Do you think we should be politically correct?

[Stalfos]

Nah, this PC-crap has gone to far. We can't even call a racist racist without them getting all offended. Pfft.

 

[-Apples-]

No, I don't we should have to be PC. I hate overly sensitive people who get offended easily, they really do need to get over it - real life isn't lovey dovey, peace & harmony all the time

I totally agree with this. Like I say, our rights matter more than someone else's emotions. It's true that the first amendment doesn't mean "right to be offensive", but you shouldn't ban mentioning Christmas to avoid offensiveness towards non-Christians, ban fitness posters to avoid offending fat people, or censor Sesame Street by removing Oscar the grouch to avoid scaring children. I don't know why people gotten more insecure or emotional over time, but this needs to stop.

 

[visibleghost]

I totally agree with this. Like I say, our rights matter more than someone else's emotions. It's true that the first amendment doesn't mean "right to be offensive", but you shouldn't ban mentioning Christmas to avoid offensiveness towards non-Christians, ban fitness posters to avoid offending fat people, or censor Sesame Street by removing Oscar the grouch to avoid scaring children. I don't know why people gotten more insecure or emotional over time, but this needs to stop.

ppl..... generally........ dont mean "make it illegal to say merry christmas" when they say something is pc tho .......,

 

[Aali]

ppl..... generally........ dont mean "make it illegal to say merry christmas" when they say something is pc tho .......,

Still people will get offended if you wish them a merry xmas (trust me, I know) Can't they just smile and maybe say thanks instead of looking disgusted/yell at you

 

[visibleghost]

Still people will get offended if you wish them a merry xmas (trust me, I know) Can't they just smile and maybe say thanks instead of looking disgusted/yell at you

.. so is this thread abt ppl who get upset by other ppl wishing them a merrh christmas ..... bc . i mean. okay then

 

[Celestefey]

Political correctness is not ALWAYS a bad thing, ie: stopping people from using racial slurs that are derogatory towards others and have a history of negative connotations. I think in that respect it's okay... People need to know that some words do have strong meanings behind them, you can't just say "words are words", because they do have a value to them, you can't just shrug them off entirely like that. But on the other hand I think political correctness can go to ridiculous levels. I remember studying a lot about it in English, and apparently it's politically incorrect to call someone with dwarfism a "dwarf" or whatever, I can't really remember exactly what the word was, but instead you should call them "vertically challenged". Lmao like... Is it just me or does that sound literally even WORSE than the original word?!

 

[wassop]

it's respectful but if someone says something not pc i'm not going to bite their neck off , it doesn't bother me . but being too pc like getting mad at people for saying merry christmas and getting really offended by everything is a little bit far .

 

[LinkToTheWorld]

The trouble is when people mistake their hate speech for 'freedom of speech'. I'm fed up of hearing how it is someone's right to be offensive to other people.
You could argue that not allowing racist language is preventing freedom of speech. Are we being PC by not allowing people to refer to somebody how they wish? the person who is offended should just get over it, right?

Too many people know their rights but not their responsibilities. You have the right to freedom of speech, you have the responsibility to use it in a decent and dignified way, without potentially causing emotional harm to anybody else.

 

[AnimalCrossingPerson]

Eh, I'm just fed up of people getting worked up over things. It shouldn't be my job to cater for every race, language and gender.

Where I live, everyone you'll see on a daily basis is white. If I made a local town simulator or something with only white people, would that be considered racist?

I take things in a lighthearted manner - I hope you do too.

 

[amanda1983]

is there any dumb pc thing other than holidays ****?

like I've never understood people getting offended at if someone gives them an x holiday positive message, since its not demanding you to celebrate or anything. so just take as what it's meant to be at face value regardless of personal celebratory status

In my entire life I have literally NEVER seen anyone take offence at being given such a message about a holiday they don't celebrate... and I grew up in one of the most multicultural areas possible, where more languages were spoken than I could count when starting primary school. We had refugees from at least 3 war-torn hotspots, and these were people from every conceivable side of the conflict.

In addition, I have worked with young children and their families in early childhood education and care settings for almost 10 years, and volunteered for years before that.

For all the "___ want to cancel Christmas!" scaremongering I see on the news every year, and see shared on social media by my more gullible friends and acquaintances... I'm still yet to see anything even close to a family who don't celebrate Christmas taking any kind of offence at Christmas being celebrated. Some families get more involved than others, but then that's true of ALL families. In fact, the only times "canceling Christmas" has ever come up have been a) joking or mostly-joking comments from staff who don't like the hoopla b) more devout Christians who dislike the commercialisation of Christmas and would prefer that only "believers" celebrate the holiday or c) gullible and/or racist* people claiming the sky is falling and the world is ending because *some* people don't celebrate Christmas and soon all us pc people will make sure no one can have Christmas.

