The Politically Correctly Challenged

In jest, no matter what country you live in or what colour your skin, racism is the sport of those who are intelligent enough to realise that foreigners are basically inferior. One can almost hear the Politically Correct Brigade howl with indignation!

More seriously, there is an insidiousness to Political Correctness (PC). PC infiltrates every aspect of life and one has to be extremely careful about what one says and does all the time, which is an affront to human rights and freedom of speech. The sinister thought cops can get one into serious trouble these days (if you're white).

One irony is that PC fanatics are perfectly tolerant of ethnic races that treat their women badly. (Most of them). How does one reconcile being unopposed to races who degrade their women with being an advocate of sexual equality? It seems politically correct to support fundamentalist religions that condone terrorism to silence their critics because not to do so would be racist. Everyone is running scared.

It seems that very dodgy people can exploit the PC system. In the original trial, O.J. Simpson's lawyers knew that the racism card would trump the sexism card (let alone objectivity) even when the savage murder of an innocent woman was involved. In England, illegal immigrants (the politically correct word for these is asylum seekers) routinely commit serious crime with impunity and nothing is done about it.

The reason that PC is the enemy of truth is it is not compatible with reality. It ignores awkward questions like the ones alluded to above. PC is also the enemy of language. We cannot say "disabled", we have to say "differently abled"; a "chairman" or "chairwoman" becomes a "chairperson", etc. Would Shakespeare, written using an ugly PC dictionary, be any less magical? Damn right it would. At the hands of a do-gooder PC editor, Shakespeare's resplendent prose would suffer substitution with trite, colourless, sanitised irrelevancies. Nobody would be offended: nobody would read it.

Everyone is different. Societies are different from one another morally and culturally. The sexes are different from each other in both their physical and mental capabilities. This is a fact, yet PC refuses to allow us to accept this, so how are we supposed to appreciate and explore each others' strengths in a PC world where everyone is presupposed to be equal?

Depressingly, political correctness is not a harmless dogma. For example, "streetwise" culture in Britain is a contributory factor towards the deteriorating exam results by boys compared with girls. Universities and employers are noticing a severe fall in the skills of school leavers. Another example: in Britain the police have been forced by do-gooding lobbyists to take a "softly-softly" approach to policing criminals in "sensitive" areas. Crime shot up. How many victims of all races would have been spared were it not for Political Correctness? PC is literally dangerous, and may be costing lives. Hence the urgent need to be rational about exactly how PC affects society. This example of how PC policies encourage violent crime is one illustration of how insane, dangerous and, ironically, discriminatory, the consequences of PC culture is.

PC is causing an intolerant and unreasonable knee-jerk society in which we are not allowed to openly discuss, or even laugh at, life. I am "politically correct"-ly challenged, and discriminated against by the " politically correct"-ist people with hidden agendas, and I feel I am a member of a silenced and exasperated majority.

It is time for an international awareness campaign opposing "politically correct-ist harassment" which seriously threatens our culture, freedoms of speech and thought, and even our safety. If PC wins, we will meet, Kind Reader, in the Thought Prisons. Will you be my fellow cell-mate or my jailer?

• Hate crimes and other PC nuttiness
• Song of the South Petition
• Niggardly Controversy Eloquent word can get you fired
• Euro thought police criminalise impure speech on line
• A great article on political correctness
• L.A. County has banned the use of the terms 'Master/Slave' (commonly used to denote hard drive arrangements). Here is a fine comment on that page:
  "I do not usually interfere in things like this, or ask anybody to do so, but I strongly believe that this is a frightening trend that is growing in too many areas. For example, a book called "The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn" by Diane Ravitch gives example after example of things that school textbooks cannot say because they are politically incorrect. If you read this book, you'll eventually ask yourself, "Well, what exactly can you talk about?" That's the problem. If the entire world needs to change each time one person (or a small group of people) is offended by some terminology, then we will eventually live in George Orwell's nightmare."

