’s working.
Never forget that Jesus was, for his time at least, a Leftie. Just an interesting thing to point out. Not that he has anything in common with marxists mark me.
"the following questions are posed in good faith and with the hope that Sesame Workshop might provide American taxpayers clarification and contextualization for the benefit of all concerned, especially for the children:
* What is Sesame Workshop’s definition of Political Correctness?"
Lol, I just find that kinda funny.
On a more serious note, I think saying Marxism is purely the economic side of it is misleading in my opinion. I think Marxism was conceived as a total game changer in all aspects of life by Marx Himself.
Go back to Alaska
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You're going to have to convince me of that one Sir. I look forward to the debate!
I've read the Gospels and I find no reference to Jesus commanding his disciples and followers to use the power of government to force people to agree with them.
I do recall several readings where Jesus almost seems to try to drive those with out complete faith away, the whole many are called, few will be chosen, wheat and weeds thing.
Since it's religion, I wouldn't want to try to pigeon hole Christ into any single ideology. But if I was pressed, I'd say libertarianism.
Join if you want, and if you don't, no one will force you. It's all voluntary.
PC could be our undoing.
You're missing the point, 'Substance' … it isn't the fact that jokes about Fox News occur, it is the fact that jokes about othe news networks do not. Looking at things through a left-of-center lens (based on your many comments to these forums), I am not surprised that your assumption is that the Right wants opposing opinions shut out, the same way the PC movement has been so successful at doing. But in reality, that's not it at all. What bothers most of us is that jokes at the expense of the Right are pervasive, even to the point of appearing on a children's show, while jokes at the expense of the left are verboten. 'PC' insists on giving the ideas of the Left special protection and scrutiny which ideas on the Right do not enjoy. The point is not to give the Right the same repressive 'protection', but to strip it from the Left, let all thoughts compete in freely in the marketplace of ideas, and may the best ideology win.
I believe Political Correctness is that filter people feel placed on their mouths by the news and entertainment media and, thus, society at large. This filter keeps out any words or ideas that may be offensive to anyone who is not white, conservative, and/or Christian. This filter demands we elevate beliefs that were formerly considered heinous and denigrate those who hold traditional, moral values. The result is that if any non-PC values inadvertently slip through into our lives via the entertainment industry (such as "V") people are either amazed or horrified. This filter has no regard for the Truth, just the "feeeelings" of the Left.
Not Modern Liberalism, Lefty in the classical sense, as in merely change of any variety to tradition.
Maybe a better way of saying it, is Jesus was diametrically not conservative for his day.
Now, I was just pointing that out in terms of "Well this is kinda Interesting and Ironic"
As you said, Jesus does not say anything about "
commanding his disciples and followers to use the power of government to force people to agree with them"
in fact the most Jesus ever says is that they should pay their dues to the Roman Emporor.
the only Ideology we can pigeonhole Jesus into is Christianity.
Just an interesting Tidbit, though I knew it would be a conversation starter
Wisdom, from the man they call. . . . Jayne.
Seriously, no matter how ridiculous they may be, the demands of political correctness seem to hold sway. I'm beginning to think there may be only one solution.
Adam. . . . time to bring "Vera" out of storage, and do something fun. . . . (evil grin)
Being politically correct means always having to say your sorry.
Wow, Jayne from Firefly is a big enough actor to buck the system?
Postmodern Europe becoming a Muslim theocracy before our eyes shows what happens when PC goes unchallenged for too long.
As tragic as it was, the Ft. Hood shooting may lead to the positive result in more Americans realizing how dangerous a PC worldview truly is.
Political Correctness is nothing more than prejudice cleverly disguised as virtue.
Adam, thanks for this article. It really gave me insight and confirmed what I've always thought about you in all your movies… you are a douchebag.
Well, hmmm… you better not be white and you better smoke only in the bathroom stall, feet up on the seat and follow with a half tin of Altoids. And be sure to douse in Purell lest you contaminate.