.. Now I'm sure that there is at least one ****wit in the world who wants to cancel Christmas because it is offensive to them.. probably more than one. Of course, there are also people who believe the world is flat, vaccines can cause autism, and any number of other ignorant, ****ed up things. The mere fact of these people existing shouldn't be enough to cause widespread hysteria (except for vaccines - they save lives and anyone who doesn't know how utterly fraudulent the initial study was that launched the whole "vaccine = autism" link should really look that up and see why Wakefield was so thoroughly discredited).

If I ever come across a ****wit wanting to cancel Christmas, I'll deal with them as I do any other ****wit.. and move on with my life after pausing to shake my head at humanity. I won't stop being pc ( pc = civilised, essentially, to me) because there are ****wits out there. That's on them. I'm not sinking to that level just to let them beat me with experience. I'll just keep on keeping on with my usual reasonable, polite, respectful, thoughtful manners and behaviours.

Being personally offended isn't really a choice, at least not initially. Someone says or does something that offends you, and now you're offended. Whether they meant it or not. But. Once someone *is* offended, that's when we all have choices. Myself, I usually choose to acknowledge any offence I have caused, and make appropriate restitutions. Whether I meant to cause offence or not, I did. When I am offended I typically tend to say so, though am still working on doing this more proactively (instead of waiting til the nth incident to bring it up).

I know people who think boys shouldn't wear skirt/dresses and those people offend me.. I'd like to ban them from society. Especially when they excuse men wearing traditional garb that happens to include a skirt or a dress as "that's different". Such small-minded, short-sighted pettiness offends me. Much as I'd love to segrate those ****wits from society though, I just politely cut their arguments to ribbons (kilts, anyone?), smile patronisingly, and walk away. THAT is a productive way to deal with feeling offended. That, and remembering all our family photos going back 100+ years that include multiple men and boys wearing various dresses. And knowing that my nephew can and does wear whatever the **** he likes so long as the essentials are covered, and he can safely play (I don't let *anyone* at a playground wearing a puffy tutu bigger than they are!).

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Racist* as that is an accuarate label for the individuals in question. I am yet to meet someone claiming blah Christmas is going to be cancelled blah blah with any sincerity unless they are young/ignorant (gullible), or an actual, legitimate racist. Whether they care to be known as such or not.. their words and their actions make it so.

 

[Celestefey]

In my entire life I have literally NEVER seen anyone take offence at being given such a message about a holiday they don't celebrate... and I grew up in one of the most multicultural areas possible, where more languages were spoken than I could count when starting primary school. We had refugees from at least 3 war-torn hotspots, and these were people from every conceivable side of the conflict.

In addition, I have worked with young children and their families in early childhood education and care settings for almost 10 years, and volunteered for years before that.

For all the "___ want to cancel Christmas!" scaremongering I see on the news every year, and see shared on social media by my more gullible friends and acquaintances... I'm still yet to see anything even close to a family who don't celebrate Christmas taking any kind of offence at Christmas being celebrated. Some families get more involved than others, but then that's true of ALL families. In fact, the only times "canceling Christmas" has ever come up have been a) joking or mostly-joking comments from staff who don't like the hoopla b) more devout Christians who dislike the commercialisation of Christmas and would prefer that only "believers" celebrate the holiday or c) gullible and/or racist* people claiming the sky is falling and the world is ending because *some* people don't celebrate Christmas and soon all us pc people will make sure no one can have Christmas.

I feel like the only people who would start some sort of campaign to stop people from celebrating Christmas or wishing other people a happy Christmas are the people who are AFRAID of offending others (ie: not the people who actually don't celebrate Christmas or celebrate some other religious holidays instead, as they probably do not care at all). Some people are very overly PC and there needs to be some sort of limit. I agree, I've honestly never seen anyone act offended by the fact that other people celebrate Christmas. It's just a load of scaremongering tbh.

 

[Yoshisaur]

I would agree people shouldn't get offended over stupid stuff.
I also agree that you should be decent and respect people.

There is a middle ground in all of this which I think is ideal.

 

[pawpatrolbab]

About specific things I think so yes, but mainly because where I live we don't have freedom of speech, we've got freedom of expression.

 

[ams]

I think in public, yes, but when you're in the privacy of your own home with friends and family who really know you and your intentions it's all good. I do get really annoyed when people feel like being offensive in public around people they don't know is some kind of basic human right.

 

[oath2order]

I think the one place where political correctness should not matter is in comedy.