On the talkback comments
	In reply to the first two comments by Greystreak, even good things that the politically correct claim to have achieved are not necessarily caused by political correctness. PC discourages debate, by its fascist nature. You are not allowed to discuss things, they are just denied by labelling something an "ism" and it is therefore always bad for a majority to perform an "ism" against a minority (rarely vice versa), no matter what the context. PC means often do not justify the ostensibly PC end, in the same way that murder does not usually justify the advantages acquired by the murderer. PC is really about control, it is the opposite of tolerance in fact. If you could have a perfect society, but the price of that perfect society would be the shouting down and smearing of those that would object, then is that "perfect" society really perfect? To have certain groups tolerated through the destruction of reasonable freedom of speech, education of real history and facts and debate is not a just cause in my opinion. PC is analogous to claiming to reduce deaths by putting everyone in prison. Yes, reducing deaths is a good thing, but is that really a fine price for relinquishing our freedoms? To return to some of the points you raise, I disagree that tolerance has increased, PC is intolerance itself. In England Asian youths are attacking both whites and blacks out of racist motives, but PC dare not do anything about this, because PC forbids discussions of how black people are often racist against whites (Mugabe is just one example). I am not sure that people are more laid back internally. I think there is a LOT of anger out there. People are sick of the increasing danger, even rioting ("race riots"), in our multi-cultural cities, but feel unable to express their anger, and PC newspapers brush over it, always preferring to discuss crime where the criminal is safely white. There is a tendency that only racist attacks against ethnic groups by whites (which are rare) are reported and condemned. It is not politically correct to make a fuss about Asian-created white-no go areas in Leeds, and other ethnic racial intolerance against the white, native majority, at least in the UK and, I gather, in the USA. I do not feel that most people think that tolerance has increased, quite the opposite. People want to complain but dare not, for fear of being branded a racist. Indeed, by writing this, I imagine a lot of people will think me outrageous, because we are no longer allowed to "think" this way, or to say these things. I agree that more tolerance is a great thing, an ideal, but I do not believe that the PC definition of tolerance, which amounts to being told what you should think, should be forced on us at the expense of the freedoms, rights, wishes and safety of the native majority. This is unfair and comes with the disadvantages mentioned in the main article. "Tolerance" of homosexual sex being promoted in our schools, and "tolerance" of men kissing in popular soaps can be construed as intolerance by those in power to the wishes of the majority that passionately do not want these things. You say, "who the hell cares" - I care, as do most non-homosexual people I chat to. Calling us "miserable, outdated idiots" does not make your argument correct, it makes you seem intolerant of us. In reply to 3rd and 4th comments by Greystreak, (who was replying to the above), I would say that Greystreak seems to put the blame on anybody but the ethnic minority. The other day I heard the news about an "asylum seeker" due to be deported, who was banned from driving for dangerous driving. He illegally drove again (this kind of lawbreaking is commonly committed by asylum seekers who, it seems, have nothing to fear from the law) and killed a four year old. His sentence? 4 months prison. Is the four year old guilty, or the asylum seeker? (Just after writing this, another illegal immigrant "asylum seeker", an Algerian, killed a 9 year old boy, again driving too fast and without insurance. His punishment: whopping 8 weeks prison. (For a comparison, a British man was recently jailed for 3 months for attacking and killing a swan at the quay at Exeter). Are you content that the punishments of the asylum seekers fitted their crimes? What if on of the slain was child or your brother? This asylum debacle is "PC madness", I'm afraid, and people are angry. A (worried) Swedish friend informs me that gangs of Muslims break into the dwellings of single white women and rape them for hours on end. An example of the fear is shown in this IRC conversation (Name changed) _______ Message from Anna i wish i could be more like you.... to talk to more people but sweden is a rough