You guys sick of this political correctness fad?

[Mayne]

I got sick of it back in the early 90's but yet here it is 1000x stronger.

I know i'm whining about whinging...its so damn ridiculous now.

 

[Mayne]

I guess i'm the only one who loves this new political correct landscape we live in now. :shmeh:

 

[JulesMaximus]

You just want to use the N word with impunity don't you?

 

[nakedfrog]

Maybe you can explain to me what YOU think "this new political correctness fad" consists of, and then I can respond appropriately.

 

[Thebobo]

Shouldn't this be in P&N?

 

[IronWing]

Shouldn't this be in P&N?

You should provide a trigger warning prior to mentioning P&N.

 

[dullard]

There are two points to being politically correct:
1) To make it harder to be the butt of a joke. (A joke may be funny when using the word "bald" but the punchline just doesn't work when using "follically challenged").

2) To respect the people you are speaking with or speaking of.

On issue #1, yes being politically correct is way overdone and needs to be scaled back. For example, it is so rediculous to call blacks who were born and live Europe "African Americans". They are neither African nor American, possibly having never stepped foot in either of those locations. We really need to go back to calling them black. Luckilly, many people are reverting back on this issue.

On issue #2, no one in their right mind should want to scale that back. Political correctness, when done right is not a fad and should not end. Political correctness if done right should be highly encouraged.

However, political correctness when factually inaccurate or overdone, needs to end.

 

[dullard]

Shouldn't this be in P&N?

Respecting your fellow humans is neither politics nor news.

 

[purbeast0]

I'm sick of politics in general, which is why I simply don't pay attention to it. I don't even know what left and right means when it comes to politics, other than it's 2 sides that disagree on stuff. I'll be glad when this election is over so I won't have to hear about Trump/Hilary anymore (well one of them when they are president, but I'm sick of hearing them being compared).

 

[nakedfrog]

I'm sick of politics in general, which is why I simply don't pay attention to it. I don't even know what left and right means when it comes to politics, other than it's 2 sides that disagree on stuff. I'll be glad when this election is over so I won't have to hear about Trump/Hilary anymore (well one of them when they are president, but I'm sick of hearing them being compared).

That's all well and good, but has fuck-all to do with political correctness

 

[ImpulsE69]

Watch the documentary "Can't we take a joke?" and you will see how overblown it all is now. It's the young'uns driving it along, but they are hypocritical and don't realize it. People are offended at everything, and for everyone and use the screaming mob mentality to get their way.....so..per the norm.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I hate "business speak" and "doublespeak" and "lies" and "marketing"

Intentionally obfuscated language used to disorient or manipulate is far more dangerous than using words which might be offensive.

 

[zinfamous]

Watch the documentary "Can't we take a joke?" and you will see how overblown it all is now. It's the young'uns driving it along, but they are hypocritical and don't realize it. People are offended at everything, and for everyone and use the screaming mob mentality to get their way.....so..per the norm.

Complaining about and blaming the young people: Well, that never gets old.

 

[Linux23]

Sure. Why not go back to whites only and colored?

 

[ImpulsE69]

Complaining about and blaming the young people: Well, that never gets old.

Get off my acreage, pool, and mansion that are well kept by illegal immigrants!

 

[Triloby]

I got sick of it back in the early 90's but yet here it is 1000x stronger.

I know i'm whining about whinging...its so damn ridiculous now.

I agree! That's why I'm voting for Donald Trump!

So that we can usher in the creation of the Fourth Reich and send all those goddamned PC SJW's to the concentration camps where they belong! And if they don't like it, we'll call them terrorists for their lack of American patriotism!

....

....Is that what you actually meant? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

[Imp]

You can't really say "retarded" or "gyped" anymore.

The first disparages intellectually disabled individuals. The other disparages Gypsies -- I didn't know these were related until I started reading certain British tabloids writing stories about them.

The second one is used by celebrities all the time and I just wait for the SJW brigade to overrun their social media accounts.

 

[DeathReborn]

http://www.salon.com/2015/06/10/10_...e_are_addicted_to_the_rush_of_being_offended/

Says it all really. There's a lot more since then who have railed about PC getting in the way of comedy, sometimes just old shows being censored before release or just banned altogether.

 

[MongGrel]

Shouldn't this be in P&N?

Probably, and not like it is a topic that hasn't all ready been ran into the ground.

 

[KMFJD]

I'm already sick of people being sick of people being politically correct as well?

 

[brianmanahan]

....Is that what you actually meant? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

( ͡ʘ╭͜ʖ╮͡ʘ)

 

[sandorski]

Complaining about and blaming the young people: Well, that never gets old.

The older I get, the more I realize, these dang blasted kids need to get off my lawn!!!!!

 

[Charmonium]

 

[IronWing]

The older I get, the more I realize, these dang blasted kids need to get off my lawn!!!!!

The older I get, the more I think that young people ought to gas us all.

 

[rh71]

Black folks don't mind being called "black".