Political Correctness
The reality, dangers, and intellectual insult
DEFINE:
01:05 A belief that language and practices which could offend sensibilities of a particular group in society should be erased.
REALITY:
03:42 This not about politics.
03:45 PC is not a political side or a political debate, it is about thinking, or not thinking. Not about sides.
07:22 PC not about they, them, but us, we, me; The enemy is not another, the enemy is a poor way of thinking, communicating, and interacting with others.
09:19 Always going to offend somebody. This is no concern for offending others. It is about pushing a personal agenda. The reality that they don’t want their group (s) offended, hence themselves.
11:25One man’s freedom is another man’s offence. And it works both ways.
13:45 I want your language to align itself w my ideologies.
15:00 Judging while disguising itself as open and caring.
20:05 A language where you define the rules as you go and decide who you apply them to.
Allows you to call foul when others speak, and justify what you say. Puts on the defensive.
23:11 Opposition to political correctness is not opposition to critique. Actually, political correctness is the opposition to critique of themselves. Opposition is not asking for people not to be called out that are offensive. The problem is that they believe political correctness is calling out others and it is not. That has always existed. Political correctness is calling out others, claiming higher moral ground, and not realizing that is how two sides always argue. The difference is that they want the other side to be ruled as wrong (political correctness.)
26:26 PC is not calling out the wrongs of society, though they may believe they are. They believe they are on a virtuous mission to attack all of the wrongs in the world while not looking in the mirror and continually taking the moral high ground and justifying their own actions.
28:53 Just as a child only sees things from his view and how it affects him so is PC. A temper tantrum that somebody wasn’t nice to them (didn’t do, behave, give) them what they wanted??
33:32 Ethnocentric – judging other cultures and believing values and standards you hold are superior. Hence others inferior. Nothing wrong with preference. But to think we prefer because better is foolish. May be better to me or for me, but doesn’t mean it is better.
37:45 Sociocentric - looking at and concerned only with the world primarily from only your own social group perspective (close minded).
39:40 Egocentrism: inability to differentiate between self/others. Inability to untangle preconceived framework of ideals. Inability to accurately assume or understand any perspective other than one’s own. Disregard for others. Childish.
Selfish.
it’s about ME! ME! ME!
41:50 Lazy – people don’t have to think for themselves, or weigh the conversation, just criticize the words of others that do not align with the agreed upon acceptable perspective.
43:25 DANGERS:
44:25 Which group? Groups deemed taboo to offend, but ok to offend others. Who makes the list and the severity of the offence? OK to offend the groups you don’t like though (opposed, differing) An atrocity to dislike others because they are different, but ok for you to do the same to those that differ to you???
48:08 Who decides, who judges what is...
