Political Correctness
vote(s)
Post Reply| Yes |
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88.3% | |
| No |
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10.0% | |
| Undecided |
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1.7% |
<reference removed> as too many are commenting on the reference rather than the poll.
Please no comments, just the poll.
-- Edited by RustyD on Monday 19th of February 2018 09:31:32 PM
I am pretty sure the whole post will disappear soon given the Webmaster's most recent comments.
Iza
I was only using the news item as and example, not as a specific. I am not asking for a poll on this example but the general question of the poll. Not sure if my opinion is there.
I asked for no comments for a reason.
-- Edited by RustyD on Monday 19th of February 2018 02:44:04 PM
Just curious. No deep seeded double meaning agenda
I mean , why say no comments ?
Iza
It happened to be a topic of conversation last week that I got involved in. And then after the George Christiansen item reminded me of my conversation I thought I'd ask the question to this forum. I am not asking for comments on that particular item otherwise it becomes political and hence this will get shut down.
The item of reference is just that. The reason I didn't want any comments was I only wanted the poll answered as a general poll and that is "Do you think there are too many precious people with no sense of humour who are trying to suppress those with a sense of humour for the sake of political correctness?"
Gday...
political correctness
noun
the avoidance of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalise, or insult groups of people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against.
I guess there is humour and there are forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalise, or insult groups of people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against.
The line is never clear, often crossed, and often very subjective. Me ... I'd rather have a good laugh at clever wit and genuine humour.
Jest sayin'
Cheers - John
Likewise John, and RustyD - as soon as I saw the title - I thought "here we go" - but laughed, because I think it so true! So do you think this would be considered "politically incorrect"?
Politically correct or not, I find that hilhairious.
Cheers, John.
Watch or read. It is only short.
Charlton Heston's speech to a graduating class of law students at Harvard. -Against the political correctness that he felt was dividing the United States (and later, other democracies). He cites examples of the madness of political correctness and encourages students to practice civil disobedience against the oppression of political correctness that is plaguing US (and our) culture. It is a rare honour to be invited to speak to a graduating class.
www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/charltonhestonculturalwar.htm
More recently, Jerry Seinfeld on political correctness,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXDHjwaUtPI
-- Edited by Leo on Tuesday 20th of February 2018 09:08:32 AM
-- Edited by Leo on Tuesday 20th of February 2018 09:09:25 AM
If you understand the meaning of "political correctness" it quite possibly is hard to argue against it. From what I've observed. most people do not understand what it means.
political correctness:
the avoidance of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize, or insult groups of people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against.
Personally I prefer not to exclude, marginalise or insult anyone,
in my opinion, a well thought out and explained point of view.
I don't consider myself precious, but there are things, that due to my life experience, I don't find funny, and prefer not to see joked about. And that change in position has in a lot of instances happened after I had previously found humour in that thing, but my experience changed my mind. That is called growing up, and has nothing to do with being precious or not having a sense of humour. In fact, most of my friends feel I have a great sense of humour, perhaps because I try not to direct my humour at types of people, more at experience of people or myself.
I am certain that if we all took a look at ourselves, most if not all of us would find our humour and outlook have changed as we got older, and that has made us more "politically correct", for want of a better term, in our outlook. Our experience with people does that to us.
For instance in my case I find jokes about shooting others like Christiansen's post, Alzheimers, intellectual disability, Gay people and the like unfunny, and wonder how those making the "joke" would react if they had different life experience, or if the joke was directed at something that they didn't find funny due to their life experience.
So to answer your poll RustyD. No, there are not too many precious people with no sense of humour trying to suppress the fun of those with a sense of humour. Just more people with different humour, saying they don't find that particular joke funny anymore.
'Politically Correct Bedtime Stories'
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-02-542730-3
excerpt,
There once was a young person named Red Riding Hood who lived with her mother on the edge of a large wood. One day her mother asked her to take a basket of fresh fruit and mineral water to her grandmothers house not because this was womyns work, mind you, but because the deed was generous and helped engender a feeling of community. Furthermore, her grandmother was not sick, but rather was in full physical and mental health and was fully capable of taking care of herself as a mature adult.
So Red Riding Hood set off with her basket through the woods. Many people believed that the forest was a foreboding and dangerous place and never set foot in it. Red Riding Hood, however, was confident enough in her own budding sexuality that such obvious Freudian imagery did not intimidate her...
-- Edited by Leo on Wednesday 21st of February 2018 08:54:05 AM
-- Edited by Leo on Wednesday 21st of February 2018 08:55:21 AM
Gday...
Cheers - John
-- Edited by rockylizard on Wednesday 21st of February 2018 09:00:01 AM
You must be the link whisperer :)
BTW, are you an ex-Central Qld boy? There used to be ex-Rockhampton social groups in other places. Years ago there was an active group in Brissie, for instance.
Gday...
Not Central QLD
Born Gympie, lived on Fraser Island til I was two, father itinerant so moved all over the place with him chasing work.
Predominantly, Wide Bay/Burnett area but also Blackall, Gin Gin and other outback locations and then Victoria for my teens. I have moved around all over VIC and SE QLD over the past 40 years.
Now moving all over Straya in me van.
Cheers - John
I don't think it was Trump.