Political correctness 101 -- What is political correctness

[mikemcgee]

Political correctness and the real definition liberalism are two different things but since it goes against the conservatives view they synonymous it as being the same . Real liberalism opposes political correctness it purpose is to conquer and divide the populace and those that have been prejudice against each other so that communism will take over and the oppressed will be rewarded with extermination unless we out law communism, there is nothing liberal about it it can go on right too

[1Thompsonmusic]

I watched 40 secs of your video, and I don't see why you have to ask what it is, because it's obvious by what you said about banning Christmas displays. It's about not offending other races and religions. End of. Doesn't matter about us. Oh nooooo.

[catveezle]

if the world did not contain islam and the ideology of jihad, sharia, kuffar, dar al harb etc etc, then no one need have concerned themselves about it....as we're all happy to see everyone treated equally and with respect.

the problem only arises when a malevolent intolerant & supremacist creed knocks on your door and has every intention of taking over..its holy book itself containing exhortations 2do that very thing.

the issue is islamists using PC as a way to make them exempt from criticism

[trlkly]

I would argue that true political correctness IS actually about equality. The feminist groups you mention have ceased being politically correct. If someone calls me a fascist pig, then they aren't being politically correct. It doesn't matter that I'm white.

You aren't wrong about Political Correctness being about power, but all it's supposed to involve is the people in power being nice to the people who aren't That's it.

[unserdeutschland]

IT'S SLAVERY!

[TediusZanarukando]

We are living in an era of extreme political correctness. I have had enough of that. Therefore, it should be abolished.

[CesarManiaX]

Ban Political Correctness

[stevensane1986]

Think about what you are saying. I imagine you would think Political Correctness seeks out to stop people saying things that other people may find offensive, and I would imagine that this would make you think of things like 'freedom of speech' etc to combat this. But then if you "ban political correctness" (if that sentance makes any sense, which logically it does'nt) you are creating this kind of anti-political correctness, which in itself curtails freedom of speech. Therefore, you are an idiot

[starryian007]

Rights for men! Enough, feminist hypocritical bullshit.

[starryian007]

The matrimony laws are a class example of sexist laws. A man is totally discriminated against by the courts. This must end! Common sense must prevail at some point. Custody of the children? women. The lions share of the money? women. Can you think of any other thing that the women can take away from a marriage? Regardless of the cause of the break-up?

[shazam20007]

oiwereless wimmin in the 21ist century ha ha

their star chamber the Family Court is an objectless to men on just how "powerless" wimmin are

wimmin just have to point at a man and lie in her throat and the police are dragging him away in cuffs for processing

"equality" for wimmin means preferential treatment over men preferably on statues which is "affirmative action" a line of Marxist double talk other wise known a politically correct seech

[jackjude]

Your take on Feminists a wee bit jaundiced- You seem to be possibly talking about Radical Feminists but it's hard to tell with your twitchy invective. Ironicaly you're too emotional on the issue to shed any light.

[KnittyGrittyNatch]

I agree with you there.

[davidheffron]

Normally I wouldn't bother to comment on a video as having an argument on the web is about as much use as throwing peas into a black hole however...

True polictical correctness is simply a way to try and be a bit nicer to other people. It means not sexually harrasing a woman at work by pinching her bum. It means not calling people "a paki" and then punching them in the face.

The people who call manhole covers person coverings or somesuch are not being PC. They are being morons.

[YOUTHTRUTH]

IRONIC

[stevensmtd]

Basically it would be wornderful if we could live in a society where people weren't bigoted and xenophobic and racist but sadly this is not the case. Political correctness is a tool that is used to try and minimise offence caused to people because of prejudice. What is wrong with that???

[warrensson]

Because PC seeks to 'shoehorn' people into a way of being that isn't real. PC is authoritarian and intolerant of those who think independantly of PC. PC is intolerant.

