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So my flatmate was saying that he prides himself in his political incorrectness. What does that even mean...??

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Original post by Mystelle
So my flatmate was saying that he prides himself in his political incorrectness. What does that even mean...??


He’s doesn’t swear or behave unprofessionally. He basically goes out of his way to act in a way considered socially acceptable
He prides himself in being a bit of a nob who's unnecessarily harsh towards pretty much any minority group. Basically political correctness is how the right wing demonise showing civility to anyone except them, and being politically incorrect is going against that and being uncivil
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He sounds like an edgy kid trying to shock his equally sheltered peers.

The term has a few meanings. PC now would seem to be the new-wave millennial SJW thing (most commonly found in the US, e.g. "cultural appropriation" for wearing a Chinese-style dress to prom and other Buzzfeed sentiments); but PC originally meant just not being a ****, such that you're not going around calling people "coloureds" or "poofs". I don't think many people would brag about rejecting the original meaning of PC, so he might be talking about the former.

To me, it means you take a more common sense approach to censorship and dialogue; such that you speak and behave like a real person.
Original post by Stiff Little Fingers
He prides himself in being a bit of a nob who's unnecessarily harsh towards pretty much any minority group. Basically political correctness is how the right wing demonise showing civility to anyone except them, and being politically incorrect is going against that and being uncivil


Hardly
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Original post by Notoriety
He sounds like an edgy kid trying to shock his equally sheltered peers.


TSR is full of those people lol. He would fit right in
Original post by TheFarmerLad
Hardly


Well no, exactly. Being "PC" is an outgrouping. No-one describes themselves as being politically correct, they get described as that by people who decry political correctness (it's also an insinuation of bad faith on the "politically correct" party since calling it politically correct implies it's not actually correct and is being done for point scoring purposes, just as technically correct means actually wrong). But, what gets described as politically correct is basic civility
Original post by Mystelle
TSR is full of those people lol. He would fit right in

I hope that isn't a sly dig at Papa Noto.

There are many of them on here, and there are many more (at least prominent users) who fit into the new-wave PC movement. At least publicly. You will find most people at uni do the same thing; until you get to know them and realise they are normal people with normal thoughts who are self-censoring.
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Original post by Notoriety
I hope that isn't a sly dig at Papa Noto.

There are many of them on here, and there are many more (at least prominent users) who fit into the new-wave PC movement. At least publicly. You will find most people at uni do the same thing; until you get to know them and realise they are normal people with normal thoughts who are self-censoring.


Are you an INTx by any chance?
Original post by Stiff Little Fingers
Well no, exactly. Being "PC" is an outgrouping. No-one describes themselves as being politically correct, they get described as that by people who decry political correctness (it's also an insinuation of bad faith on the "politically correct" party since calling it politically correct implies it's not actually correct and is being done for point scoring purposes, just as technically correct means actually wrong). But, what gets described as politically correct is basic civility


So you're allowed to call non-PC people all these things whereas we can't do the same to you/other people?
Original post by Stiff Little Fingers
He prides himself in being a bit of a nob who's unnecessarily harsh towards pretty much any minority group. Basically political correctness is how the right wing demonise showing civility to anyone except them, and being politically incorrect is going against that and being uncivil


Political correctness nowadays is the idea of 'if something offends me, it must be banned'. In its current form it is a mockery of civility and a shrine to double standards, half truths and often times - people who are too focused on the idea of what is politically correct that it prevents them thinking logically leading to damaging results.

For example;
Despite basic biology and the potential psychologically damaging effects or life threatening scenarios that could be caused, boys as young as eight are going to be told that they could have periods also. Male blood discharge can be a sign of a life threatening illness.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6500231/Eight-year-old-pupils-told-boys-periods-new-sex-education-guidelines.html

"NHS guidebook stated that males living as women were being invited for tests to check for cervical cancer even though they do not have a cervix"

Its this sort of statement that demonstrates the insanity of political correctness.


Original post by Mystelle
So my flatmate was saying that he prides himself in his political incorrectness. What does that even mean...??


Depends on the context. Political correctness has evolved a lot over the years to something that for many is seen as damaging both in a progressive sense and in a potential societal standpoint. Claiming oneself to be 'politicially incorrect' could be a matter of differentiating from the mob mentality that political correctness has become. The individual may value honesty or logic above what may offend fragile sensibilities.
Original post by Mystelle
So my flatmate was saying that he prides himself in his political incorrectness. What does that even mean...??

