(2/2) Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle: Political Correctness (S01 E03)

[davidfox1983]

I love the interview with Armando Iannucci after this. "In fact, you probably can't even say 'Political correctness gone mad' any more. You'd have to say something like 'It's political correctness gone mentally ill'"

[davidfox1983]

2:30 - It's the actor Kevin Eldon.

[ammypam]

Political correctness. But it's all right to have a go at northerners.

[theZodiacDigital]

@ammypam a lot of this is meant to be ironic.

[danbo1984]

@EatMyRice18, it's not a song, is just library music

[danbo1984]

come on Paul Putner, it's "daft ha'porths" (i.e. half-penny), not "ayfords". Surprising mistake, given the quality of the rest of this

[CharlieGiaretta]

haha in the sketch he's drinking newcastle brown ale

[qmcomputer]

Wow...so many people totally missed the point of this episode....

[MrFrostedtips]

@qmcomputer Yep, welcome to youtube ;)

[NeilzGarden]

Political Correctness is just a new spin on old mind control. They want us to all think the same and always have. Stigma works fantastic as well. I feel no need to 'label' myself as my opinions need the freedom to evolve as I process new information. I encourage anyone to be the only censor in your life and don't typecast yourself.

Thanks for the vids.

[oldoddjobs]

"The right-wing libertarian position" ?

Obviously political terminology is a thorny issue, itself politicized beyond belief in an age of mass-media and the sophisticated, far-reaching instruments of propaganda. So I really don't know what to make of Lee's remark! Did he mean right-wing/libertarian, indicating two other, seperate points of view? Or did he mean to describe libertarianism as a right-wing ideology? As far as I know, most libertarians reject both popular labels, right and left.

[Thedeadhenrys]

@oldoddjobs I think he means racists who don't see why they can't voice their opinions freely in a free society- to be a libertarian is, basically, to believe you can do what you want, and that can come from a right-wing ideological standpoint- Clarkson is a god example.

[oldoddjobs]

@Thedeadhenrys Both the 'left' and 'right' want to control the monopolistic apparatus of coercion i.e the state. They have different ideas (sometimes) regarding how the state ought to be run. The libertarian is therefore neither left or right! Someone who favours the abolition of the state or the shrinking of the state to a miniscule size clearly favours social power rather than state power, so no statist ideology applies, left, right, centre or what have you.

[ukkendoka]

...and deduct it from the total using maths.

[CanineFeces]

@ukkendoka "...which your people claim to have invented."

[FCUnitedFM2011]

I take your point about political correctness being mixed up with health and safety legislation but the point still stands that they have both gone mad or in other words are usually created based on no real need. There both really working to progress society aren't they Stu? Not agenda driven in the case of PC or slowly chipping away our souls in the case of H&S are they Stu, no? Give me real freedom with personal responsibility over the distorted view of it most of us currently have to suffer.

[FCUnitedFM2011]

I normally agree with Stu but i don't follow his if your against political correctness your a racist argument. Nobody wants to call the asian kid in class the black spot. When people refer to political correctness gone mad it is usually referring to mundane things like linesman now being called linesperson etc. Totally unnecessary changes in other words that say much more about the person or people initiating the unnecessary change than the people responding to it. Nothing to do with racism.

[Jordarnm]

@FCUnitedFM2011 Honestly, I think if a particular linesman is actually male, no one would ask you to call him a linesperson; equally if she was female no one would ask you to call her a linesperson. The point of the word "linesperson", like "chairperson" etc., is not to linguistically reinforce stereotyped gender expectations. If you're talking about any linesperson, it's polite to say "person" because "linesman" implies that only men can be linespersons, or that only men need to considered.

[ZNAEBKU]

@Jordarnm It's just me being pedantic. But in the profession they're known as assisstant referee's, though "expert" commentators still call them linesman.

[ukulazy]

@Jordarnm Agreed. And it's unfortunate that many people consider this example of sexism to be acceptable. My only problem with political correctness is that the very act of defining areas which are 'unacceptable discrimination' only strengthens the view that it's ok to discriminate for other things. Ricky Gervais for example, frequently 'deconstructs' the Bible, but wouldn't dare attack the Qur'an. I am sick of trends in politics.

[LambChowder1]

@ukulazy the audience could barely relate if he did

[EatMyRice18]

Could someone tell me what the song is at the start of the village people sketch? The slide guitar one. Thanks.

[xLegendOfTheFallx]

The impression of his Mom sounds like a Midlands accent... Where's Stewart Lee from?

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[GabinBafetto]

@xLegendOfTheFallx

He grew up in Solihull.

[ammypam]

Why does that 'northern woman' say, "Daft ayfords"? Clearly a person from that London. Daft aypeths.

[banjobarry]

Not every town has to have a cake named after it. Priceless.

[Zttbm]

hahaha bbc edit here, in his usual act it's "The conservative party hide their racism" in this it's "Racists in the conservative party"

[babyshambler]

@Zttbm

Stew addresses this is his '..certain fate' book. It was indeed the BBC that made him change it.

[pastrychef1985]

Why do loads of people who ring up Radio 5 sound like Stewart Lee doing his mum?

[xLegendOfTheFallx]

@pastrychef1985 Read this comment before I got to the end of the video and was thinkin... "WTF?! Who's doing his mum??"

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[djblairsmith6]

What?! Only 20 viewers!? Argh, it's Political Correctness gone mad!