The psychology of political correctness

I was perfectly clear. The use of the term progressive which would very well describe those things that you agree the Communist party had nothing to do with pretty much diminishes the connection between any modern use of the term and the Communist party. It really does not matter who the first person to use the term might be or have been.

Actually, you haven't. I cannot get a firm example of a PC statement out of you despite making direct requests. I can get statements that say that liberals aspire to be PC though. I've indicated that my reason for asking is that I believe that the way you apply the term PC is suspect because of your exuberance in throwing around unsupportable generalizations about what most liberals or progressives do. Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

This is quite clearly untrue. I wonder how often you've actually been called a racist on this board.

That's nowhere near to calling you a racist. I am not aware of any of Trump's statements that I would call racist, but certainly he's made some that I think were unwarranted attacks on Mexico and illegal immigrants.None of that means that your defense of Trump makes you racist. However if you feel that attacking somebody that you support is the same as attacking you, then you've probably done some unwarranted adoptions of things that weren't even addressed to you. Surely you cannot expect people to hold back on their speech just in case you might support that person.I have to admit that I do find your defense of some of Trump's statements puzzling and surprising, but I haven't called you a racist because of your defense of Trump. I haven't even gone so far as to call Trump racist.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

By organizing a food bank? Really, Faith, this is beyond the pale.

More to the point, it seems a number of us were taken aback by Theodoric's position, in part because of his fairly rational posting history. I've certainly noticed that. And it is worse that that. Insults on liberals are apparently always true, while insults directed at conservatives are considered to be falsehoods directed at shutting off conversation. Goose/gander? Pot/Kettle?

Could you cite an example liberal view position that has no connection with any underlying philosophy (meaning, I assume, no connection to some larger group that is connected).I'm not coming up with my own examples, and I want to rule out the possibility that I'm just wearing liberal blinders.

Doesn't this state of affairs seem even the least bit suspicious to you?

So conservatives do not ignore the issues/people/questions and focus on spotting bigotrty, etc.? Are you aware that etc is Latin for "and other things?". Your position sounds like nonsense to me particularly when you acknowledge that conservatives do the same thing.Faith is a prime example of a misuser of the term PC. To Faith, PC is essential synonymous with leftism. I agree that under her definition, only liberals can be PC.What do we call it when conservatives focus in on the word bigotry and ignore the fact that liberals are doing more than just labelling speech, they are actually making points about why such speech is unacceptable? It appears that what we call that is still liberals being PC.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

What issue is not discussed here because the progressives have given up discussing the issues? I understand the accusation. I just don't give it much credence. Here is your chance to point to something specific. Sure. I will admit that it is possible that I am missing it. Now throw me a bone and point to the water I cannot see.

Calling liberals PC and Marxists are excellent examples of you throwing accusations and avoiding the issues.

Surely even you can see the irony in statements like this one.Seriously Jon. Do you have to play the buffoon in every thread?

This place is full of lefties. When are one of you PC labelers going to point to someone here attempting to shut down discussion in such a way? I spent an entire thread requesting such an example from you, without success.

1) I did not call you a bigot.2) Your complaint is that playing tit-for-tat only tars one side but not the other. That is nonsense.3) You don't want for liberals to attack you for calling them all commies. That's just what you do.So yeah, your own version of throwing around insults indiscriminately is bad behavior and just as bad as what you complain about.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

1) How can I shut you down in a written forum?
2) Why is calling a racist statement racist unfair in some way?Apparently, people are making racists statements that they simply cannot rationally defend. Because if they could then they could easily either defend them, or continue explaining their position.Racism is bad and there is nothing wrong with calling someone on that. So why use it as a tactic? Apparently, your aim is too indiscriminate, you acknowledge that you have missed one person and won't be specific about the other. How am I supposed to take this seriously. How did Modulous attempt to shut down discussion?