He'll be familiar with Bruxish then. Not the spotty fish, but the letters & what they stand for :wink:
Original post by TheFarmerLad
So you're allowed to call non-PC people all these things whereas we can't do the same to you/other people?


All what things?

Original post by FlyingFoxes
Political correctness nowadays is the idea of 'if something offends me, it must be banned'. In its current form it is a mockery of civility and a shrine to double standards, half truths and often times - people who are too focused on the idea of what is politically correct that it prevents them thinking logically leading to damaging results.


Well it's not given political correctness is a myth made up by the right wing to decry basic decency towards minority ethnicities, LGBT people or anyone who doesn't conform to said right wingers ideals.


For example;
Despite basic biology and the potential psychologically damaging effects or life threatening scenarios that could be caused, boys as young as eight are going to be told that they could have periods also. Male blood discharge can be a sign of a life threatening illness.


Y'all don't know **** about biology or what's been said there - it's about the gender male, not the sex.
Original post by Stiff Little Fingers
All what things?





Original post by Stiff Little Fingers
He prides himself in being a bit of a nob who's unnecessarily harsh towards pretty much any minority group. Basically political correctness is how the right wing demonise showing civility to anyone except them, and being politically incorrect is going against that and being uncivil


Original post by Stiff Little Fingers
Well no, exactly. Being "PC" is an outgrouping. No-one describes themselves as being politically correct, they get described as that by people who decry political correctness (it's also an insinuation of bad faith on the "politically correct" party since calling it politically correct implies it's not actually correct and is being done for point scoring purposes, just as technically correct means actually wrong). But, what gets described as politically correct is basic civility


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Political correctness is a term conjured up by SJWs in an attempt to hijack language and to take subjects and attitudes they don't like out of the debating sphere, or to make them taboo. Many of them will, as has been so ably demonstrated in this thread, divert attention from this agenda by claiming that it is all about not giving offence. In fact, many debates have been closed down in universities on the grounds that listeners might be harmed when they take offence at the views that might be propounded, and thus the subject cannot be debated at all in those places, at least by people that might disagree with the SJW view.

What starts off with saying 'you cannot describe someone as coloured' ends up as you cannot discuss race relations in any meaningful manner.

Being politically incorrect is to reject that attempt, and need not even involve using language that is impolite. On TSR, for instance, it is taboo to suggest that trans activists are wrong, no matter how politely you say it.

There is a similar attempt to cut off debate about Islam by labeling anyone who legitimately criticises the religion as an Islamophobe and conflating it with anti-Moslem abuse.

Those who seek to impose political correctness on us always deny it and are usually the sort of people I would label as regressive puritanical 'liberals' (with the word 'liberal' in inverted commas to show that they are in fact very illiberal despite what they think they are).
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PC = liberal censorship when they dont want to discuss things they dont like
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he wants to say the n word in public
Politically incorrect = potential to offend groups of people. Your m8 is a propa edgelord m8 :h:
Original post by FlyingFoxes
Political correctness nowadays is the idea of 'if something offends me, it must be banned'. In its current form it is a mockery of civility and a shrine to double standards, half truths and often times - people who are too focused on the idea of what is politically correct that it prevents them thinking logically leading to damaging results.

For example;
Despite basic biology and the potential psychologically damaging effects or life threatening scenarios that could be caused, boys as young as eight are going to be told that they could have periods also. Male blood discharge can be a sign of a life threatening illness.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6500231/Eight-year-old-pupils-told-boys-periods-new-sex-education-guidelines.html

"NHS guidebook stated that males living as women were being invited for tests to check for cervical cancer even though they do not have a cervix"

Its this sort of statement that demonstrates the insanity of political correctness.




Depends on the context. Political correctness has evolved a lot over the years to something that for many is seen as damaging both in a progressive sense and in a potential societal standpoint. Claiming oneself to be 'politicially incorrect' could be a matter of differentiating from the mob mentality that political correctness has become. The individual may value honesty or logic above what may offend fragile sensibilities.


You do know that if you wipe your bottom with the Daily Mail you will get aids? At least that is what I read in the Daily Mail once.

Seriously - the Mail is a pile of bilge and not worth the paper it is written on. Schools are not teaching about boys having the period. This is just sensational clap trap to keep Disgruntled of Tumbridge Wells well fed.
Being politically incorrect is basically commiting blasphemy against the liberal progressive state.


Liberals that laugh at people being imprisoned for drawing the prophet Mohammad in Iran will demand people lose their jobs or go to prison for ‘hate speech’ for pointing out basic biology or questioning certain historical events

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