[Adeliziax]

Often those that throw the word around are more "PC". It's idiotic.

[Adeliziax]

Sorry, "intolerant" (is late/early).

[stevensmtd]

someone once wrote on either facebook or youtube that PC could easily stand for polite and compassionate. They were exactly right. It is absolutly true that many people use the phrase 'political correctness gone mad' to try and undermine the credibility of the the concept.

[CULAVE]

ArgusEyes- you make some very good points, thankyou for sharing your views.

[dibbuck]

you're so pissed-up in this vid!

[POOPOOPOOPOOPOOPOPOO]

'Femenism' as a term, has been mis-contrued and adapted to suit the individual principles of some women. But it distinctly does mean equality by real feminists...some use the word as a tokenistic term.Equality in the media needs addressing as men and women are still being exploited and sexualy objectified especialy to the target consumer audience of young teenage men. The generalisation is what lets us all down...even me.

[warrensson]

You discredit yourself, to an extent by having a childish handle...

[masameus]

I have never met people who are more keen to shove their own values down other people's throats than those who pose as critics of political correctness. They use "politically correct" as a slur term to (1) pre-emptively destroy the political credibility of their ideological opponents and (2) to immunise their own ideology against rational criticism.

[CULAVE]

Masameus. The point is not about two people having different views. Its about an (occasionally legally structured) system to crush free speech and please pressure groups. Banning the word 'Christmas' for instance, in case it offends Muslims. Thats PC insanity.

[davidheffron]

No one is trying to ban the word Christmas. Generally councils that hold winter festivals are run by well meaning by misguided idiots. There are no legal measures in place to stop people saying it.

[CULAVE]

davidheffron- I would agree in so far as the word gets thrown around sometimes. Some people will use it to legitimise their ignorance. However when you have the recent case of a government minister (ie Margaret Hodge) saying the Proms are not inclusive this is a case of high level PC. On this occasion it was just her opinion. PC does exist and its really not needed. I value politeness, I do not value being labelled ignorant because I may voice something in a different way than someone else.

[Psionicman2000]

political correctness = the new beaurcratic facism!!!

[pdsk8]

btw cultral marxism was conceived by marxists in the frankfurt school, herbert marcuse was the main marxist responsible for the political correctness we know today the original goal of this theory was to bring down western civilisation so marxism could flourish. hence its open season on anybody whos white,christian and a man

[jackjude]

get help. That's total parnoia:)

[pdsk8]

cultral marxism is basically marxism translated from economic terms to cultural terms for example in traditional marxism it was stated that power and wealth needed to be taken away from the rich ruling class and given to the working class. in cultral marxism power needs to be taken from the white christian hetrosexual male and given to the different races, sexual orientations, religions and women

[Realityjoe1]

USSR made Political Correctness. YES was a COMMUNIST country. Where a lot we're miserable. If you disagreed with the goverment. You we're crazy because you didnt think has the goverment. The sended you to the luny bend till they can "cure" you..

In the end of the night.. I say screw political correctness :). Wewt for Freedom of Speech

[sachabrunel]

What an appalling load of rhetoric about nothing. There's appalling suffering going on in the world today - war, famine, slavery - and yet you maintain that political correctness is "evil." The main effect of PC has been to make public racism unacceptable. Is this not a good thing?

[ArgusEyes]

There are good things that come from it, yes. That is, when it doesn't go too far.

Now find me an ideology that does nothing but good and one that does nothing but evil and then you will realise how unrealistic your question is.

[trlkly]

@ArgusEyes You just refuted your own arguments, then. Your thesis seems to be that political correctness in inherently bad. As you admit, that is not possible.

You did not make a compelling case on why political correctness is worse than not having it.

[NYYankeeHater66]

There's no such thing as "cultural Marxism"; that's just a term that crackpots on the far-right throw around to make themselves sound more intelligent.

