funny, thats actually what you do, reb. youre a lib? and you still have no clue what your sig means, lol.

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PC essentially means being CORRECT politically - in other words, it means the ability to grasp and have an astute political awareness and understanding of political and social issues (as opposed to being INCORRECT and possessing no understanding). The left correspond to the former and the right to the latter. The term has been hijacked by the right as a catch-all term of abuse used against anybody who happens to disagree with their neo-fascist worldview. In essence, PC is about mutual respect for others, good manners and politeness as well as possessing an astute political and social awareness.

That is not what it means. Sorry. Observe:

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My understanding of the term "politically correct" is that it refers to way something might be factually incorrect, or even meaningless, but can nevertheless be the correct or proper way of saying something.

For example, in America, we're a little obsessed with what we call the "mainstream." As if what most people believe is inherently more accurate or meaningful. If you go outside this mainstream of opinion, you are in violation of one kind of political correctness.

Things that are not politically correct tend to fall into two categories: the offensive, as in, something that really just ticks a lot of people off (racism is a common example), and conspiracy theory, which is pretty much any political theory that isn't on CNN (we've given cable news the power to tell us what's mainstream or not, see).

Confused? You should be. I don't think it's supposed to make sense.

It is more likely to be. But thats not what the term is about.

The dictionary definitions are accurate IMO. Politically Correct terms are used to avoid offending a person or group.

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Not entirely. "Politically correct" also refers, I believe, to those things we just aren't allowed to say.

A lot of people -- most of them, really -- believe that there's a lot more to what happened on 9/11 than we've been told. However, the mainstream news only reports one very narrow possibility -- the politically correct version of events, which in this case is more or less what the government tells it.

If you say that you think the World Trade Center was deliberately demolished by explosives, you are being "politically incorrect" and defined as a conspiracy theorist. And that's even a very popular theory.

I think that what a lot of people think of as "political correctness" is really more "cultural correctness." There are a lot of people out there who want to be able to speak openly of racism without being looked at funny. When they say, for example, that white people are inherently smarter than black people, they get an argument. The racists accuse the arguers of being "politically correct." What they're really complaining about is that American culture has shifted away from overt racism.

You will note, however, that my version of political correctness is not politically correct. So make of it what you will.

Same difference...it is all based on what offends people.


I dont accept you as America's official spokesmodel.


No, that is not an example of political correctness. Just delusion.

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Saying that is not an example of political correctness, it is an example of political incorrectness! It may be nonsense, but it is definitely politically incorrect!

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To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. Thomas Paine

I love this. Hairy, you and Daybreaker make me quite proud to have you on our side.

Actually that's what you do, like most libs. Still fighting the dictionary I see. One day you'll comprehend it. Maybe.

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ANWR Exploration Republicans: 91% Supported. Democrats: 86% Opposed.
Coal-to-liquid R's: 90% YES. D's: 78% NO.
Oil Shale Exploration R's: 90% YES. D's: 86% NO.
Outer Continental Shelf Exploration R's: 81% YES. D's: 83% NO.
Increased Refinery Capacity R's: 97% YES. D's: 96% NO

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