Why I'm Not Politically "Correct"

[Anonymous]

1. I'd rather speak my mind [to an extent].

No, this doesn't mean that I will insult anyone for no reason for me to feel superior.

No, this doesn't mean that I'll be disrespecting everyone without hearing them out first.

This means that I'll point out flaws honestly yet constructively if they're needed and vital for good change. Also, I'll make it clear that constructive criticism isn't necessarily politically correct. If it were, then we shouldn't be afraid of criticisms at all because of something I'll explain further at No. 4.

I don't say bad words when I don't feel like it. I only say them for emphasis and expressing intense emotions. I won't ever hide my feelings like how I keep my deepest secrets. If I ever say bad words, I'll make it sure that it won't harm anyone.

2. Political Correctness is social engineering— bad social engineering.

We all know truths, don't we?

Why alter them into something really different for people to say it's acceptable when in the end, no one would really give a damn?

Say I'm a judge at a singing competition. If I encounter an excellent contestant, I will praise that contestant for impressing me the same as I will criticize a contestant for, say, not hitting certain notes or simply having an average voice that wouldn't clearly stand a chance.

Oh, and am I bad for saying that this art isn't really deserving of a spot in a prestigious museum?

Yes, people regard it as an "art" for simply being "abstract and intriguing."

Lol.

Sorry, there's nothing here worth thinking about and if the artist intends to paint a hidden message here, then it's not our fault if we interpret it differently.

3. Political Correctness breeds reassurance, instant gratification, and false validation.

FALSE VALIDATION

I remember this convo I heard from the bus station two months ago:

"Am really that fat?" asks an obese person which I estimated to be around 185 pounds and a height around 5'2".

"No, honey, you're just overly nourished." assured a friend of hers.

Overly nourished?

REASSURANCE AND INSTANT GRATIFICATION

For example, if someone claims that they're fat even if he/she weighs 97 pounds and stands at 5'2", I will honestly and unabashedly say that he's or she's not fat and that he or she shouldn't think like that.

4. Sugarcoating is what it does. It's deviating from the truth.

I'll let this pic be a prelude to what I have to say.

By being politically correct, people are mandated to be considerate by using acceptable language.

Ha!

Nothing beats the truth, whether you hide it or not.

TL;DR? Okay. I'll provide a precise answer to my title when asked as a question.

"Why aren't you politically correct?"

Political Correctness is VAGUE. Period.

[RolandCuthbert]

I just want to clear up a few things. You are younger than I so you may not know that term "political correctness" is not a term created by the people you would accuse of being politically correct. In other words, I don't go around calling myself "politically correct". I call myself a normal human being who embraces facts, logic, and science. So let's just run down the normal list of supposed "PC" topics.

1. Climate change. This is based up on peer-reviewed scientific research. The claim that this is based upon some PC notion is bull.

2. Race. Race is not real. This is based upon peer-reviewed scientific research. There is more genetic similarity between supposed races, than there within supposed races. That is fact.

3. Obesity. You can be fat and healthy or thin and unhealthy. This is based upon peer-reviewed scientific research. Just because you have an opinion upon a woman who is larger than you. Does not mean you are healthier or happier. Research shows, that active people regardless of size are healthier than inactive people. In other words, your metabolic rate is what matters. Not how big you are. You have to be your natural size. If that is bigger than other people, it isn't PC to just be happy with your size.

4. I have never known an anti-PC ranter to embrace any truth, any fact, or science of any kind. It is actually a methodology employed to avoid facts. Anti-pc ranters simply use this method so they can substitute their uninformed opinion on science, society, etc.

[JohnDoe3000]

Yes, this so much.

[RedThread]

Preach bro

[myTake Owner]

I'm sorry for downvoting you first. I just realized that you make sense.

[RolandCuthbert]

I understand. Thanks for your mytake. It isn't often that people post thought-provoking questions on GaG.

[jaydtre]

I like this, good job.

