RE: Politically incorrect
August 5, 2015 at 12:31 pm
(This post was last modified: August 5, 2015 at 12:34 pm by Regina.)
(August 5, 2015 at 12:06 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: What are you trying to do, get people banned? Just imagine posting the most offensive thing one could possibly state. What do you think would be the results of doing such a thing?
I think there's a difference between outright "offensive" and politically incorrect.
I feel like for something to be politically incorrect it has to have some truth to it people don't want to hear - saying Islam is misogynistic and homophobic is politically incorrect, but it's damn true and people won't hear it. "Political correctness" is a lie or small untruth that has been told so as to not offend.
Then there's just offensive, like KKK white supremacist views that have zero basis in fact. They're not politically incorrect because they're not truth. It's not politically correct either by any means, but "politically incorrect" doesn't describe it.
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