Political correctness is wrong simply because people should not have their free speech restricted in any way; this whole theory of evil "cultural Marxism" permeating society only makes the anti-PC position sound foolish.

[warrensson]

'Cultural Marxism' as an expression/translation of Marxist ideas does indeed exist.

You can delude yourself all you like it won't make it the case.

[ellwyn]

political correctness is extreme sensitivity toward any race except white, to women but not men, to gays but not straights, and to any religion except christian. under political correctness, you are perfectly free to offend and even commit hate crimes against whites, men, straights and christians.

[ArgusEyes]

Good point scottynx. I wonder if it's a new kind of logical fallacy..

Ad-hominem by association. Well you support this and so did these people and they were racists.

E.g.

You like wearing white, so did the KKK. Are you some kind of racist or summin'!?

See how ridiculous it is?

[Greenfish654]

Great post Oswy!

And the thing is, the people on this post are trying to protect the greatest 'politically correct' system of all - the structure of power that dominates the world, that controls most of the media, global markets, and dictates our community life, our individual life - can't get much more PC than that.

Heres to the minorities!

Oh, by the way - never heard of L000L? IT means laughing, out, out, out, out, out, out, loud. Simple.

[ArgusEyes]

Well first of all, that wouldn't be a politically correct system. That's some sort of fascism. And it's a hairs breadth from a conspiracy theory also. Present your evidence.

[sourcerror]

There's no need of conspiracy. Every country is copying America. They do PC cause that's what progressive, that's what people are doing on the west.

Anyway, if PC is cultural marxism, do a little research how socialism have spread. Communist partys from all over the world got the support from Russia. Not every conspiracy theory is bad.

[sourcerror]

So feminist in America get some government money, cause if they don't get, the government is sexist and oppressive. And they can use it to support foreign feminist groups. Those groups, if they got strong enough, can also expect government money, for the same reason etc.

[Greenfish654]

Just stating facts Argus. That book does appear on the BNP site - go look. I was not labelling you a racist, if you read - just stating why, perhaps, we have speach codes.

In a perfect non-PC world, Argus, what subjects would you like to debate that PC stops now?

[ArgusEyes]

I didn't doubt that it appears on their site. I would say, so what? Because they are anti-pc and I'm anti-pc. Doesn't mean that there has to be any more of a connection there. B.T.W Many people are anti-pc.

What does PC stop? Mainly discussion of issues regarding race and gender.

[Greenfish654]

The retreat of reason. LOOOOOOOL.

Thats on the BNPs site as well; I know they HATE PC. A certain type of person hates PC, in my experience.

[ArgusEyes]

And there it is, the labeling your enemies as racist offensive, it was expected. So thank you for fulfilling the role.

BTW. LOL is an acronym, not a word. What exactly does LOOOOOOOL mean?

[Greenfish654]

Your video is insane. Cultural Marxism? Are you drunk? All political correctness is is a rather charming attempt to control and stop dangerous, sociopathic bigots from going around barking racist and sexist comments. Cultural marxism, thats hillarious.

[Greenfish654]

If you want to offend people, go ahead. But give people the freedom to react.

[thrashers32]

freedom of speech for everyone political correctness is bullshit

[M3ridius]

I agree with the video. There should be one law for all and all groups treated equally. The dogma of political correctness is highly disruptive and blatently unfair.

[tintin20001967]

political correctness...fuck off!

[ncmoonshine]

political correctness celebrates anything that is NOT cristian heterosexual white male. we are the only ones who can be openly and freely offended by anyone else , with no recourse . but when we offend someone... well you know what happens, lawsuits , firings , violence. who is the minority??

[Comradesnowball]

Realy? i mean realy? damn we white middle cals heto males can't catch a break can we if only one of us was in charge in a country... sob sob.

plus what you said was not actualy true, alsop political corretness isnt the law, please stop acting like it is.

[ncmoonshine]

youre right , nobody was EVER fried or sued because a minority was offended . please accept my apology.