land to live in if you are a girl.... you know that if you talk to someone and seems nice to him and then later on get raped by him he can actually use the fact that i was talking to him for his own defence and get away with it... it happens all the time Message to Anna yes, is that because of the muslims? Message from Anna yes...mostly muslims they are destrying the young girls in this land Message to Anna fuck em excuse my greek Message from Anna no...i agree Message to Anna Makes me kind of annoyed, to put it mildly Message from Anna in sweden you can get away with a rape so easily Message to Anna Well, I hope your country wises up Unfortunately everyone is too soft Message from Anna they just say that the girl is a whore and that they dont understand the swedish rules and then they get away with it and the girl's life is ruined for ever Message to Anna It's the same here, we're too soft on "minorities" Message to Anna yeah Message from Anna i hate it Message to Anna it is abhorrent Message from Anna to be honest i dont talk to guys anymore, i dont look at them and i keep myself protected all the time...boring but i have to cause it is so easily to get raped here in stockholm.... happens every weekend.... and most of the time there are two or three guys on one girl awful... makes me made and sad.... i hate them i do and it scares me so much Message to Anna It is incredibly depressing Message from Anna i hate the fact that my no wont be taken seriously and that i cant control my own body Message to Anna Yeah, it is a violation of your freedom, rights, dignity and safety I'm amazed swedish lads don't beat the bastards up Message from Anna i know.... we cant...cause then everybody feels sad for the poor muslims that had to leave their home and country and come here.... fuck em all ___________ Isn't multi-cultural society great? I don't post the above lightly, but why isn't there an outcry about this? Apparently, the Islamic rapists claim they are making "a statement". (This problem is prevalent, certainly it is not exclusive to Sweden). Is this revolting crime the fault of the women, or the fault of the Muslims? When I hear politically correct people speak, I gather that they would rather blame the whites than confront the idea that ethnic/Islamic people may sometimes actually be in the wrong. In contrast, imagine the international media hysteria and selfrightious indignation if gangs of white immigrants went around systematically and horrifically raping blacks, for any reason, let alone for the dubious "motive" to "make a statement". In my opinion, a more balanced, objective approach is sensible, in which free debate to find a solution is allowed, not hushed up in the name of PC. PC apologists can only inadvertently encourage more crime by turning a blind eye. On a more frivolous note, thanks for accusing me of being a homosexual, on the grounds I find the sight of two men kissing to be mildly repulsive. I've not heard that one before! If one also finds the sight of vomit mildly repulsive, perhaps one should immediately seek help as a closet bulimic. DIsclaimer: I have nothing whatsoever against homosexuals, women, races of any variety, disabled people or dwarfs etc. Needless to say there is good and bad in us all. If I do have a strong bias, it is against religions. It is a shame I have to qualify this, but it is necessary to fend off knee-jerk ad-hom/strawman accusations of "isms" from PC types. My argument is purely against the frightening attitudes of political correct people that are making the world a more dangerous, unjust, intolerant and less free place to live. Thanks for the talkbacks so far

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From:	Greystreak	Subject:	Political Correctness	2003-08-12 08:51:24
From:	Greystreak	Subject:	contd...	2003-08-12 08:58:07
From:	Greystreak	Subject:	A Couple of Defensive Points...	2004-01-08 06:10:24
From:	Greystreak	Subject:	contd...	2004-01-08 06:12:16
From:	Christopher	Subject:	Islam & the west	2004-07-28 21:14:39
From:	Simon	Subject:	religion +pc	2004-08-26 15:10:50
From:	MadPole	Subject:	Dual Reality	2004-11-23 21:18:04
From:	Tim Boaden	Subject:	Political Correctness madness	2005-11-12 13:21:57
From:	shazam	Subject:	race riots	2006-03-17 08:34:30
From:	Guy R. leven-Torres	Subject:	Political Corrcetness the war against	2006-04-08 10:43:57
From:	IceDragon	Subject:	What PC is being used for	2006-04-10 19:45:57
From:	Guy Leven-Torres	Subject:	Your website	2006-09-05 07:50:33
From:	guyleventorres	Subject:	Greystreak	2006-12-24 06:39:35
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From:	BOOCH	Subject:	mind control	2007-04-16 00:58:22
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