[fabulouspancakes]

I don't believe in being PC either. However, 9 out of 10 times when I see someone claiming they're "not PC," it's just an excuse to be an asshole. in my opinion, yes you can say whatever you want, but people have the right to call you out on it. Too often, I see these "not PC" "anti-sjw" types claiming to be speaking "the truth" even though it's not supported by facts, and ironically trying to silence their detractors. People are hypocrites, plain and simple.

[Midget_Hug]

"This means that I'll point out flaws honestly yet constructively if they're needed and vital for good change."

If I were to take you at your word when is it ever "needed"? Who decides that? If it is you then it is quite literally when you decide, which is a want, not a need and to be frank and "not politically correct" that is idiotic and dangerous specifically because it grants you (ironically) reassurance that what you do at your discretion is the right thing to do.

You've basically told yourself that you're the hero. Not only that but the entire MyTake is quite literally counterintuitive because you're basically explaining how your behavior must be "good & necessary" behavior in order for you to basically allow yourself to break a social restraint that you acknowledge and actually wear as a shackle while also portraying yourself as free of it.

I'm not politically correct so I will outright tell you that this is bullshit. This isn't some well-formed anti-conformist speech against the powers that be but instead (ironically) it is something that many, many people will agree with. Tons of people think being politically correct is stupid meanwhile they actually hold political correctness close by commenting on the elements that they agree with or the allowance for things we are comfortable with.

You want to go rogue? You join Westboro Baptist. These are people that everyone feels that they hate because they are rude and nasty and over-the-top and are... not politically correct. They would not write a MyTake on excusing themselves while validating their conformity but instead they would simply say "You are going to hell and I hate you." Those who do not hold political correctness in their lives are rare specifically because what you know as "political correctness" is actually a name for a long known but never named social rule that's just unspoken.

You want to be politically incorrect? You walk up to people and call them fat. You tell walk up to people you disapprove of and tell them that they suck. You protest against people you actually don't like, even openly admitting your prejudices, giving grounds to groundless so you're not that person who is "against racism" but instead you admit that you're racist, sexist, hold discriminatory ideals, don't like the retarded and disabled or other realities.

This, this here, this shit is for the masses. "I'm not politically correct about the world's commonly agreed upon problems!"

What an idiot.

[RedVulcan]

Not really. Your argument is rather flawed.

Not being politically correct IS being your own "hero" as you said. You asked her who decides what is good and necessary, but you fail to realize that it's either the individual or the political and social climate, which OP claims is politically correct at the moment. Regardless of whether it is, deciding what is good or needed individually is still perfectly acceptable.

And your solution was to join the Westboro Baptists? They are just another organization, but one who not only doesn't, but CANNOT validate their radical beliefs. You disregard reason too much, and while political correctness these days tends to be anti-rational, you cannot really combat it with other irrational beliefs.

[Midget_Hug]

"You asked her who decides what is good and necessary, but you fail to realize that it's either the individual or the political and social climate, which OP claims is politically correct at the moment."

You do understand you're literally saying that the political climate is what demands that she gives her opinion and that you're actually saying that essentially the world is waiting for her opinion?

[RedVulcan]

The back half of your statement, "you're actually saying that essentially the world is waiting for her opinion", is assuming the world is some sort of entity that awaits said opinions. Perhaps you could make an argument for such a gross assumption, but I propose instead that she is free and even encouraged in a society that promotes free speech to express her opinion. Society is not waiting for her, rather she is encouraged to express to society on her own initiative.

And thus I refute the front half of your argument, because I AM saying that the political climate is what demands she gives her opinion. Any good Western Liberal Democracy promotes free speech for the purpose of discovering what the public thinks on any issues the society may have. Where political correctness has strayed is that it's trying to curtail which topics may be talked about and from what viewpoints.

