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[DiAnne]

I think it used to be called manners.......

[Melania]

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@DiAnne wrote:

I think it used to be called manners.......

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Amen!

[Vickiv]

Did you ever have relatives or friends when you are around them you are always walking on egg shells?  Heaven forbid you say the wrong thing you are an outcast but they can say anything about you no matter what you say or do. Well PC reminds me of the same thing. Next we will have PC police out there reporting every word we say that is PC incorrect.  What country does that remind you of? In life it's so simple. Have respect of people and their feelings. It seems some people monitor every word someone says then pick it apart. Live and let live. 

[Moonchilde]

When anyone says they are "not PC, "being honest", "frank", "I don't pull any punches", "blunt", etc. to me it's just an up-front declaration that they will be rude or bigoted or both and they think their declaration means they've already told you so it's okay, you can't call them on it. Wrong.

[PamfromCT]

I think the term is not only manners, it's called "polite society."

In all these discussions, with some lamenting PC, one statement is blatantly missing.   Not one has said, "I'm not talking about comments made against people's race, national origin, religion, how they look, etc."

I am curious as to why.

By the way, in my home, "cupcake," is used as a term of endearment.  As in, "my little cupcake."  Or sweetie pie.  Think gentleness.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness.

Nothing so gentle as real strength.

I am a gentle person, but not gentle when I see others hurt or their well-being diminished by others.  Then the lion appears.

[Chrystaltree2]

I haven't the foggiest idea of what op is trying to say.  However, on the subject of being politically correct; we have gone overboard.  We are at the point at which people are censured for expressing thei opinions.  They have to "soften" the speech or pretend to believe things they do not believe just to avoid being attacked.  Guess what!  It's okay to think bad things about people.  It's okay to have views that differ from those that CNN televises.  It's okay to hate, it's okay to bad a person.  We call it free will.  And it should ok to express an unpopular or even hateful OPINION!  As long as one does so in a respectful and non threatening manner.  If think someone is wrong or biased or hateful or racist or sexist; we can disagree or offer a counter viewpoint.  But we should not take a way a person's right to express themselves just because it isn't popular are we don'tlike it.  Yes, in my opinion, being PC is over done. 

[esmeraldagooch]

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@Perkup wrote:

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. 

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I agree.  I've been reading what is happening on or college campus's around the country.  One side is bullying and shouting down everyone that thinks differently than them then retreating to a safe zone? Really?

[Nancy Drew]

The Left  uses PC to get people to talk and have their opinions. That is what we are really tired of. No one is against "manners" Even  on this bored I find it is the Left that has the  most difficulty accepting others opinions.