Politically Correct or Incorrect Bullshit Of The Day

[martynz]

And you let him get away with that?
In my student days we tarred and feathered any of our lecturers at the first hint of progressive principles. Any second offence was immediately rewarded with burning at the stake.

[AmateurEmale]

@martynz: I was the only known student with "libertarian" leanings, so he picked on me. He would sometimes act offended in his office when he advised me: "Are you still into this 'libertarian' thing?" Now, you notice that it was not a spontaneous student-led activism; it was teachers and professors pressuring students to take their side of historical interpretation.

Although he later admitted that, on matters of war and the draft, he was simpatico. I only ever bothered him about being Catholic, and he wasn't anymore; he also viewed porn...

[haroldeye]

A friend and I were kicked out of a tutorial once for accusing, by implication, the lecturer of being middle class. He was outraged and became very angry with the pair of us. Didn't help by pointing out that he drove a volvo and wore a little corduroy sailing hat.

[Old Jud]

Originally Posted by Brian249x

Bravo for Ms. Emma for making the point that female empowerment ought to include the right to show or not show one's tits at her own discretion. It seems to me that women should have the right to be sexually active without being slut shamed, choose a career over motherhood without being guilt tripped, and breastfeed her baby in public without some a__hole raising a stink. Feminism is a movement to allow women to make their own choices, rather than persist in the chattel or property status to which they are often consigned.

Many so-called feminists need to learn that having choices means being responsible for them. I am sure I am not the only man here who has found himself accused of "making" a woman do something that was entirely her own choice.




Contrary to popular belief, academic success is often dependent upon one's ability to kiss some tenured professor's ass. The political aspect exercises a strong pull towards mediocrity. The geniuses often struggle, because they are constantly pushing back against the group think of the status quo.

I guess the irony of supporting female emancipation, by attempting to oppress those who wish to enjoy their freedom, has passed over the collective heads of some 'feminists'?

There is an obscure but true saying...'Academically bright, intellectually stupid'.

[AmateurEmale]

@Everyone: Yes, the irony of the middle-class liberal / Leftist who wants to have a Prius, a few "progressive" bumper stickers or causes to spout off about, and yet likes to go to a nice restaurant (private businesses, by the way!) and also drink fine wine (bourgeois luxury good to some...) is not entirely lost on me.

[ultimatewarlord]

A senior exec of Tesco has claimed that white men will soon struggle to get jobs on the boards of major British companies. Predicably he has been called ridiculous and on the face of it many may think rightly so. But stop and think about it. If a tv reporter had said the same thing eight years ago about their media the reaction may have been the same. However, as the British members here will attest. there has been a vast amount of Asian and black reporters and newsreaders appearing on bbc,sky and channel 5 in the last few years. This is because of an overwhelming rush of 'positive discrimination' by these broadcasters. Similar steps have been mooted about company boards as far as women are concerned and race is sure to follow.

[Sir Honkers]

I'm still convinced that for the most part, this thread is a proof that scratch some one who is against political correctness and you won't find a brave defender of rights and freedoms, but an ignorant bigot masquerading as such.

[haroldeye]

Originally Posted by loosegoose

I'm still convinced that for the most part, this thread is a proof that scratch some one who is against political correctness and you won't find a brave defender of rights and freedoms, but an ignorant bigot masquerading as such.

Political Correctness is a form of mind control, bigotry to the power of ten. The Spanish Inquisition was PC, believe what we believe or else. Start scratching. As someone once said 'I deplore everything you say, but I will defend your right to say it'.

[Arturo2nd]

Originally Posted by AmateurEmale

@Brian249x: The geniuses were attacked in the early 1990s in my school system, under an implicitly socialistic ideology of "no one can have, what everyone can't have" (including G&T classes, and mainstreaming everyone no matter what they are like as young people). This continued in my public college by my advisor and professor, who shall remain nameless; he was a vocal member of that otherwise Silent Generation, who was too young for WW2 but didn't go in Korea. He was a guy with a doctorate in Labor History (and activism...) who had run for political office as a Democrat, who once announced in front of the class that "If I would have been alive in 1900, I would have been a Socialist..." And today, the Left gets away with even more atrocities that aren't as subtle as eliminating gifted education to level everyone, that are openly about hating whites and/or males.

IMO this is a trend that has harmed everyone, and most particularly those that do not have academic inclinations. In the effort to cram everyone onto the college track the shop classes have been discontinued. Thus, guys (and girls) who like to work with their hands and solve problems involving material objects, are denied training allowing them to enter the workforce with marketable skills. The dearth of these workers has driven jobs to other countries. Have home economics classes gone the same way? Both boys and girls can use instruction in cooking, budgeting, comparison shopping, cleaning, and laundry. My mom taught us these skills, but today's moms are working to keep the family afloat and spending much less time with their kids.

The gifted children who can conform find their way into advance placement, but I wonder how many of the very bright who push against the status quo are pushed into crime as the natural way to express themselves. One could easily find himself locked out of mainstream life by the time his brain completes its development at age 22 or 23.

[diamelsx]

Originally Posted by haroldeye

believe what we believe or else

I going to use this quote to illustrate the reason that a lot of the anger involved with "Political Correctness" is usually misplaced. Now I bolded "or else" is to illuminate the element that turns Political Correctness from just an annoyance to something more threatening and that is power. Truth is a lot of these groups (racial & religious minorities, women, sexual ousiders) do not have any real power in this society to speak of but yet and still attacking these groups is increasingly becoming an frowned upon endeavor. Now the questions I like to ask is "who in power is fueling this" and "what are their motives for doing so". Now some will state the the ones in power are doing this purely for altruistic purposes but understanding those in power I see ulterior motives at play.