Politcial Correctness

[Kane1389]

the_lonely_gamer_123 said:

Kane1389 said:

the_lonely_gamer_123 said:

Kane1389 said:

Zappykins said:
Yes, for the most part it is a good thing. To dehumanize or marginalize others isn't a good thing. It is often misunderstood though and misused.

This isn't people sitting together and having a beer. This is a media event.

In my experience usually the people that complain are the ones that are upset they can not oppress others anymore. Like they guy upset he can't beat and rape is wife because she is not longer 'property' but a 'human being.'

So having a joke about his fellow basketball player equals to raping and beating a woman ???

 

Might be an exaggeration, but it proves a point. Obviously, those two things are not one and the same, but Roy Hibbert was called out by some as a homophobe for making a joke like that, which is totally ridiculous. It feels like people can't make any joke without being called a homophobe, a sexist, a racist, a prejudist, etc.

Calling someone a homophobe/racist/sexist is the very foundation of conversation a progressive/lberal will have with a person that doesnt share his/hers political opinion

It's not just with progressive people/liberals. Take the NRA/conservatives and the gun control debate. Not to open up that can of worms, but they would routinely call people that don't agree with their view as being "unpatriotic" and "un-American". It's really quite sad that you get people who resort to petty insults and name calling just because you don't agree with them, and this is definitely a by-product of political correctness.

Agreed