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[edit] True origin

The term was a true and authentic creation of those seeking the appearance of still fighting for social change after the protest movement of the 1960s burned out. "Politically correct" was the term used to describe words and actions that were approved under the slogan, "The personal is political." The approach amounted to trying to personally levitate social change, a la the Hundredth Monkey Project of the anti-nuclear movement. It was really silly to start with, and mainly resulted in a wave of "Left Puritanism" or "New Victorianism" that massively alienated people from the left and became joke fodder. The right saw the opportunity to capitalize on it, as with so many other of the left's mistakes.75.111.20.66 (talk) 02:39, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

[edit] Islamophobia

Islamophobia does not exist, since Islam is a Religion and an Ideology. The term "Islamophobia" is just as nonexistant as "Naziphobia", "Libertariphobia", "Commuphobia", "Christophobia" or whatever else. It's an effort to deflect the necessary criticism of the Islam as racist. The Islam boasts itself with existing in a wide multitude of ethnics and nations. Of course there are enough people that hate brown skinned folks (of which many are muslims) and direct their anger toward "Muslims" when in reality they meant to say "mud skins", but guess what, there is already a term for those folks: racists. Islamophobia is not a thing. 178.8.193.92 (talk) 08:49, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

Just b/c Islamophobia isn't racism doesn't mean it doesn't exist. ʇυzzγɔɒтqoтɒтo (talk/stalk) 21:12, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

[edit] The opening, again

This definition of political correctness was written by someone who follows it. The ideology is so stupid that those who follow it won't admit it exists! lol

They are saying that everyone who isn't a bigot is in fact PC, which is a good illustration of how political correctness works. Thank you.

Is everyone politically correct or a conservative? This is what the author is suggesting. No! I am neither.

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-31069779

Political correctness, isn't based on reason, it's based on the idea that everyone who disagrees with the PC opinion is a bigot; thereby ending the debate, or at least that the intent. If I am wrong I'd love to debate the author of his definition sometime, unless it's meant as satire. Lets see how well the use reason. — Unsigned, by: Wikiman / talk / contribs 00:22, 10 February 2015‎ (UTC)

Curious, the "PC or conservative bigot" (false) dilemma is not at all the impression I was left with after reading the blog post. In fact, the blog clearly writes that the PC battle is largely one within the liberal group (mainly) in the U.S. In any case the blog post is more of a summary of responses to a blog post critical of PC, rather than the blog author himself setting out to attack/defend PC as such. It's more of a sort of mapping of the PC debate, or at least of some positions within it. ScepticWombat (talk) 06:10, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

[edit] Dissent

So then the stance of Rationalwiki is that either a person is Politically Correct or a bigot? BS Many liberal and progressive people are not Politically Correct, such as Bill Maher and Richard Dawkins. Politically Correctness is such a stupid ideology that people who follow it, say it doesn't exist. A good example of is in your sister group FB RationalWiki, where people make jokes about Christianity all the time but its considered bigoted and Islamophobic to make jokes about Islam. [1] — Unsigned, by: Wikiman / talk / contribs

Given what they've had to say about Muslims, and their narrow-minded views of religion and religious folks in general, I wouldn't pound on my keyboard too hard to defend either of those guys from charges of bigotry. Peace. AgingHippie (talk) 03:02, 11 March 2015 (UTC)


[edit] Evolution of political correctness

First there is 'a descriptive term' which is used in some contexts as a specific term (as with certain IQ-related terms), or is used as a polite term ('U and non-U')

Then it wanders out among the general public and is used as a term of abuse, or is seen as being common or vulgar.

A new term is substituted.

Some people of various persuasions denounce new term as 'political correctness gone mad.' Some terms are denounced or seen as absurd and disappear. Others enter the mainstream 'X prefers being called an X rather than a Y... if it suits them, will just have to get used to it.'

The process repeats. 82.44.143.26 (talk) 16:30, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Could be added in. FrizzyCatPotato (talk/stalk) 17:24, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

[edit] Musical comment

Dilligaf = Do I look like I give a fuck? Pashley (talk) 15:57, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

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