Community Chat

[QVCkitty1]

I'm getting weary of so many people complaining about everything being too PC . I think

sometimes it's just an excuse   and a cover up for not being a decent human being . You 

can say something outrageous , racist or just really mean spirted, and somehow saying it's not PC makes it ok . It's not. 

[ChynnaBlue]

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@QVCkitty1 wrote:

I'm getting weary of so many people complaining about everything being too PC . I think

sometimes it's just an excuse   and a cover up for not being a decent human being . You 

can say something outrageous , racist or just really mean spirted, and somehow saying it's not PC makes it ok . It's not. 

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I agree. When some people talk about things being "too PC," it often accompanies some terrible talk about others. In my mind, I swap out PC for respect. When people say they're "not PC" and it makes some  people mad, I always think they're not being respectful and that's what makes people mad.

[Perkup]

I certainly agree that everyone deserves courtesy.  However, I feel that respect should be earned and have taught my children and grands just that. I do think that Pollitical Correctness has gone entirely too far, and that it is causing more trouble than problems solved. Common sense should always prevail.   Everything in moderation, please. 

[PamfromCT]

I am so glad to see a brave soul address this issue.

There are constant complaints here about life being "too PC" nowadays.  Yes, I can understand that the brew-ha about the Starbucks coffee cups is plain silly (pardon my pun).  And perhaps you could add saying "Happy Holiday" instead of "Merry Christmas" to this mix.

But somehow I get the feeling there's more to this complaint than this.  Could it possibly include social norms of no disparaging names for people of certain nationalities or races, no crude jokes about certain groups, no disparaging remarks about gays, nothing disparaging about religious groups other than your own, etc., etc.??

Maybe to some, if a public figure does this, it's just "say it like it is."  It's a throwback to the days when anything could be said.  It might have been reluctantly tolerated back then, but those days are so long gone.

Give me "PC" any day of the week.  Bet those complaining have never been hurt by being a victim of "non-PC."

[colliegirls]

Sometimes we just need to call it what it is. All the PC names for things do not make them any better.

[QVCkitty1]

We will have to agree to disagree .

[Zita]

Disagree utterly with your rant. We're all told to walk on eggshells because someone out there might be offended.

Too bad!

[Perkup]

@PamfromCT wrote:

 

Give me "PC" any day of the week.  Bet those complaining have never been hurt by being a victim of "non-PC."

Pam, you are making a very sad and erronious assumption when you say that "those complaining have never been hurt by being a victim of "non-PC".  You could not know most of the people on this Board, and you cannot possibly have any idea what others have been through.  Not all of us wear our hearts on our sleeves or chips on our shoulders.  Never assume that anyone falls into a particular group unless they have confirmed it to you, and even then don't assume you really understand how they feel.

[millieshops]

@PamfromCTGreat post, and I won't add more because I bet we're dancing on the edge of a poof.

[ChynnaBlue]

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@colliegirls wrote:

Sometimes we just need to call it what it is. All the PC names for things do not make them any better.

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They may not and then they'll change again, but there's one thing they make clear: we will not put up with disrespect and we will speak up when you use derogatory terms to dehumanize us.

I support that message.