@jensorensen To be honest, I’ve never got what’s so wrong with ‘political correctness’.

@jensorensen even from the beginning, using “politically correct” as a negative just meant “I’m upset I can’t openly be racist.”

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I was there & saw it first hand. The right didn't like women saying they didn't like guys they didn't even know calling them 'girl, honey, babe'. They didn't like Black men saying 'don't call me boy'. They didn't like gays saying 'don't call me fag'

So they consulted their marketing people & had George Bush the First call all the people who listened a nasty name

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I think PC has gone so far it'stime for it to do a 180. Bigotry and hate are now politically "correct"

@bluebabbler @jensorensen I'm a bit young to have seen the full (d)evolution of the term "PC", but I just consider it another word for "polite".

Being considerate and understanding that careless statements may (adversely) impact ppl outside a present context is exactly what my parents taught me as being polite.

OTOH, the use of "woke" is plain racist. They turned the term into exactly what it's warned about: racism can come from unexpected angles that hits hard if one's not vigilant.

@P__X @bluebabbler @jensorensen A lot of what was branded as "PC" in the 90s amounted to using glorified terms for common things.

I knew someone who worked as a janitor, but he (in all seriousness) told me he was a "sanitation engineer." I'm reasonably certain he had no engineering degree.

So what was mild mockery of silly excesses has taken a dark and hateful turn over the past decade or so. Any remotely humanitarian belief or activity is now attacked as PC or woke.

@analogfusion @bluebabbler @jensorensen along those lines, politeness overdone yields a comical effect, but it doesn't make politeness a bad thing itself.

Humanitarianism is labeled "woke" because "it supports out-groups who deserve the adversities they are experiencing because they are inferior stock." At least that's the belief system around it per my observation.

@P__X @bluebabbler @jensorensen Everything I've read about the history and stated goals of the far right strongly suggests you're right.

They delight in hurting the out-groups in any way they can.