— On Fri, 11/13/09, IntenseDebate Notifications <notifications@intensedebatemail.com> wrote:
Political correctness is the substitutution of dialog with a boot heel stomping the face of someone you disgaree with.
Wow, really? That is the best you can do? Posting a comment like that with a username like CommonSense, is like Michael Moore nicknaming himself "Slim". You would better serve yourself and your opinion by just calling yourself –NonSense.
So you hate Alaska and Christmas? It is war, sir.
Ahaha….
The cowardly troll failed to give its definition of Political Correctness…..
Or, did it?
Political correctness is a knee-jerk reaction, pure and simple. But I think a lot of posters (and even perhaps you, Adam) might be surprised as to where it comes from. I would propose to you that you ask 100 black people, 100 Hispanic people, and 100 white people (50 men and 50 women for each group) how important it is to be politically correct. I'd bet the answer would floor you all.
This one fits…..
Political Correctness Is Social Dementia
Unless plain speaking is allowed, clear thinking is denied. There can be no good reason for denying freedom of expression, there is no case to rebut, only the empty slogans of people inspired by selfishness and unrestrained by morality. The proponents of this nonsense neither understand the implications of what they say, nor why they are saying it: they are insane.
"Baldwin" she said, I scowled, "No, no" she blurted, "The cool one."
Yup – She was right
"The Cool One!"
Make sure they all know this holiday season – and then give 'em some gracious love – we don't hate em here – remember that about our side.
I fart in your general direction!
"Substance" missing the point? Well that's a shocker.
First, Mr. Baldwin is not complaining that mocking Fox News violates his sense of political correctness. Rather, he is asking why a show which claims to follow the tenets of political correctness has no trouble poking fun at a conservative institution. He then asks for clarification of how the production company defines political correctness. The point that he is making is that political correctness is now about avoiding offending everyone. Rather, it is about avoiding offending everyone on the left.
Secondly, even if I were take your "whiners" comment at face value, it is most definitely not ironic. The word you were searching for was hypocritical.
John, you said that just the way I wish I could've. Good job!
Very good comment, Ken in Irvine — The word "ironic" is mostly misused, any time it's used at all. It's incorrectly used to mean coincidental, hypocritical and all sorts of things. It was most famously misused in Alanis Morissette's "Ironic."
PC is Americans fearing to articulate that Obamugabe is an evil, radical, anti-American, America hating, affirmative-action negro fraud. The same applies to his band of pirates. They are deliberately setting out to destroy America and Western culture. There it has been said.
Interestingly, Savage was discussing this tonight. He calls it Political Cowardness. (sic) As in someone too afraid to actually address the arguements(s) hides behide it to marginalize their opponent.
Political correctness is the only speech tolerated by those who wish it to be.
The greatest crime these days is offending or the possibility of perhaps offensive.
Once more, this time in English….
Hmmm… I'll bet on the high numbers coming from the White men… lowest from the Hispanics (not sure on the M/F odds there)… out of curiosity, do you have actual numbers behind that, or just guessing yourself?
Political correctness is like a ratchet – it only goes in one direction and it with each step it locks in place, unable to go back.
it is the fact that jokes about othe news networks do not.
There was no GNN in the sketch? No reporters given funny names? I am shocked.
In fact this meets any reasonable definition of irony, but I could certainly go with hypocrisy as well if I believed that Baldwin was smart enough to understand how silly his column is.
You know, what shows puppets make fun of is just not on my outrage meter.
I read the lyrics to the song Baldwin attacked in the previous post.
http://www.kovideo.net/lyrics/s/Sesame-Street/We-...
There's nothing sinister hidden in that song,read the lyrics. There's no there there. Ergo this "follow up" column is rendered null,void and pointless.
Political Correctness was taught to me, a white chick, in college, by other white people. When I got out into the real world with people who weren't always white, they were bemused. Apparently, I had it right in high school when I was writing a paper about Andrew Jackson's presidency. I used the terms "black people" & "white people", & a highly liberal peer reviewer said it seemed racist. I asked "Which part was racist? The word 'people'?" Descriptions are now racism? Tell that to Deaf people, whose entire language is made of descriptions. There IS NO PC in Deaf culture! (well, except for capitalizing "deaf" I 'spose).
