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Yep.
No one has any personality anymore: It opens you up to too many lawsuits!
Which is, of course, totally b.s.
Be yourself: Let your freak-flag fly, and if anyone does not like your style? They can go
485728198471985 themselves ;-)
;-)
Free Speech is a basic human right. Period. |
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Hugely so! It not only has curbed our speech but our thinking too. Nothing has threatened our
right to speak freely or think independently like political correctness. True lovers of freedom
would see this instantly, but most value equality over freedom. |
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Tolerance is a virtue and it should be encouraged. What shouldn't be encouraged is this ridiculous
sensitivity to anything remotely stereotypical that is so common in this day and age. Why? I agree
with standing up for one's beliefs (otherwise I wouldn't be a member of this website), but not in
the aggressive, intolerant manner that is all too often seen today. |
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Racism is the most sensitive of all political topics. Most politicians are extremely wary of being
accused of it so will simply steer away from any issue which could potentially give rise to
accusations of racism. This is unfortunate because of it often means that difficult and important
issues such as immigration or freedom of speech are not debated as thoroughly or as frankly as they
ought to be.
I imagine your debate topic is provoked by the Geraldine Ferraro incident. What she said seemed a
bit foolish to me. Of course she had a right under the law to say it. Whether she should have kept
her job in the Clinton campaign is really down to what kind of tone the Clinton campaign wants to
set. It's their business and no one else's. The Democratic candidates have chosen to maintain a
facade of politesse. That seems reasonable since the differences between them aren't really very
large and both candidates ought to want their party to win in November more than they want
themselves to win as candidates.
That said, maybe a bit more candour would be a good thing. I do think the Obama adviser who called
Clinton a "monster" was basically right and perhaps this issue is best discussed openly. Also, even
though I am an Obama supporter, I acknowledge that it is possible that he has skeletons in his
closet which the Republicans will be able to ruthlessly exploit at a later stage in the campaign, by
which time it will be too late to do anything about it. If they were introduced now by Clinton, it
would at least serve to put them out there, perhaps beginning a kind of inoculation process through
which public acceptance of them is tested. |
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It's not really a matter of saying stupid things, it's a matter of not being able to open your mouth
at all for fear of unintentionally offending some hyper-sensitive person out there. Political
correctness is about a radical avoidance of anything that could conceivably make anyone feel bad
about themselves. Sorry, there is no right not to be offended, if you take offense at something
that someone says, the fault for that lies with yourself, not with them. You cannot censor someone
because you don't want to have to hear something that makes you uncomfortable, period. |
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It's certainly a mine field that many people have to step through in order for anything to actually
get said.
As far as Ferraro's comment goes, I think it was way out of line. I'm not sure what she meant, but
it certainly came out to mean that if Obama hadn't been black, then he wouldn't be a nominee. I
don't think that really comes down to being politically correct - she's essentially saying that he
has no basis to have a bid a presidency. I feel that this furthers the ideas people have about
"black America" or "women."
People just can't be grouped together in such ways. I don't know if she's a racist, but it really
seemed like a heinous remark to make about someone. |
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I agree with you donphilipe, and i want to add that people should have a sense of humor people are
to stuck up they want to put restriction's and yet complain when their rights are violated. This is
a democracy and i am going to have my voice heard whether people like it or not, if it's a comment
they don't like oh well they have to live with it and they have the option to challenge me or not
read and go on! |
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What's your problem ? Can't you do business or have a conversation without trying to put someone
down..
Nothing wrong advocating your stand, but if your only solution is then to be offensive because of
someones color or background, then the failing is most decidedly with you..
I'd love these words not to have power, but that is not the case just yet.. Racism and sexism is
still predominant in society and until the actual mindset changes then yes there should be strong
repercussions for racist / sexist remarks.
I know that means trying to curb your inbuilt cultured racism and your problem really is "why can't
I call a darky a darky " well the problem is you and until you (general) change the way you think,
there has to be political and legal restrictions in place to stop perpetuating ignorant bigoted
responses. |
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I went to school at the University of California, Berkeley during the feminist and black-awareness
days. Berkeley has become synonymous with “political correctness” and the butt of many jokes
about how it’s out of hand.
While I agree that some people have gone overboard as to overreacting to un-PC comments, it would be
a regression to abandon the movement to restrict public comments about race, gender, ethnicity,
religion, sexual-persuasion, etc.
We make our own reality with what comes out of our mouths. Derogatory or insensitive comments about
those who disagree or don’t look like us is a sure return ticket to the bad old days of racism,
sexism, and religious and ethnic intolerance.
Folks forget how very recently it was perfectly OK to make public dumb-blonde, faggot, nigger, kike,
geek, diaper-head, wop, or mick jokes. Shocked at my use of such epithets? Well, then don’t
advocate restricting politically correct speech. |
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13 Mar 2008 18:25
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