Political Correctness: The Scourge of Our Times

[Qantrill]

Do you you know the meaning of the word "scourge"? I already knew it, it's a kind of whip used to beat people who get uppity, like slaves and other inferior people who did not remember their place, bet you long for those days. if you consider the societal pressure to be a civilized and polite human to be a "scourge" then I wonder what you think of real things the term is supposed to apply to like disease, poverty, hunger and ignorance.

It is also... Number 3 would be the most commonly used form of the word.

1.
a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
2.
a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism.
3.
a cause of affliction or calamity: Disease and famine are scourges of humanity.

 

[GuyPinestra]

The stifling and the criminalization of speech deemed 'hateful' or 'insensitive' is the goal of PC.

We don't have the 1st Amendment so people can say what everyone AGREES to, that kind of speech NEEDS NO PROTECTION.

 

[occupied]

Do you you know the meaning of the word "scourge"? I already knew it, it's a kind of whip used to beat people who get uppity, like slaves and other inferior people who did not remember their place, bet you long for those days. if you consider the societal pressure to be a civilized and polite human to be a "scourge" then I wonder what you think of real things the term is supposed to apply to like disease, poverty, hunger and ignorance.

It is also... Number 3 would be the most commonly used form of the word.

1.
a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
2.
a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism.
3.
a cause of affliction or calamity: Disease and famine are scourges of humanity.

I think I said that, compared to Famine, having to keep your hate to yourself is small potatoes.

 

[BlindBoo]

You have little idea of history and more specifically the history of communism in the West. The hotbeds today of political correctness is in the self-righteous college campuses who tolerate only those who share their views, invariably labeling others as fascist and racists while denying political correctness.

Claiming something is paranoid form a right wing lobbying group with out having a clue is typical of the mediocre minds Fankboner addresses, "Politically correct speech and conduct are the product of the predigested morality of self-appointed ideologues, the profane consensus of spiritually exhausted and mediocre minds."

I doubt you've ever been to college, so it seems odd that you'd try to speak about it authoritatively. What in the blue hell is that gibberish? And you've yet to answer the questions. Where can you not say what you want? Where is political correctness law?

Try in our schools, there is a thread on the board now where a deaf child was told to change is name because the symbol for it resembled a gun. How many times have they changed the appropriate term for black people in the last 30 years. If you happen to use the wrong one your labeled a racist. Hell, I could keep going but you have apparently already drank the the kool aid, so I won't waste my time.

Because of free speech Hunter will not have to change the sign of his name. School boards are local. The people in that district need to recall the turds.

Still doesn't mean PC is a communist plot.......

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

The stifling and the criminalization of speech deemed 'hateful' or 'insensitive' is the goal of PC.

We don't have the 1st Amendment so people can say what everyone AGREES to, that kind of speech NEEDS NO PROTECTION.

true

and no true liberal supports that kind of shit, but far right pc has it that all liberals, leftists, democrats, socialists do.

pc speech exists in many forms, not just the parts listed in laws. hate speech? it exists. but there are other ways to go after people who would use hate speech while physically attacking or socially stalking others

 

[BlindBoo]

Ain't FREE SPEECH great, you can use a word the way you chose, and others can do the same, supposedly without criticism. Apparently it's not a value you appreciate.

Since when does "FREE SPEECH" allow anyone to say things "without criticism"?

Isn't "criticism" "FREE SPEECH" too?

Excuse my choice of words, I should have said without repercussions.

There is no difference. Of course what you say via free speech can have repercussions. Depends on what you say. Always has.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Citizens have the right to be left alone, privacy, in the person, their reputation, and more...

That is why slander and libel laws existed far back in time.

I am sure conservative and progressive haters called libel and slander laws -- violations of free speech

 

[bripat9643]

Do you you know the meaning of the word "scourge"? I already knew it, it's a kind of whip used to beat people who get uppity, like slaves and other inferior people who did not remember their place, bet you long for those days. if you consider the societal pressure to be a civilized and polite human to be a "scourge" then I wonder what you think of real things the term is supposed to apply to like disease, poverty, hunger and ignorance.

An armed society is a polite society, I guarantee you.

 

[OKTexas]

I doubt you've ever been to college, so it seems odd that you'd try to speak about it authoritatively. What in the blue hell is that gibberish? And you've yet to answer the questions. Where can you not say what you want? Where is political correctness law?

Try in our schools, there is a thread on the board now where a deaf child was told to change is name because the symbol for it resembled a gun. How many times have they changed the appropriate term for black people in the last 30 years. If you happen to use the wrong one your labeled a racist. Hell, I could keep going but you have apparently already drank the the kool aid, so I won't waste my time.

Because of free speech Hunter will not have to change the sign of his name. School boards are local. The people in that district need to recall the turds.

Still doesn't mean PC is a communist plot.......

Try looking at the people who are pushing it, that is more telling than anything. Now we got the UN trying to make pissing people off an international crime, yet they will sit quietly while a man calls for genocide.

 

[occupied]

Do you you know the meaning of the word "scourge"? I already knew it, it's a kind of whip used to beat people who get uppity, like slaves and other inferior people who did not remember their place, bet you long for those days. if you consider the societal pressure to be a civilized and polite human to be a "scourge" then I wonder what you think of real things the term is supposed to apply to like disease, poverty, hunger and ignorance.

An armed society is a polite society, I guarantee you.

