Political Correctness

[Pyrrho]

In my book, PC is kind of a speech police. Let people say what they want. If someone's making an ass of themselves in the process, it's really their problem.

And do you really think that it was a problem for racists who called black people "niggers" 100 years ago?  Or was it more of a problem for black people?

(I willfully am using an old example so that no one will likely argue about the example itself.  A current problem would likely end up being argued about by bigots who fail to see whatever bigotry is being expressed, or who fail to see the problem with expressing the particular example of bigotry.)


Some of you seem to believe that verbal bullying and harassment are not a problem.

[Dystopia]

People seem to believe all PC is an attempt of censorship - It's not, some things are just plainly incorrect, rude and disrespectful. Imagine if everybody in this society told the truth about literally anything they want (or are asked to)? I don't like green pants, so I see a stranger in green pants and I'm going to go over the person and say "Hey stranger, your pants are really horrible, you should burn them".

[Napoléon]

People seem to believe all PC is an attempt of censorship - It's not, some things are just plainly incorrect, rude and disrespectful. Imagine if everybody in this society told the truth about literally anything they want (or are asked to)? I don't like green pants, so I see a stranger in green pants and I'm going to go over the person and say "Hey stranger, your pants are really horrible, you should burn them".

PC in and of itself isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I do think in today's world it's more detrimental than constructive when people try to apply it. It may not be censorship in and of itself, however, many people do push it on others as such. 

Also, telling the truth isn't a bad thing. Being incorrect, rude and disrespectful aren't crimes. Nor should they be. Sometimes offensive and politically incorrect things need to be said, sometimes that brings about conversations and leads to greater things. However, if everyone was politically correct, all the time, there'd never be criticism. There'd never be any real debate or discussion. People in today's world are getting fed up with being vilified because they might say something that's not PC. Indeed many people feel like they aren't allowed to simply speak their mind. That's fucking retarded if you ask me and it's pretty undeniable that this PC world we live in has gotten more than a little silly. 

Political correctness is overrated.