Originally posted by lil bitchinessa sophisticated and more dangerous form of cencorship. I see politcal correctness as a hypocritical form of racism.
There is an increasing use of political correctness in our society today.People tend to to overwhelmingly agree, that utilising it, brings about more tolerance and stops people from offending one another and creating conflict.
Improper use of certain ''politically incorrect'' words, leads to a branding of a person, with such titles as ''bigot'' ''racist'' and ''hate mongler''.
So I pose a question-
What do you think the main use for Political correctness is?
Is it a very useful tool in our society to prevent hate preaching and encourage tolerance, or is it a sophisticated and equaly dangerous form of censorship?
For eg. The "African American" thing, it seems that if you're black and in America, you were born in Africa and not a true American. Not only that, but albinos in South Africa and Arabs in the north of Africa, if they immigrate to America, they aren't classed as African Americans.
And what's the problem with saying things like Paki and ******? I don't see a problem in shortening a word, it's easier to say. If it has a negative influence, then fair enough, but do people have to ***** about it? Because saying something's wrong is where the problem starts.
Originally posted by BackFireI forgot to mention, they're not called "Latinos" anymore, now they're "Hispanic". Which is even dumber.
Political Correctness is pointless and shitty. It's used by cowards without a sense of humor who don't want to fess up to the problems existing in the world, and would rather just ignore them by making everyone use friendly, annoying language. Cripples are "Differently Abled" Black people are "African American" or worse "Dark Skinned people" Mexicans are "Latinos". It's a bunch of shit.
Originally posted by lord xyz
I forgot to mention, they're not called "Latinos" anymore, now they're "Hispanic". Which is even dumber.
You don't know what you're talking about; either one is fine. To be honest, I prefer Latino. As do many others.
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PC is basically just politeness/courtesy in the media.
The only difference between PC and common courtesy, is that you say/do one of them in person, and the other on national tv.
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
You don't know what you're talking about; either one is fine. To be honest, I prefer Latino. As do many others.------------------
PC is basically just politeness/courtesy in the media.
The only difference between PC and common courtesy, is that you say/do one of them in person, and the other on national tv.
So do I...Latino sounds sexier. But I couldn't care less which one I am called...
Originally posted by KidRock
Didnt you get the memo? Whites arent affected by racism and minorities cant be racist.
You are slightly wrong..minorites can be racist, but only against each other.
They cannot be racist against whites though, because that is unnatural.
Whites are superior by nature, everyone knows that. God favors whites, as does everyone. So yes, you are right that Whites are immune to the harms done by racism...it is below them 😉
Originally posted by lil bitchiness
As much as I disagree with you on everything else, what you said above seems to happen a lot these days.In fact its for some reason, accepted as by default.
Sad thing is its true.
Black man preaches "I love my black brothers and we need to move forward together" it's supporting his race and his people.
White man says "i love my white brothers" it's racist and he is a bigot.