[ncmoonshine]

fired

[Comradesnowball]

just watch the Vid Responce to this one

[ArgusEyes]

I've only just recognised that there was a resonse vid. Oops. I have commented on that video now.

[christopherduke]

The explanations for PC on this page is such bullshit. Simply put, it is a form of restrained opinion so as not to offend anyone. STOP worrying about offending someone at the expense of the country and a way of life. That will certainly be our downfall. Due to the fact that arab muslims are blowing up planes and killing Americans, then we need to "profile" arab muslims. It's not fucking rocket science!!

[Comradesnowball]

no its a vuage guideline for politeness, and right wing people "rebel" aganst it so they can feel all cool inside. also the day you start porfileing arabs, islamaists will start using muslems of a difrent ethnic background, wile at the same time alienating the arab community who you need to combat islamism.

Its not fucking Rocket Science!!

[ncmoonshine]

nobody is trying to combat islamism , we are trying to stop violent extremeists who think everyone who does not believe the same as them must die. its not rocket science and you sure as hell are not a rocket scientist.

[Lazyguy22]

I remember a comment war with the feminist. She spelt human wrong. There's no y in human! She bitched at me when I corrected her.

I also hate the word herstory.

HAY! IT SAYS HIS! MALE OPPRESSING OMG! LET'S CHANGE IT TO HERSTORY BECAUSE THAT IS NOT OPPRESSING AT ALL! AND HISTORY IS NOT DERIVED FROM A GENDERLESS GREEK WORD AT ALL!

[luckyvet]

Political correctness: Substituting the truth with bullshit.

[OswyReturns]

No. 'Political Correctness' is a term used to attack (usually) minorities or vulnerable groups. In fact all positions are politically situated and so those who criticise the (imaginary) 'PC brigade' are themselves defending a political position as legitimite (i.e. as 'correct'). Just as criticising sexist or racist language is politically motivated, so is defending the use of sexist or racist language. 'political correctness' is a once-sides sleight-of-hand, and as such a fraud.

[SlavaVB]

Feminists want to push men bellow them because thats just their political force vector. In fact I'm sure they would want to exceed men, and it will oscillate if its possible. Political correctness is when the strong refrain from attacking the weak.

[nightmarehammer]

The strong will always prey on the even after the illusion of political correctness is destroyed by common sense.

[HarryBallbag]

Nice to hear another Englishman on the same side of the fence. Equality? You are correct. If it's not deceitful enough that 'minority' advocacy groups speak as though they only want classical liberal equality of opportunity whilst acting like they're after socialist equality of outcome, they don't even want the latter. When was the last time the CRE spoke of non-white over-representation in, eh, anything?! They will all jump off of the equality bandwagon when it is no longer of benefit to them.

[canadadivided]

Political Correctness & Multiculturalism is failing in Canada. Look at what the (FRENCH) Quebecois in Canada are saying. Watch YouTube video 'Fuck the Queen of England'. This is deplorable - this is terrorist style anti-english hatred - this is 'Le Nouveau Canada'. Watch also 'Language Discrimination in Canada' on YouTube. Help defend english speaking Canadian rights under threat of a Francophone Separatist dominated Canadian Parliament. Please share this video so that the world may see.

[JSenator06]

GOD Bless you Argus; you have a harder fight than we do in America, you think our nation is bad (sliding into liberalism, Marxism, Socialism, Post-Modernism, and Humanism) Britain (I know is even further down that road!) Unfortunately..

[secondhandlions2]

In America, a woman cries because members of a political family with BIG MONEY get away with bugging her home, killing her german shepherd, destroying her car, stalking, terrorizing and harrassing her - all with police escorts at their beckon call. Why? She refuses to join in their sick sexual orgies and reckless behaviors. Do you believe John Jr really went in the ocean in 99? I don't.

[ArgusEyes]

I didn't understand a word of that.

