LeTiss wrote: ↑Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:14 am
My response was overly confrontational, I accept that
However, PC has become incredibly dangerous. In a 'free' country, the 2 things which define freedom are -
A) Having the freedom to form your own opinions about things
B) Having the freedom to voice those opinions
PC is oil and water to those freedoms, as it brainwashes and gags people
The situation with the Muslim community sums that up perfectly, hence why when we see situations like Rotherham and Telford, there is an elephant in the room, in the sense we are not allowed to comment on the rapists being Muslim
London is full of Mosques, it has a Muslim Mayor, and many don't like the way the city is descending into becoming something akin to Pakistan
My apologies if you find that offensive
PC is a vexed term. Some of the people objecting to "PC" are objecting to the removal of their apparent right to be mindlessly rude. As an example, I was born in 1978, very prematurely, and as a result I have cerebral palsy. My mum was told, minutes after my birth, that I would be "a cabbage" by a doctor.
Setting aside that verdict on someone with a degree from LSE and a professional career of several decades, let's consider the language.
I don't think that language was acceptable then, and neither is it now.
Is that PC? I know that the doctor felt implicitly licenced to use that language to a woman who had just given birth. I would be surprised if a similar term were used today. So, I argue that there is been a positive shift in social attitudes in this narrow context. I don't think people should be prevented from thinking and discussing as they so wish. But I don't think it was a better world when borish people felt entitled to say things like that.
My point simply is, lets be precise. "PC" as a inhibiter of freedom of thought = bad; PC as a reminder that some standards of politeness ought not to be transgressed, maybe not so bad....