P.C.

because we don't have enough political threads.

I'll add my 10c later...
[edit]Damn my spelling![/edit]

Define "political correctness".

If you mean being P.C. is being a model citizen, I think it's a little narrow-minded. Imagine all of us being 'model citizens'. Would we even be fans of an ultra-violent game?

Political correctness = TEH ABSOLUTE EVIL

Lord FlatHead said:
Define "political correctness".

uhhh... I found this, but I'm sure somebody can sum it up better (with out mixing there own views on the matter)

from what I understand, it's what drives such things as the seperation of church and state (such as putting the smake down on pryes in public schools and pissing off the sodimy laws.) and anti discrimity laws (stopping a new CEO from suddly firing all his female workers). However when it gets out of hand, it can turn into a form of cencership, or 1984-like newspeak (he's not black, he's aboriginal, Ban violent videogames)

I did my best to be balanced here...

Edit: I nearly called it extream librialism, but that's not quite right.

Heil!

I am a communist.

Political correctness is...

...relative.

Fredrik said:
Political correctness is...

...relative.

pretty much.

political correctness?
awful. =\

If you separate it from fairness, it's worthless.

The trouble with it is, that here in the UK, the government is in the back pocket of the PC lobby groups - so it is destroying the UK.

So this is where you water down the truth because you have the right as a white, conservative christian?

"No son, you're not black you're african american? Hmmmn, still feel segragated? But how? The term I used to define you as different from me, the Elite, is much kinder now, much more politically correct. Feel better about this yet, son?"

* points at bloodshedder *

Personaly, I think it's pretty retarded. I mean, I don't care if someone calls me a cracker or a kraut or a whitey or whatever. If they do it in a joking manner, I'll laugh. If they do it in an insulting manner, I'll ignore them because they're probably just a confrontational jerkwad.

Also, this isnt extreme liberalism at all. I am an extreme liberal and it kind of pisses me off. We shouldn't be told what we should and should not say. That's a violation of freedom of speech. Basicaly, having to speak in a PC manner is a form of Newspeak as Red Pants said. Though on the other hand, I think we should all accept everyone for who they are, and if someone continously speaks in a racist or sexist manner then they should accept the consequences of their actions.

I don't understand why they started called deaf people hearing impaired and blind people visually impaired. Talk to a blind or deaf person, and they will refer to themselves as being blind or deaf.

Talk to a deaf person and they won't hear you.

Sign language?

irrelevant

It is a good intention serving only to add insult to the injury of prejudice.

worthless, and often insulting to people it is trying to be gentle with (for instance, in the nw teachers are instructed to use "gay" or "queer" rather than "homosexual" as the latter is considered degrading; it is oftentimes applied incorrectly to bisexuals).

fodders said:

Talk to a deaf person and they won't hear you.

Reading lips, 'foo.

sargebaldy said:

worthless, and often insulting to people it is trying to be gentle with (for instance, in the nw teachers are instructed to use "gay" or "queer" rather than "homosexual" as the latter is considered degrading; it is oftentimes applied incorrectly to bisexuals).

What? Thats the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Well anyway, one thing I find kind of funny is that they have to change the word for retard every 10 years or so because it inevitibly becomes an insult. "Moron", "idiot", "mongoloid", and "retard" are all out, and now "special" even seems to be turning into an insult. I wonder what they'll come up with next?

Danarchy said:

I wonder what they'll come up with next?

Doomworlder. :P

Filthy cockgobbler works for me.

My mother says I'm special. It makes me feel really good.

I personally prefer it if people stay away from euphemisms and similar doubletalk. The principle is there anyway, and I'd just prefer if people said what they thought. PC goes further than this though, and is actually a kind of expected social standard - which discourages people from openly saying what they think. And personally, even if a person thinks an absolute load of shit born by an anorexic brain, I'd still prefer for them to be able to voice it out loud.

Danarchy said:

What? Thats the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

it's not stupid if they prefer those other terms. and how often do you hear gays calling themselves homosexual anyway? it's always "gay rights" and more recently "queer rights", how often have you heard "homosexual rights"?

My freedom of speech should allow me to call faggots whatever I want

you go ahead and do that, you man-screwing faggot

Homosexual is the scientific term though.