How about a thread about PC

[Fast_Eddie]

Being "PC" is another way of saying "I'm not saying things that will intentionally offend other people." Another way of saying that is "not being a dick".

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Fast_Eddie

Being "PC" is another way of saying "I'm not saying things that will intentionally offend other people." Another way of saying that is "not being a dick".

Ah yes.....not saying things that will offend others can be called PC. But cannot one be "a dick" through use of correct grammar without slurs or epithets/swear words?
That is the crux of the discussion.

[HarmanKardon]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

But still, no one has answered the question whether Frank Zappa ever practiced political correctness.

Regards,

D-Ray

Ask Mrs. Gore about his political correctness.

We need a very precise definition of this expression (what is hardly possible) so we may all talk about the same. Otherwise a lot of misunderstandings will occur.

And Happy Birthday America!

[Fast_Eddie]

Originally Posted by icenine

Ah yes.....not saying things that will offend others can be called PC. But cannot one be "a dick" through use of correct grammar without slurs or epithets/swear words?
That is the crux of the discussion.

Using correct grammar is being a dick? Sorry. You lost me.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Fast_Eddie

Using correct grammar is being a dick? Sorry. You lost me.

You have equated political correctness with not using certain language......




is that what PC is bad language? or is it something else?

[icenine]

Originally Posted by HarmanKardon

We need a very precise definition of this expression... so we may all talk about the same.

I think you are on the right track.......please provide a definition so we can all understand what PC is once and for all. At this point open and frank discourse as to the form of PC is essiential....

[HarmanKardon]

Originally Posted by icenine

I think you are on the right track.......please provide a definition so we can all understand what PC is once and for all. At this point open and frank discourse as to the form of PC is essiential....

Your comment is ironic? Is that right?

[merrylander]

It took me most of a lifetime to learn it but I think it is summed up in 1 John 4:8.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by HarmanKardon

Your comment is ironic? Is that right?

Ach du Liebes Bichen!

(I think that is German for Good Grief!)



Without proposing questions we cannot find out what PC actually IS,

[donquixote99]

'Political Correctness' is an abstract term...hard to point at something and say 'that's it.' The most usual usage, I think, is sort of 'language use that avoids showing a 'lack of sympathy,' or even animosity, to the sensitivities of persons discriminated-against.' Sometime, 'persons discriminated against' morphs into 'persons making radical social criticisms and claiming sensitivity based on their particular POV.'

A wider usage encompasses other enforcement of some political orthodoxy, beyond choices in usage of language.