What's Wrong With Being PC? Consideration For Others Is Common Decency. It's Morality

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PoliTalker

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I don't get this notion that political correctness is bad.

What is this desire to be insensitive all about?
 
PoliTalker said:
I don't get this notion that political correctness is bad.
What is this desire to be insensitive all about?
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It's the resentment that young children feel when their negative behaviors are corrected by adults. "Don't take Justin's truck, that's wrong." "Don't hit your sister, that's wrong." "Don't say Mrs. Splatz is fat, that's wrong." "Don't sass your teacher, that's wrong."
 
As Americans move away from religion they seem to be moving away from morality.

And I don't get that either.

I have been an atheist for decades. Morality and religion have nothing to do with one another. Some of the most immoral people I've ever encountered are very religious.

It is basic logic to treat others well.

The golden rule predated the Bible.

It didn't come from Christ.

It is basic logic.
 
PoliTalker said:
I don't get this notion that political correctness is bad.

What is this desire to be insensitive all about?
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"politically correct" is a dog whistle for reactionaries, a term designed to mainstream their hatespeak

even the term 'progressive' becomes a pejorative synonymous with 'socialist'
 
PoliTalker said:
As Americans move away from religion they seem to be moving away from morality.

And I don't get that either.

I have been an atheist for decades. Morality and religion have nothing to do with one another. Some of the most immoral people I've ever encountered are very religious.

It is basic logic to treat others well.

The golden rule predated the Bible.

It didn't come from Christ.

It is basic logic.
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yes it is basic logic to treat your fellow group members with the kindness you wish them to treat you with


there are those who are broken inside and can not feel for others


they TIRE of hearing others tell them its not normal to NOT care about others


the owners of the republican party (the greedy among the wealthy)


they need a way to convince people NOT to help each other and band together


so they come up with bullshit like this line


to them there is no CORRECT way to treat others

to them you treat people however gains you something



politics is how the little guy has power in this democratic nation


so to appeal to the better angels of your heart in politics is a bad thing


Back in the day the meme about this was to call people like me bleeding heart liberals



to them it was good to insult people for CARING TOO MUCH about others



they don't like having to care about others


selfishness guides their lives


its interesting that they used the word Correct for stuff they hate huh


its an evil sentiment no matter what meme they create to make caring sound stupid


how anyone falls for these evil idiot memes is beyond me
 
reagansghost said:
"politically correct" is a dog whistle for reactionaries, a term designed to mainstream their hatespeak

even the term 'progressive' becomes a pejorative synonymous with 'socialist'
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Yes, liberal wasn't a dirty word anymore, so they switched to "socialist"
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
It's the resentment that young children feel when their negative behaviors are corrected by adults. "Don't take Justin's truck, that's wrong." "Don't hit your sister, that's wrong." "Don't say Mrs. Splatz is fat, that's wrong." "Don't sass your teacher, that's wrong."
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all teachings designed to remind a child to think of others and NOT just your self


some are brain wired NOT to care for others


teaching helps make them less sociopathic when its paired with lots of reminding that others will treat you like you treat them for the most part


some children don't need to have this teaching stressed to them much


My son was all about fairness to others naturally


made me beam with pride.


I feel so sorry for those who find these concepts of kindness and fairness a burden on their daily life



small inside
 
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Phantasmal said:
Yes, liberal wasn't a dirty word anymore, so they switched to "socialist"
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And now 'socialist' is no longer a dirty word.

I think it backfired for conservatives. They were so worried about socialism that they talked about it so much they got people thinking about it more and more.

Then, along comes Bernie, and people began to take a fresh look at it and realize there is some merit to it. Socialism can be useful.
 
Phantasmal said:
Yes, liberal wasn't a dirty word anymore, so they switched to "socialist"
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That is really insightful. A fine point.

I clearly remember when they worked their asses off to try make liberal a dirty word.
The effort did not seem to sustain itself. Remember when conservatism was discredited by George Dumbya Bush, and some rightwing posters started calling themselves "classical liberals".

I mean, they literally went from disparaging the word "liberal", to trying to co-opt it!
 
I remember when they (and I) found out what a teabagger really was.
Cypress said:
That is really insightful. A fine point.

I clearly remember when they worked their asses off to try make liberal a dirty word.
The effort did not seem to sustain itself. Remember when conservatism was discredited by George Dumbya Bush, and some rightwing posters started calling themselves "classical liberals".

I mean, they literally went from disparaging the word "liberal", to trying to co-opt it!
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