So this image and quote made the rounds of the facebooks recently:
Now, I don't want to talk about whether the attribution is accurate or not. But I do get the impression that some people here might disagree with what it says - that "political correctness" is effectively synonymous with "treating other people with respect". I don't disagree with it. I think it expresses very well something that I've been thinking in vague terms for some time - especially when people denigrate the idea of political correctness.
If you do a Google Image search for "political correctness" you'll get a whole lot of quotes about how political correctness is tyranny with manners, or with a happy face, or that it's "destroying the very fabric of society" (yes, that's a real one), or how it's "thought control" (yes, that's a real one too). I have always thought that these ideas entirely missed the point of political correctness, and the quote above attributed to Gaiman articulates why.
What are your thoughts?
Now, I don't want to talk about whether the attribution is accurate or not. But I do get the impression that some people here might disagree with what it says - that "political correctness" is effectively synonymous with "treating other people with respect". I don't disagree with it. I think it expresses very well something that I've been thinking in vague terms for some time - especially when people denigrate the idea of political correctness.
If you do a Google Image search for "political correctness" you'll get a whole lot of quotes about how political correctness is tyranny with manners, or with a happy face, or that it's "destroying the very fabric of society" (yes, that's a real one), or how it's "thought control" (yes, that's a real one too). I have always thought that these ideas entirely missed the point of political correctness, and the quote above attributed to Gaiman articulates why.
What are your thoughts?
via International Skeptics Forum http://ift.tt/1JZk8uo
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