[Midget_Hug]

The harsh reality is that society isn't encouraging (or interested in) random malformed opinions of commoners. There are people who speak and the world listens and then drivel like this where people talk about Free Speech (which honestly only falls with the government and it's relationship to the Press, what you should be referencing is the Right to Assembly and Protest) and are just... Talking.

No one will remember this rant in a week. That's how worthless the opinions of this person are.

[Anonymous]

Political correctness is fine within moderation. We can't just all go around being assholes to eachother. Though it's come to a point where people seem to be offended by everthi and it's something new every day and it's impossible to keep up with it all. The point that annoys me even more is that there are people who try to demonize you for saying something like "handicapped" (which is apparently not PC anymore) when you had no idea it became "offensive".

Political correctness has hit a point where it's too extreme and people can lose their job over something small because it ended up becoming controversial when that persn really didn't do anything that was worth being fired over (I know that there are cases where the person is obviously an asshole and deserves to get fired).

There are points where you can respectfully disagree with someone elses view (especially in a changing world) and you reputation gets killed over it. I get that saying certan things has consequences to it and yeah there should, though you shouldn't be seen as an asshole for being pro-life because you see a fetus as a human life. You shouldn't be seen as a bigoted asshole and continually disrespected because you voted for Trump (and no I'm not a Trump fan. I really don't care for the guy). Unless your views are truly bigoted, racist and sexist (like the other extreme to political correctness) then you shouldn't be fired. Trying to make subtle things like a person not believing women should go topless into a "you're a sexist, woman hating bastard", is ridiculous and way too extreme.

I agree with you, as in I hate how extreme political correctness is. Though I think it's good in moderation.

[JohnDoe3000]

In all my life I've never met someone who referred to themselves as "PC". That alone should tell you it's just a derogatory term invented to sling mud at people, just like no one call themselves "neoliberal", it's just a derogatory term meaning "someone who is to the right of me on any one particular issue". Saying you're "anti-PC" is not a brave act of rebellion, it's the norm, everyone and their grandma does it (but boy do wine when you call their ignorant asses a basket of deplorables).

The only times I've seen the term PC applied it's by people who are trying to peddle racist/conspiracy/religious bullshit.

[RolandCuthbert]

That is my view as well. The term PC is simply applied to avoid using facts and logic. Well established science is "PC", but they can enter their uninformed opinion into a debate because they are being anti-"PC".

[jaydtre]

Basically what he said ☝️

[Caaarl]

I like how the responses are so overwhelmingly male. That honestly kind of raises a red flag for me. I think women generally spearhead a lot of false validation said to be acceptance culture.

No one should get a pat on the back just because they're a man, woman, gay, straight, or something else they are just born as. People should get praise for their good characteristics and their accomplishments.

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

When I hear people talk about PC, I usually think they're reacting to the fact that the freedom of speech does not guarantee negative social repercussion from unpopular speech. Basically, I see it as adults crying like little children that they're held responsible for the things they say and do.

I've also noticed that the majority of the "non-PC" things people say simply aren't factual. There are some exceptions, though.

I'm curious what you have to say that is so rebellious that PC culture won't let you say...

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

Oops, meant to say "freedom of speech does not guarantee *protection from negative social repercussion"

[Buzz0076969]

But for some reason there are no consequences for what you say cause you're a "liberal progressive" amirite?

So basically you believe that people should be threatened with violence for saying something you don't like or that offended someone? Or that people should be thrown in jail for saying something that offended you or someone else?

The only speech that should have consequences is speech that directly incites violence or harm upon others. But this business of threatening people with violence and trying to prevent people from speaking on college campuses because you do not agree with their political views should end.

[DodgersGM]

More often than not, people who eschew political correctness are complete assholes.

I'm not saying that you personally are an asshole. You don't seem to be that way. But the assholeness of non-PC people is just as annoying as some of the overly-PC b. s we're exposed to.

