Dr JCL
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- Jul 18, 2011
- 102
I disagree , there was a thread on here yesterday where a poster's son had had the crap kicked out of him, he stated he hoped they get AIDS , and immediately someone with the same view as yourself challenged him about his comments ,implying they were homophobic,until they did , I had honestly not had one thought about negative connotations as to gays,I use this as an example of where I consider things have gone too far, there are other obvious ones which are dismissed as urban myths , but even when this proven untrue , people are prepared to argue until they are blue in the face about it.
I agree that political correctness is often clumsily, or wrongly, applied (as in the case you cite). The irony about the so-called 'PC Brigade' is that were such a group to exist it would actually be easier to define which terms can or cannot be used and in what situations, thereby reducing the confusion; obviously this would be neither desirable nor possible as language is so complex, as are the situations we find ourselves in. Language is the most important social tool that we have, and I understand people being protective of language for this reason, so I realize why the majority of people do feel that PC has gone too far; but I believe this is view is misguided and often cloaks ignorance or prejudice (I'm not implying this is the case with you, by the way).