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Poll: In General are you in Favor of Political Correctness?
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Political Correctness
#41
RE: Political Correctness
LOL....that -is- PC. I really feel for the left, you guys have let the right set your own narrative. Probably why you're losing.

When left leaning people start talking about how pc is the real racism, how they don't like the idea, when I see comparisons to NOKO...I can see that you've already lost.

-and people wonder why I don't vote, lol
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#42
RE: Political Correctness
(September 25, 2018 at 6:21 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:
(September 25, 2018 at 5:51 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Peer pressure is needed. It could be as simple as "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything."  When I went to Boot Camp 1/2 my company was from farm country, the other half from Harlem. We learned to respect each other in that nine weeks.

Unfortunately, in larger groups, that peer pressure (usually as provided by society) tends to look for excuses to lash out at others. And pressure to love is a hell of a lot harder to instill in people than pressure to hate. Case in point: two millennia ago, an itinerant preacher in an obscure corner of the Roman Empire started preaching a message of love, loving your neighbour as yourself and even your enemies. What happened to him? He was executed, specifically in a manner so excruciating the word "excruciating" came into being as a direct analogy for incredibly agonizing experiences. The moment his followers started to gain ground, they were persecuted for 250 years, until the Emperor decided he could use it as an excuse to vanquish his enemies. It grew into the biggest religion on Earth, but people still don't love their neighbours, especially not the followers of this religion built on lovong one's neighbour and even enemies.





You said you were in boot camp, which presumably means the military. Maybe they were getting you to create or modify an in-group (the US military) and an out-group (the enemy).
No, we were getting to know that we weren't the only people on the planet. The plains of Indiana can be mentally desolate. I worked with all kinds of people while I was on active duty, most of whom I would have never encountered in Alexandria, Indiana. (Home of the Bill Gaither Trio if you're into gospel.) My first assignment had me cross-training with a Hawaiian named "Ho", our medic. I had a Filipino learning my job, the engines. We had to get along, or we died.
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#43
RE: Political Correctness
(September 25, 2018 at 6:37 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:
(September 25, 2018 at 6:35 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Why is it unrealistic?  If an entire nation of people can be compellingly sold on white supremacy..for example...or nationalism?  

Aren't we all we...in the first place?

We do see the production and assumption of these sets...all the time.

Hate is a hell of a lot easier a sell than love. It always has been.

It's the same sell..that's what's so funny.  If -WE- hated those who expressed hate towards -US-. Oh well, I guess that it's something that only klansman can pull off.

But, ofc, theres nothing about hate in pc..just treating hateful people and hateful speech in exactly the manner that it deserves.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#44
RE: Political Correctness
And thank you for proving my point.
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#45
RE: Political Correctness
True, even outside the battlefield.  The folks who feel the need to be assholes, and rankle at the idea that they may be called assholes might not realize this..but it's thir own inyterest, ultimately, they rail against.

Just too hard, or maybe sometimes people get it wrong!
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#46
RE: Political Correctness
(September 25, 2018 at 6:47 pm)Khemikal Wrote: .

But, ofc, theres nothing about hate in pc..just treating hateful people and hateful speech in exactly the manner that it deserves.

Distinction without much of a difference, really. You're just directing it towards the oppressors.
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#47
RE: Political Correctness
(September 25, 2018 at 6:48 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: And thank you for proving my point.

Your point being that only klansman can pull it off?  That it's unrealistic for people to manage what people have managed since the dawn of recorded history? That's nonsense.

(September 25, 2018 at 6:51 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Distinction without much of a difference, really. You're just directing it towards the oppressors.

Problem? I treat asshole like assholes.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#48
RE: Political Correctness
(September 25, 2018 at 6:52 pm)Khemikal Wrote:
(September 25, 2018 at 6:48 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: And thank you for proving my point.

Your point being that only klansman can pull it off?  That's nonsense.

My point being that people are fundamentally bastards, especially on the large scale, and that it's a fool's errand to not expect it to seep out somewhere.
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#49
RE: Political Correctness
That's a strange and cynical belief....and again, whatever might seep out, and even if you were right... we've seen that it doesn't have to seep -this- way.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#50
RE: Political Correctness
(September 25, 2018 at 6:30 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Explain to me how it's pc.  You're trying to express that some people are bad pc leftists, and sometimes hypocritical..or just downright mean.  No shit. 

So, what? No true pc leftist? They aren’t being PC because they’re also mean and hypocritical? Not sure what to tell you here, every ideology has it’s extremists. I’d say they constitute what a pc extremist would be.

Quote:How is that supposed to be a comment on the ideology?  Tell me more about flippancy, lol.

I’d say it’s a comment on the inefficacy of it, or perhaps a comment on humanity if you think about it. Maybe it’s a nice ideal on paper, what with everyone being respectful and getting along inclusively, but does policing language and nitpicking to the bare bones actually work? Will it bring about the change you (in general) would like to see? I doubt it.

I’m not saying do nothing, but you asked the question.



Quote:That's one of the things I find so amusing about the anti pc crowd...at least the leftist and "centrist" branches.  They don't actually disagree.....but boy do they have endless anxious grievances about being "accidentally" identified as an asshole. The right anti pc has anxious grievances too...but they also wear their asshole shit on their sleeves, so there's that.

Again, nice thoughts vs reality. I don’t like certain things any more than you do. I just happen to think more of the same to the people who aren’t terrible shit stains isn’t a good answer.
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