A lot of good answers in this thread.
We're talking about warped language with a specific agenda to change people's beliefs, propaganda in other words. If we were in say, the Middle Ages with an omnipotent Catholic Church, the propaganda might be in favor of divine belief. Now, we live in an age of omnipotent liberalism that frames the debate. Unless you've grown up entirely divorced from modern American culture, your speech is shot through with liberal phrasing that makes it hard to question liberal belief. Consider how people use the term 'disadvantaged' to describe the poor. It begs the question, who is disadvantaging them? And thus, the implication is, we are obligated to correct that, with things like... welfare.
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If you knew the truth, you wouldn't be a liberal.
For instance, I did a little research on AIDS, and did an article on it -
http://www.returnofkings.com/3882/the-truth-about-aids . Would people run marathons for AIDS research funding, if they knew the truth about AIDS, that it's spread by druggies and homosexuals being irresponsible? Would people be as inclined to support homosexual marriage, if they knew that monogamy, for many homosexual couples, is not a feature (link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/us/29s....html?_r=0 _? ) Would people get riled up about a woman crying about domestic abuse if it was found the woman would not touch a man who was *not* abusive? Learning the truth is apt to take the wind out of your sails to pursue a liberal agenda. So you mask the truth instead, and keep people thinking they're on the right path.
Republicans are not much better, if only because they are too stupid to reject the frame that the left has erected. And there are often areas in which Republican doctrine is no better, eg neoconservative foreign policy.
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Women. Or more accurately, women and their white knight supporters.
Political correctness is an outgrowth of the female way of thinking, where feelings trump facts and consensus-gathering is more important than speaking the truth. The very purpose of PC is to neuter language to avoid possibly hurting someone's feeeeeelings, which is precisely how women act, and is antithetical to the way men talk and behave. If you've ever worked in a blue-collar, male-dominated environment (as opposed to more female-friendly office/white-collar work), you've experienced this first-hand.
I am in full agreement that the discussion has been 'feminized,' but I'm not convinced that it can be laid at the hands of women. That aside, I have nothing but distaste for men who will say things like, "You can't say that!" Among men, the only concern should be whether a statement is true or false, not whether our ears are too delicate to hear the message.
Quote: (04-12-2013 07:58 PM)Neo Wrote:
Because most people are pussy's and sheep like followers. They have the unrealistic notion that it's possible to go through life and be liked by everyone. They fear confrontation and difficult circumstances so they want to go through life in complete comfort. What better way to do that than to be politically correct just like everybody else?
This isn't a compelling explanation, because it doesn't account for the rise of political correctness. If people have always been sheep, why haven't they always been PC?