I feel that we're getting closer to a logically consistent definition of what some people in this thread call PC. This is a lot harder than it should be *sigh*. And i wish you people would stop rubbing eachother's backs for a minute and help build a logically consistent definition of PC so this thread can actually go somewhere. I swear it's like most of you people don't understand the concept of accurate communication and why it's important.
Heretic wrote:-Definition of POLITICALLY CORRECT-
: conforming to a belief that language and practices which could offend political sensibilities (as in matters of sex or race) should be eliminated.
-Source Webster's dictionary.-
Let us not talk about any thing that may have to do with race or sexual discrimination thus side stepping any real debate on the issue.
Is this Thunderbunny's definition too? He was talking about political action... or something (it doesn't seem logically consistent).
CUDA wrote:so which one is "parent one" and which one is "parent two"???
EVERYONE has a Mother and a Father. not everyone has a parent. this is assanine PC.
This does not allow for family oddities, such as ADOPTION for example. Should the passport have the biological parents on it, or the adopted parents? The biological father, or even the biological mother (in case of adoption) may not be known. Also what about invitro fertilisation into surrogate mothers - in that case the biological mother and birth mother are different people!
I
could go on...
The point to a lot of such changes to our society's language and customs is that our modern society is increasingly complex and unable to be defined by our language of the past. Some people just hate change and they try to defend their hatred ideologically, it's silly though because it's based on a spurious assumption that old is good. It's kinda like a big selfish ★■◆●-you to all of societies technological and ethical progress.
Heretic wrote:Factual incorrectness is the root of PC ie Blind is visually challenged which is a Oxymoron since a blind person can do nothing visually.
Incorrect. There are multiple levels of blindness. Even most "legally blind" people can still see a little.
Also people don't say Visually Challenged, we say Visually
Impaired.
Heretic wrote:Just like Afro American is used to refer to Black Americans where as all blacks are not decedent from Africans.
All American "Blacks" are not descended from Africa? Can you please give an example to clarify.
Heretic wrote:I find this one example funny as hell.
PC says I'm not fat, I am weight and height disproportionate so why don't we go get another Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese meal and super size it.
No, that's actually a
joke. We're talking about reality here, you're doing it wrong.
Guys if you want to talk about this specific kindof aspect of PC, could you make sure you call it something specific like "redefining terms" or "reframing" or something? It's a lot more helpful for the flow of conversation than just saying "PC". We clearly need to get to expand our vocabulary if we're going to talk about this to any end.
Otherwise all we're doing is
marklar up the marklar with the marklar, i'm sick of this marklar.