[curiousnorway]

I thinks it's important that people should be able to say their opinions and that politics doesn't need to be a "trend/fashion show". Having a opinion just because it's not offensive or just because it's a popular opinion isn't the way to go. We needs different opinions and it's how the society evolves. Galileo Galilei had unpopular opinions in his time and so did Socrates plus many other people. But their opinions were as necessary as the skeptical ones.

So I thinks people should be able to have their own opinions and that they doesn't need to change that because of other people, but change it if they wants to and feels convinced to do so.

[RolandCuthbert]

But Galileo had an opinion based on up fact. That's the difference. If I believe in climate change, I do so because I believe in the science supporting the conclusion. Not because of "PC". When people disbelieve science and fact, they are doing so based on their uninformed opinion.

[curiousnorway]

@RolandCuthbert, Yeah, I thinks I should come up with a better example. x'D

[Prof_Don]

I do agree that this politically-correct stuff has gone too far to the point of censorship.

However, what I absolutely despise in the modern world, is how people are over-compensating and try-hard to counter being PC, and are just being mean, tactless assholes/bitches for no reason whatsoever.

I hate the over-compensating try-hard assholes/bitches more than I do the overly PC people.

[TeaMoney]

Okay but, some things are subjective. Like, if you're 5'2" and 97 lbs, I think you're too goddamn skinny and you should eat more protein. I dont thibk the woman in that picture is fat at all. But is what I think so important that skinny people NEED TO KNOW? Did they ask me?

Some things aren't constructive. Expressing your opinion about things that don't directly affect you isn't the most important thing in the world. I don't call it being "PC". I call it "not being a raging dick".

[John_Doesnt]

You're actually against extreme political correctness. You ARE politically correct within moderation just like most people. You wouldn't use the N-word or curse in front of tiny children.
Both sides have their extreme and you can't judge a side based on their extreme versions. I don't agree with extreme PC anymore than you do even though I am a Liberal.

[DanoMR98]

I think you're conflating politeness with political correctness.

Not cursing in front of tiny children isn't done for political reasoning. It's done for politeness.

Frustration with or hushing terms like "illegal immigrant", "radical Islam", etc is political correctness because the reason for doing so is political. People don't use words like "overly nourished[OP's example] to be polite. They do so because the language they use shows their political perspective. People who just don't care, will say fat. People who are anti-PC will say fat.

There are grey areas here a lot of the time, sort of like the question of "Is agorism activism?"

Is intent all it takes to make it political. I'm going to say in most cases, yes.

[John_Doesnt]

@DanoMR98 100 years ago people said the same thing about the N-word. You're just a close minded person who is on the wrong side of history.

[DanoMR98]

Not an argument.

Language is deliberately used as a political tool, and if you need to make something unacceptable accepted, you start with the language.

I'm sure you're familiar with the Rules for Radicals, and that's number 11.
"If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive."
When people want fucking kids and animals to be okay, you'd best bet they'll start with the language. It's a subversive tactic, deliberately employed against us by leftist subversion artists who were real communists back in the cold war time, now used by petty commies, naïve liberals and their globalist puppet-masters.

[John_Doesnt]

@DanoMR98 that's a nice attempt at logic, I'm guessing some of it was copy and paste. But you failed to site any historical patterns of this happening and failed to site any psychological or social science evidence.
You won't find any though because historical patterns show that generations shift with what words are socially acceptable and unacceptable all the time. History also shows it's not just done by the left. Right wing Christians have managed to ban the phrase "God dammit" from TV.
Try again.

[DanoMR98]

This type of cultural subversion is very new to the world.

An example of it in action isn't easy for me to explain on here personally, but I invite you to look into 'Deception Was My Job', an interview from the 80's featuring defected KGB propagandist, Yuri Bezmenov, who details his work in subverting Americans and Indians.

Personally, I'm not a fan of FCC censorship like that of the "goddamn it" ban. Or even the ban on fuck, cunt, n**, or anything else. I think that to be treading on me, and too much government where it doesn't need to be for my taste.

