Political correctness

[phil06]

Lately I have feel feeling anxious about how political correct we are in society these days? I dislike how every occasion is forced down your neck on social media?

[jojo2316]

Elaborate? Like what?

[phil06]

Elaborate? Like what?

Everyone to politics to marriage or freedom of speech.

[jojo2316]

I’m not sure what I feel about all this. I have some sympathy with both sides. At the extreme end, political correctness becomes a sort of Orwellian thought police..... you cannot even harbour the wrong THOUGHTS about someone’s chosen gender, say. It is very oppressive, anti libertarian and rather sinister. But at the other end of the scale, I think it is important to be kind and tolerant of people’s life choices (so long as they do no harm to others). And that is especially true if the people in question are vulnerable or have a history of oppression. It is a difficult path to tread and has caused great divisions

[ankietyjoe]

Nature balances itself out though. There has also been an exponential rise and acceptance of racist a55holes.

[BlueIris]

I heard a lovely phrase the other day:

"It's not political correctness, it's militant politeness."

Why not avoid hurting people's feelings if you're capable of doing so?"

[ankietyjoe]

Only it doesn't! Two or two million wrongs won't make a right.

I might have been facestious

[phil06]

I often read the actors say they couldn’t make a Little Britain or American pie movie in today’s climate. I read a film magazine which said just that in today’s political correctness we can’t have these movies. Makes me feel sad.

I feel sad in general about a lot of stuff for example Concorde is no longer in service and we go across the Atlantic slower. Also we have never been back to the moon.

Sure we have great technology these days but I feel everything is restrained or technology gets held back. I find this very sad

[phil06]

For me I find it fantastic we can talk so openly about mental health these days I find this a positive and progress. Perhaps going though it means I can relate to others more.

[BlueIris]

I heard a lovely phrase the other day:

"It's not political correctness, it's militant politeness."

Why not avoid hurting people's feelings if you're capable of doing so?

Also, Little Britain contained grossly offensive portrayals of disabled people and working class teenage girls. I wasn't comfortable with it at the time, given that it was made by a couple of posh white blokes, and I love that today there's room for comedy that punches upward rather than downward. The alternative is just bullying.