Is it time to implement a law specifically addressing political correctness and its stranglehold on the American legislative, executive, and judicial systems? Let's look at it for a second. Established religion has now been blocked from influencing any form of government procedures under the "separation of church and state" clause (which does not actually appear in the Constitution). So even though the original intent of the First Amendment was to keep the government out of the church, it is now being used for exactly the opposite purpose. However, political correctness is an interesting entity. It operates exactly like a religion. It has the same opiate-like effect where people believe blindly without any evidence. Its followers are expected to fall in line and not question anything. It's anti-science. It has its own set of tenets and dogma. And its own labels for people who reject it. Instead of sinners, they are branded as bigots (or any sub-category such as racists, sexists, homophobes, etc.). And it proclaims that we are all essentially born with original bigotry (like original sin) and the only way to be saved is to convert. Sure sounds like a religion to me. Now I don't actually have a problem with people believing this stuff. It's a free country. You can believe whatever you want. But if you don't want other people pushing a state religion on you, you can't be pushing a state religion back on them in return. And where political correctness does most of its damage is that it uses a loophole to maintain its power. Since it is not officially recognized as an established religion but merely as a philosophy, it is able to be forced on the public to the point of denying people their actual First Amendment right to conscientiously object to it. The Democratic party has a long and sordid history of manipulating semantics to push nefarious policies. And this seems to follow the pattern quite predictably. Because while they may not call political correctness a religion in name, it is, in fact, a secular religion in practice. So if all Christian influence has to be scrubbed from the government, shouldn't all politically correct influence be scrubbed too? I mean, it's only fair. Otherwise you're not giving everybody a level playing field to work from. You're just rigging the game to make sure nobody has the power to object to what you're doing. And that's definitely not what the Founding Fathers had in mind.
PC (political correctness) is here to stay and it is not going away. It's a societal change but it is now the norm. To prove my point, Political Correctness going away has less of a chance than bringing back ashtrays in restaurants.
The government of the United States of America is secular and always has been. The country was established under the premise that all men are equal. We pledge allegiance to the republic that stands for liberty and justice for all. When everyone is equal and treated as equals with liberty and justice, that IS being politically correct. Most of the rest is simply good manners. You know, like mama taught you…
The Bible's Prince of Peace: Isaiah 9:6 The right wing politically correct Jesus: Good thing we have separation of church and state or we would all be in a hell hole because of right wing political correctness.
The definition of political correctness is: Why would Christians want THAT removed? Jesus was all about those who are excluded, marginalized and disadvantaged. If anyone was interested in avoiding actions that exclude, marginalize, or insult groups of people who are disadvantaged or discriminated against, it would be JESUS!!
Not really. The exclusion, etc. practiced against the Christians was a sign of their holiness. Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
It is still perfectly legal to be an obnoxious jerk. Take Trump for example. Such behavior is becoming less socially acceptable over the years. I have seen large changes in my lifetime and it appears that the trend will continue indefinitely.. It proves that evolution is real.. In the end it is clear that those who are offended by political correctness are merely unevolved and will eventually be replaced by future generations.
Liberty and justice for all means even the (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)s with whom we disagree have the right to be heard. Political correctness is the exact antithesis of that.
That just strengthens my point. Jesus did not just direct that we eschew discrimination toward others, but stated that we should also be tolerant of disgusting treatment of others. Jesus provided no room for us to NOT be PC!
I am not offended by political correctness. I am offended by the idea that intelligent person would believe that it is in anyway connected to freedom of expression or that it is in any way new. It is in fact little more than the old code duello enforced not with the sword or at gun point but rather by packs of braying, no nothing, jackasses whose understanding of reality is as stunted as their intellectual integrity.
Yes, and everyone still has the legal right to express their opinions whether they are politically correct or not. As Bob Dylan said, "the times they are a changin'"..
I'm not sure we disagree, but I do see a distinct difference between political correctness and good manners.
Eh, politics is about swaying people to your point of view and garnering power as a result. You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. When you don't care about catching flies or influencing voters, it doesn't matter whether your speech is honeyed or not, as long as it isn't illegal. The first amendment protects your right to be as mean as you want, as long as it doesn't step into inciting people, slander, libel, etc. Lots of people will avoid you because of your boorish manners, but it is perfectly within your rights. Politicians usually must walk a fine line.
Has it become a federal crime to be un-PC or are you complaining about the society not being PC to people who are not PC?
Pc is crybaby think it has nothing to do with either good manners or freedom of speech. It is merely trying to get people to not express ideas with which you disagree without actually having to go to the trouble of presenting a logical argument.