[John_Doesnt]

@DanoMR98 an 80's interview isn't social science of any kind. I want historical patterns and/or science to back up your claims. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Historical evidence shows that "political correctness" always prevails. Slavery, which used to be normal, has been abolished in most countries. Treating women like property was okay up until 200 years ago and people just like you were complaining about having culture forced on them when they had to call women "equal people".

[DanoMR98]

What kind of evidence would be good enough for you?

The very nature of subversion makes it something that is tough to document, and again, it wasn't employed up until very recently. There was never media or intelligence operations like there are today any time before. I can't pull you an example from when the Jin Dynasty's special forces were used in an attempt to weaken the citizens of The Indian Gupta Dynasty.

An example for you is that the USSR used it to weaken nations that it wanted to make communist in the middle east and southwestern Asia. It would help bankroll and support political figures and journalists who the USSR thought would either lead it towards communism via slow movement left or acceleration and then revolution.

[John_Doesnt]

@DanoMR98 I already told you what kind of science would be good enough: historical patterns or social science.
I'm done arguing until you can provide me with one of those or both.

[FakeName123]

"If it can be destroyed by the truth - it deserves to be destroyed by the truth"

You are spot on, girl. Well done.

The biggest problem though is in your last sentence. "Political correctness is vague."
So who decides what is political correct and what isn't? And this is where political correctnessbecomes dangerous and quite possibly authoritarian.

[dragonfly6516]

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[Warmapplecrumble]

This woman "to me" is not fat and looks very attractive.

cf.girlsaskguys.com/.../...98aa-02d8da14ee67-m.jpg

[worldscolide]

The politically correct crowd that choose to silence people (Mostly sjw and or feminist types). Choose to block free speech are the only kind of politically correct people that i don't like. If you're PC and you tell me what i am and am not allowed to say, then i have no respect for you, and i see you as unworthy of my attention.

Good Mytake Definitely an up vote from me

[simple-question]

The best take ever and the most important take ever. This is the most important issue in my belief. Most if not all current social issues some of which you pointed out are traceable back to this pc suppression of speech. This take made my day because I was wondering if anyone else on here was connecting the dots.

[lacorine197]

So true, people want me to get with their beliefs that parents aren't selfish, that we have to do for our parents when they get old and how marriage isn't a social construct and how there are benefits for a man in marriage, also that you should care for someone else and give your hard earned money to them, I was really bent about these topics of today. Thank goodness for Political incorrectness. Too much wussies around these days unfortunately getting butthurt all over the place.

[MrMysteryMan]

Usually the most politically correct people are the same ones that bash you and talk the most shit behind your back. My father always told me, and he got it from his mother, "Never assume that all skinning teeth are smiles." Which means, not all smiles are what they seem. Or not all people that smile at you and compliment you, really are caring of you.

[Nostalgiasteve]

" "Why aren't you politically correct?"

Political Correctness is VAGUE. Period."

If it's vague how do you know you don't follow it?

If I say it's rude to call someone a lazy cr*cker for playing a video game is that PC?
If I say that the universe should be thoroughly ruled by maxims made to agree with a specific set of 10 octillion micro-agressions, does that fit the same "political correctness" as the first example? If it does then PC barely means anything.

[MrOracle]

Words mean things, and the DoubleSpeak of PC is designed to dilute the meanings of words so that they don't mean anything definitive - thus, you can pretend anything bad is really just fine, to spare your feelings - even when it isn't. That's not just intellectually dishonest, it's DANGEROUS.

[lumos]

Tbh I think MOST people are moderately politically correct, but political correctness is nowadays instantly being seen as some sort of cry-baby culture where nobody can be honest about anything and everything always needs to be seen positively unless it's against political correctness.
You sound decently politically correct to me. Being honest about stuff and giving constructive opinions is not politically incorrect.

[lumos]

I. e. people are equating political correctness with the extreme that usually has very little to do with being politically correct. Just like people are equating Islam with terrorism, even though the terrorists are less than 1% of actual Muslims.