Comments on: On political correctness and how it hinders real debate

By: Drewsmom

Drewsmom — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:57:05 +0000

I, for one, am sick to death of all the PC crap, I’m blunt and to the point and frankly, don’t give a flying fig who I may offend. If more people were less afraid of speaking their minds this world would be a better place.
But thats just my opinion.

By: camojack

camojack — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:31:04 +0000

P.C.=B.S.

By: david foster

david foster — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:30:03 +0000

Both the Klavan piece and the response by La Shawn are thoughtful pieces of work. I believe that much of the trend toward PC-ness is due to the fact that there are now large numbers of Americans who spend their entire professional lives working with *words*, to the extent that the distinction between speech and action has become lost to them.

If you’re a farmer, a machinist, or an engineer, the difference between speech and action is pretty clear–much less so if you’re a lawyer, a journalist, or a professor (in a field outside the hard sciences).

By: stackja

stackja — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:27:11 +0000

George Orwell again?
The left has always been there. The League of Nations gave us World War 2. The United Nations gave us the Serbian, African, Middle East wars.