PC demands we forgo description for muddling. I once asked a friend, thinking I was being sensitive, if she preferred to be called Latina or Chicana. She laughed at me and said she was Mexican. She didn't understand why people didn't just ask what country she came from originally. To brazenly quote Oprah, "Aha!" I had a little epiphany. God forbid we actually get to KNOW HUMAN BEINGS. So much easier to just lump them into whatever skin colour we think they might be. And then there's my half American, half Vietnamese friend that people insisted was Paiute. It's apparently more politically sensitive to assume someone is Paiute than to inquire as to their ancestry. Bizarre.
I think people get wiggy about race because folk like Hitler made extreme distinctions regarding race, right down to exactly what kind of white person one was. What they forget is that Hitler made that distinction for the purpose of killing people, where the rest of it use it as dinner conversation. Most of my American friends are one quarter 5 different things.
I guess Sesame Street avoids that whole conundrum by making their puppets furry, or orange. I mean, wtf is Bert for God's sake? No race, no incorrectness?
It seems that Mr Baldwin is ahead of you by a few hundred IQ points, SMG.
I've always thought political correctness was that stuff that some religious conservatives are prudish about, but it appears that liberals are capable of their own political correctness too. That's why I bow down to neither group.
I am gonna level your state until its flatter than Kansas. And once Im through with that, I'm gonna ban Christmas Trees from Government property! MWAHHAHAHAHAH
Voting Democrat is like shooting yourself in the foot.
PC is just another tool used in carving out the underlying agenda.Repress common sense,debate,judgment,etc.
I despise it really.It really is one of the biggest problems we have right now because it is so versatile it can be used anywhere.Seriously.Think of anything stupid that u wanna do and in an hour u could have a pretty good plan layout always using the PC excuse.
Ok so lets say I am an islamic extremist and I wanted to get trained to fly,board some planes and do terrible things.-done.
How about get in a high position in the military and shoot unarmed unsuspecting infidels? -done.
Get uneducated racist radical communists into the white house-sure no problem.
Reward lazy people with billions of dollars taken from the people who do work. done.
Applicable for just about everything bad.
End PC and let the chips fall where they may.That way no head games.Everyone knows where everyone stands and then real debate,compromise,and progress can begin.Stifling free speech and reverse racism just pisses people off.Maybe thats all part of it.Get everyone to choose sides and draw a line in the sand.
Political Correctness = Disguised Meaning
Garbage Man becomes Sanitation Engineer
Stupid becomes Intellectually Challenged
Wetback becomes Migrant Worker (or, heaven help us, Undocumented Immigrant)
Ward Heeler becomes Community Organizer
P.J. O'Rourke writes wonderful stuff about these oft-misleading terms.
JM
I love Peej
Political correctness = re-labelling the top of an access hole in the road as a 'personhole cover', calling a 'blackout' a 'brownout' because the former is apparently offensive [WTF? Show me any human on this planet whose skin is literally black], wondering what to call a female chairman [let HER decide, folks!], being tolerant of everyone ['except those dreadful XXXs'!].
I can't speak for how it may be affecting Americans, because I'm British [might have noticed by the spellings there!]. All I know is that in the UK, people can make verbal attacks/critiques of Christianity [fair enough, as long as the Christians may respond] but suddenly when it comes to Muslims or the Koran we have to walk on eggshells and 'not give offence' because of a few misguided fanatics. If a faith is true and good, it will stand up to reasoned, proper critical debate. And your God[dess], surely, is big enough to fight his/her own battles, or love you anyway, even if you do say something offensive.
For a completely un-PC British comic or two; may I direct people to Frankie Boyle [a man without fear!] and Marcus Brigstocke [somewhat left wing, but blisteringly funny] .
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