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Could we function without political correctness without offending people?

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I think this is interesting because some people take offence if something is one way instead of the toned down version. For instance, people don't say Merry Christmas, they say Happy Holidays. This is a pet peev of mine and what are your thoughts?
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    1. We could function without political correctness
      69.23%
    2. We need political correctness so as to not offend anyone
      30.77%
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  • joecavalryjoecavalry 430 Pts   -  
    Yes, political correctness offends people. Before political correctness, not that many people may have been offended when nobody used political correctness.
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  • Yes, the United States and the word can be without political correctness. 
  • CYDdhartaCYDdharta 1823 Pts   -  
    We would be less polite, but more honest.
  • WilliamSchulzWilliamSchulz 255 Pts   -  
    Just a question, do you think that the main people offended would be people of different religions or any person who disagrees about an issue politically?
    A good debate is not judged by bias, but in the context of the debate, where objectivity is key and rationale prevalent. 


  • natbaronsnatbarons 133 Pts   -  
    People may be brainwashed to need political correctness, especially liberals and college liberals.
  • WilliamSchulzWilliamSchulz 255 Pts   -  
    Can you provide an example? Would conservatives be added to the list as well? If the Congress is conservatively controlled right now, would the brainwashing assume that all conservatives are wrong and that we need more Democrats in office?
    A good debate is not judged by bias, but in the context of the debate, where objectivity is key and rationale prevalent. 


  • CYDdhartaCYDdharta 1823 Pts   -  
    Can you provide an example? Would conservatives be added to the list as well? If the Congress is conservatively controlled right now, would the brainwashing assume that all conservatives are wrong and that we need more Democrats in office?

    We can't say, since Congress isn't controlled by conservatives right now.  When you add the number of open-borders globalist republicans to the number of democrats, Congress is obviously not conservative.  Even Trump isn't particularly conservative, that was one of the main complaints against him during the primaries and the source of disagreement from many never-Trumpers.  That said, Trump has always spoken out against political correctness, and his time in the White House has reflected his views; his calling out both sides for the violence in Charlottesville, some of his statements about illegal immigrants, and the White House wishing a Merry Christmas come to mind.

  • someone234someone234 647 Pts   -   edited December 2017
    I do not care whether it's right or wrong but there is absolutely no society where PC is absent.

    Even pure anarchy has PC because if you in any way advocate government, cops and/or money/economy in an anarchy you'd be beaten senseless until you learned to keep your mouth shut.

    There is always a set of things that if you say it will get you 'beaten up' in any society AT ALL.

    For instance, if we talk on this site and call debaters nerds, that's a very basic level of PC. A more subtle but harsher punished example of PC would be to advocate .com, Debate.org and/or Reddit.com in any way at all on this site but ESPECIALLY if one would say those sites were BETTER rather than equal. The 'truest' PC and the harshest punished would be in any way breaking the real-life laws of USA or whatever nation you are based in if it isn't USA (but still USA) as this site is based in USA and your nation is where you accessing the Internet meaning both at once need to be obeyed while using this site. Examples include death threats (outside of obvious innuendo in a rap battle), hate speech that would incite real-life violence to you for your race, religion etc. or (and this one is actually something you need to truly appreciate) admitting you are of a religious outlook and advocating it that is banned in your nation. You may think the anonymity of the username saves you but unless you've literally used a VPN from the time you made you account's email(s) to the time you are posting on this site, you can be traced and if you are saying things that promote any religious outlook other than Islam (even secularism) you actually can be arrested and punished in any Sharia nation so take care, the same way if you advocate Scentiology but have a UK IP address, take care as it's illegal to promote and to adhere to Scientology in any way in the UK. There's other things that are even more subtle but basically the crux of my essay here is there's always PC in any society, even the society of this very website.
  • WilliamSchulzWilliamSchulz 255 Pts   -  
    CYDdharta said:
    Can you provide an example? Would conservatives be added to the list as well? If the Congress is conservatively controlled right now, would the brainwashing assume that all conservatives are wrong and that we need more Democrats in office?

    We can't say, since Congress isn't controlled by conservatives right now.  When you add the number of open-borders globalist republicans to the number of democrats, Congress is obviously not conservative.  Even Trump isn't particularly conservative, that was one of the main complaints against him during the primaries and the source of disagreement from many never-Trumpers.  That said, Trump has always spoken out against political correctness, and his time in the White House has reflected his views; his calling out both sides for the violence in Charlottesville, some of his statements about illegal immigrants, and the White House wishing a Merry Christmas come to mind.

    I can agree with you that Trump does call out some forms of political correctness, but while that is a good thing, political correctness shouldn't be the only factor in judging a president. Even if Trump wasn't politically correct when describing Muslims and immigrants, it was still wrong to use the travel ban and to deny people based on religion, which is a 1st amendment violation. All of your other points seem correct though!
    A good debate is not judged by bias, but in the context of the debate, where objectivity is key and rationale prevalent. 


  • CYDdhartaCYDdharta 1823 Pts   -  

    I can agree with you that Trump does call out some forms of political correctness, but while that is a good thing, political correctness shouldn't be the only factor in judging a president. Even if Trump wasn't politically correct when describing Muslims and immigrants, it was still wrong to use the travel ban and to deny people based on religion, which is a 1st amendment violation. All of your other points seem correct though!
    Trump never tried to use a travel ban to deny people entry based on religion, he simply tried to deny the people most likely to be terrorists entry into the United States.  Only one of the seven countries in the travel ban is one of the 10 countries with the highest Muslim population.  They all are, however, either considered state sponsors of terrorism by the State Department or high on the list of the Global Terrorism List.
  • Don't be too hard on the PC people.  :)
  • MayCaesarMayCaesar 5967 Pts   -  
    Political correctness is not necessary, but it makes life much easier. Imagine the extreme utopia, where everyone says whatever they want and nobody is offended over it. You hear curse words all around you, people yell when they are unhappy about something, political debates end up being screaming contests... Not a very pleasant world. Look at any third world country in which political correctness is not prevalent and see what relationships between people there are like - I guarantee that you will not like what you see.

    Political correctness is, like everything else, good in a reasonable amount. Complete lack of political correctness would lead to a very harsh and likely violent world - but political correctness going to the point where saying "Merry Christmas" offends someone is also an extreme I would not like to see. People need to be able to take a hit, but they should not have to take hits all the time, so to speak. Conflicts strengthen the character, but overly frequent conflicts break it.
  • WordsMatterWordsMatter 493 Pts   -  
    Yeah I would really enjoy PC culture to be gone so I don't have to have a million idiots telling about "respect for the flag" and what it means to only them!
  • Polaris95Polaris95 147 Pts   -  
    Extreme Political Correctness is in my opinion, highly restrictive and against free speech. But a moderate PC culture would be fine. Less discrimination, less insults.. We need a certain level of PC, but not too much.
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