RE: Being anti social justice warrior is a catalyst for bullying behavior
October 12, 2016 at 11:05 am
I guess what I'm saying is that all these people crying about how PC culture is ruining free speech seem to misunderstand that maybe there's actual reasons for our language to change.
Much as I love George Carlin, while I understand his point about "shell shock" vs "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder", it wasn't about people becoming more PC or hiding behind softened language. It was about better defining a problem that people suffer from regardless of war experience. Sometimes that's what is actually happening when people cry about things becoming more PC. And then those same processes get equated with the kind of petty teenage bullshit you see on tumblr, and they're not the same at all.
Much as I love George Carlin, while I understand his point about "shell shock" vs "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder", it wasn't about people becoming more PC or hiding behind softened language. It was about better defining a problem that people suffer from regardless of war experience. Sometimes that's what is actually happening when people cry about things becoming more PC. And then those same processes get equated with the kind of petty teenage bullshit you see on tumblr, and they're not the same at all.