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By: Christopher Shell

Christopher Shell — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 12:02:13 +0000

If that were so, then fairness and accuracy would both be applauded. Currently we live in a climate where fairness is applauded more often than accuracy. Accuracy is sometimes even frowned upon.

By: tom p

tom p — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:29:53 +0000

That’s where the problem lies. People who attack political correctness usually do so from assumptions that there’s a conspiracy to stop people thinking and researching. There isn’t, just a desire (and comensurate laws) to see people treated equally and fairly and not discriminated against on grounds of race or gender, but on an individual basis.

By: Christopher Shell

Christopher Shell — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:43:08 +0000

I hope you’re right. There are, however, a lot of unargued presuppositions in public life whose fans find it hard to counter the counter-arguments when they are put to them. We are asked to assume that all races, both genders etc are equal – even, practically the same – in every, but every way. This is ideology, the enemy of research and of truth. Adherents are confusing two things: (1) whether everyone should be treated with equal dignity, (2) whether all are actually on a level in every way. Of course, nobody really believes (2). But they often act as though they do, with the result that we have to pretend that every race / both genders are equally physically strong on average, have equal average proficiency in all brain tasks, and so on. To which I say (in jest): Get real!

By: tom p

tom p — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:00:59 +0000

you still haven’t said what you really mean by political correctness.
It simply doesn’t exist in the form that most people who invoke it to rail against think. It seems to be a giant straw man created by the right in order to pass off their bigotry as rebellious daring bravery, standing up for the little guy against the politically correct straw giant.
There is no such ideology.

By: Christopher Shell

Christopher Shell — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 14:39:11 +0000

What’s wrong with political correctness is that it puts low priority on truth and high priority on ideology.
What’s right with political correctness? Plenty – but nothing that decent ppl wouldnt do/think anyway.

By: Monitor

Monitor — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 07:15:07 +0000

Are you Shell in disguise?

By: Stuart

Stuart — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:30:42 +0000

Blacks already call each other Nigger and Gay is a word that means Happy, not homosexual – “Gay pride” is therefore an oxymoron.

By: tom p

tom p — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:44:43 +0000

What do you mean by politically correct, christopher? It is a horrible term, coined in america by intelligent racists and sexists to complain about them not being able to use offensive language willy nilly. Do you want to call blacks niggers, christopher? Or are you merely getting all Littlejohn and you want to be able to call gays filthy bum bandit scum who should be strung up without people saying that you’re being unnecessarily offensive? It’s almost exclusively used by stupid bigmouthed self-righteous bigots, surely the sort of people you’d never want to be seen to be associated with.