[jbgood3]

Setting up special interest groups complete with positive discrimination creates a two tier system in society and is designed to buy the votes of members within those groups at the expense of those outside. Blatant political gerrymandering, social engineering, state sponsored bullying and discrimination condoned by any party that supports it.

[Kilkman]

Good Video, Rather Obvious Content, The only problem with correcting this situation is of couse that you would be percieved as Politicaly Incorrect. AKA A hater, Homophobe, Conservative, Wife Beater. Get the Point, As soon as any of these allegations are leveled against you all credibility is lost. Thats the problem.

[Kilkman]

Exaple: As I was growing up, Homosexuals were locked up in mental wards for enguaging in self destructive, deviant behavior. Later, we were taught in school that Homosexuality was a birth defect/chemical imbalance and we should simply tolerate them as they flock to eachother and were not really a threat.

[Kilkman]

It is now scientific fact that none of the above is true, Homosexuallyity is a choise, an alternative lifestyle now being taught in our schools. So why does one merit special protections becuase of a chosen lifestyle? One that technically still meets the criteria that would force any of the rest of us into counciling?

[Stevo343]

You've sold me. I will buy Mr. Brown's book as soon as I can. Have you read "The Death of the West", by Patrick Buchanan?

[ArgusEyes]

Nope, there are a couple of books on the subject. Nothing entirely devoted to PC apart from mr brown's book.

[anyfekinnamewilldo]

Read that book it spells out the definition, origins and identifies those who practice political correctness. A real eye opener.Well done for bringing it to people's attention ;-)

[ArgusEyes]

Thanks, it's not even long too. It's more like a pamphlet. I should be getting some royalties y'know ;)

Buy it! Buy it! Buy it! Buy it! Buy it! Buy it now!

[Stevo343]

A very thoughtful presentation. Well done. Now we all need to go out and fight against Cultural Marxism.

[ArgusEyes]

Thanks, in my experience most people don't much like PC. They just think of it in the really petty terms (like taking down the Christmas trees and renaming the Easter bunny). All victim based movements are PC in nature and that needs to be understood by all.

[bamatommy]

Political correctness is an exaggerated deference toward women, minorities, gay people, disabled people, "little people", etc.

[rcoones102]

Where is the equality in that...the true feminist reveres her womanhood and femininity for what it is.. What we need is the male to regognise the true value and importance of femine womanhood and not make for ourselves another layer of type A dominating personalities.

[rcoones102]

"My wife says: Feminists want to be totally equal with men and to do so they drop everything that is feminine. The consider themselves to have made the grade so in trying to tell us that women are every bit a good as men...what they have actually done is regect womanhood in favor of manhood.

[rcoones102]

Political correctness is disabling countries on both sides of the world. Power grab by feminists, minorities, using guilt. Discrimination in reverse, discrimination can only be used by the hated white herterosexual white males, this is the thought.

[Oxford144]

Political correctness is very simple to define, it is great stupidity based on the premise that two wrongs make a right and double standards! It's that simple!

[ArgusEyes]

That's a good way of putting it as well.

[Oxford144]

Thanks, your explanation was great, I was just trying to simplify it. Good luck to you!

[Abknorm]

Well, thought provoking. I searched for Political Correctness and you came up. It was a bit muddled, hopping from Feminism to Racism to Positive Discrimination, but I suspect you are right when you say it is all about Power. Good thinking, man with beard!

[ArgusEyes]

The beardies are always right!

[ellwyn]

political correctness is leftist thought control

[sirskeptic]

I'd vote for you - If I was in England

[mathewskarl]

Great stuff :)

[ArgusEyes]

Your mum.

[GaylordBoshka]

Political correctness = cultural marxism. You hit the nail on the head there :).

I agree with everything said about feminism as well. Rediculous double standards are all over the place and the unthinking masses continue to act as if nothing is wrong.

[hujo9000]

Get into politics man!!!