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caffeine Member (Idle past 1046 days) Posts: 1800 From: Prague, Czech Republic Joined: |
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. I mean, for example capital punishment, the secular nature of public education and the state provision of healthcare. On the US political spectrum, these are clearly polarised issues - archetypal liberals and conservatives will stand on opposite sides of all three issues. But this is not due, in my opinion, to a philosophical link between the three ideas - it's a contingent product of the historical development of politics in the US.
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1466 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Doesn't matter what I say, does it? PC is Marxist, that's its origin, I gave evidence. Nobody wants to hear it. Typical EvC but I'm used to it.
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Straggler Member Posts: 10333 From: London England Joined:
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But this "evidence" you speak of seems to consist of nothing more than referencing the 'accuracy in academia' website, which (despite the name) is like referencing Fox News as a reliable and objective source of information....
It's a self declared highly partisan opinion mongerer. You might as well have declared that your position is evidenced because Bill O'Reilley says so. Just because someone writes their conspiracy theories down and posts them on a site they call 'accuracy in academia' doesn't make them a form of evidence.
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1466 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Lind made the connections, I made the connections from my own experience. PC is Marxist.
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JonF Member (Idle past 189 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: |
You saw Marxists pushing PC? Where and when and who?
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4411 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.4 |
So you want us to park all but half a brain cell at the door? Hey, it works for her. What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy
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jar Member (Idle past 415 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Faith writes: Lind made the connections, I made the connections from my own experience. PC is Marxist. No, not true. Lind made the assertion. You made the assertion. What is being asked for is the evidence to support the assertion.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1466 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
No, he proved the Cultural Marxist character of PC, and my experience in the sixties confirms his obsrvations. As I said.
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4411 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.4 |
Doesn't matter what we say, does it? Christianity is Catholic, that's its origin. Once a Catholic always a Catholic.
What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1466 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Gosh you're good at monkey-see-monkey-do, tit-for-tatting and other adult activities aren't you?
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jar Member (Idle past 415 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
LOL
Sorry Faith but if there actually is evidence and not just more unsupported assertions then perhaps you can provide links to the posts where you present the evidence.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4411 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.4
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Just pointing out your BS.
What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy
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Straggler Member Posts: 10333 From: London England Joined: |
Finding someone on the internet who shares your fantasies or opinions isn't 'evidence' of those things being true by any standard of evidence I have seen anyone seriously put forward.
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Blue Jay Member (Idle past 2719 days) Posts: 2843 From: You couldn't pronounce it with your mouthparts Joined:
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Okay, so I'm not willing to accept the Lind-Faith narrative of political correctness as an insidious extension of Marxism; but I do feel like political correctness does interfere with the priorities of academia in some major ways.
And I'm obviously not the only one. Here is a book edited by some rather big names in sociology/psychology who were getting so concerned that political correctness was functioning as an informal type of censorship in their field that they thought it necessary to write a book about it. And there are a lot of psychologists who contributed to it. There's a preview of the book available through Google Books, but it doesn't give much of the meat. But, having just read that, there seems to be plenty of anecdotal evidence of political correctness creating an atmosphere of repression and taboo that these professionals think it is stifling their field of inquiry. Potential contributors declined to participate in the project over fears of career reprisal. Other researchers avoid politically sensitive topics out of fear of being stigmatized or otherwise harmed professionally. I think we should all take this topic as more than just the paranoid delusion of right-wing loonies.-Blue Jay, Ph.D.* *Yeah, it's real Darwin loves you.
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jar Member (Idle past 415 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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Absolutely. There are great examples out there of "Political Correct" tyranny. Consider "Pro Life" as though that was not also true of "Pro Choice" supporters.
Consider "Abortion is murder" claims. Look at the professor fired for pointing out that Jews, Muslims and Christians worship the same god. I continually go back over "Language in Thought and Action" and even there you can see the effects of "Politically Correct" when you look at the redaction done with each new edition. Edited by jar, : missed a "Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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