I am sure they are pretty nice to each other in Somalia. The more I hear from you the more I am certain that the only thing keeping you from killing people every day is the fear of anal rape in prison.

 

[bripat9643]

Do you you know the meaning of the word "scourge"? I already knew it, it's a kind of whip used to beat people who get uppity, like slaves and other inferior people who did not remember their place, bet you long for those days. if you consider the societal pressure to be a civilized and polite human to be a "scourge" then I wonder what you think of real things the term is supposed to apply to like disease, poverty, hunger and ignorance.

An armed society is a polite society, I guarantee you.

I am sure they are pretty nice to each other in Somalia. The more I hear from you the more I am certain that the only thing keeping you from killing people every day is the fear of anal rape in prison.

Somalia is run according to the liberal conception that government can solve every problem.

I'm quite certain that when the next Hitler is running for the presidency of the United States you will volunteer for his campaign and then you'll be first in line to drop the Zyklon B tables into the gas chambers

 

[bripat9643]

Citizens have the right to be left alone, privacy, in the person, their reputation, and more...

That is why slander and libel laws existed far back in time.

I am sure conservative and progressive haters called libel and slander laws -- violations of free speech

Uh . . . wrong. No one has a right to a reputation. You don't have a right to what other people think, and that's all a reputation is.

 

[skye]

Political Correctness will be the ruin of us all!

Political Correct people are stupid .... oops ... not stupid, they suffer from minimal cranial development, to put it in a political correct way

 

[OKTexas]

An armed society is a polite society, I guarantee you.

I am sure they are pretty nice to each other in Somalia. The more I hear from you the more I am certain that the only thing keeping you from killing people every day is the fear of anal rape in prison.

Somalia is run according to the liberal conception that government can solve every problem.

I'm quite certain that when the next Hitler is running for the presidency of the United States you will volunteer for his campaign and then you'll be first in line to drop the Zyklon B tables into the gas chambers

That sir is crossing the line. I can't buy this level of bs. That applies to the two post.

 

[occupied]

I am sure they are pretty nice to each other in Somalia. The more I hear from you the more I am certain that the only thing keeping you from killing people every day is the fear of anal rape in prison.

Somalia is run according to the liberal conception that government can solve every problem.

I'm quite certain that when the next Hitler is running for the presidency of the United States you will volunteer for his campaign and then you'll be first in line to drop the Zyklon B tables into the gas chambers

That sir is crossing the line. I can't buy this level of bs. That applies to the two post.

Perhaps you are unaware of the hate filled bundle of projection who calls itself Britpat. I've been here for almost a year and after some of the things that monster has said it gets no respect from me.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

You know what's hilarious? I opened this thread knowing that communism was going to be blamed and cited somewhere within the OP's "logic" and sure enough didn't even make it past the first paragraph.

I'm confused what you're supposedly not allowed to say in our society? Just because people think you're an idiot for espousing your views doesn't mean there's a liberal political correctness plot against you. Or are you just mad that you can't call the President a ****** in most circles?

You may but you’re not going to win friends and influence people in said circles.

For decades now ‘political correctness’ has been the cornerstone of conservative idiocy and hypocrisy, where there has always been a conservative political correctness manifested in the churches, in the schools, and in corporate boardrooms.

Where is this political correctness law? Where does political correctness have any sort of impact on our society? Where can you not say what you want?

Aside from some paranoid video from a right wing lobbying group, I'm confused what evidence there is for this.

Correct, absent government involvement, ‘political correctness’ is a non-issue.

The First Amendment applies only to law- or policy-making entities of the public sector, private citizens – and private society in general – are at liberty to admonish speech or action considered inappropriate.

As already correctly noted, it’s part of the free marketplace of ideas – the give and take of an overall free society. That conservatives are fearful of this is indeed understandable.

 

[Uncensored2008]

It's okay. You can still think what you want. The rest of us just don't want to listen to your bullshit.

And political correctness laws are there so you can put him in prison for saying things you don't like!

Leftism, it's sort of like cancer, except - wait, there is no "except."

 

[OKTexas]

Somalia is run according to the liberal conception that government can solve every problem.

I'm quite certain that when the next Hitler is running for the presidency of the United States you will volunteer for his campaign and then you'll be first in line to drop the Zyklon B tables into the gas chambers

That sir is crossing the line. I can't buy this level of bs. That applies to the two post.

Perhaps you are unaware of the hate filled bundle of projection who calls itself Britpat. I've been here for almost a year and after some of the things that monster has said it gets no respect from me.

That's fine, but when you get in the mud, don't be surprised when someone says your dirty. I fully enjoy debate, disagreement and the occasional arguement but there are limits. When I think its out of bounds I will say so and I hope someone would tell me if I cross the line.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

So for conservatives, if you’re unhappy with what you perceive as ‘political correctness,’ don’t whine about it and sulk in a corner because society is being mean to you and won’t let you have your way – fight back, show your true colors, let society know who and what you really are.

Don’t try to hide behind some myth you’ve contrived called ‘political correctness.’

 

[occupied]

So for conservatives, if you’re unhappy with what you perceive as ‘political correctness,’ don’t whine about it and sulk in a corner because society is being mean to you and won’t let you have your way – fight back, show your true colors, let society know who and what you really are.

Don’t try to hide behind some myth you’ve contrived called ‘political correctness.’

Yes for such a bunch of self described patriots they sure are cowardly about fighting what they see as an injustice.