Thursday, September 01, 2016

"Politically Correct" vs "Polite"


One of the reasons you often hear for why a person supports Donald Trump is that he's not politically correct ... that he says what everyone else wishes they could say.

While I don't like linguistic pussyfooting and really don't like divisive hyphenation (such as "Italian-American" and "African-American"), I don't have a problem with being polite and avoiding language that I know will be offensive to someone*.

You shouldn't, either.

Have a good day. Come back tomorrow for September's first collection of Great Moments in Editing and Signage. More thoughts then.

Bilbo

* Unless they're wearing an extra-thin skin and looking for opportunities to be offended.

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6 comments:

  1. Mike9:54 AM

    I was thinking of calling myself an Earth-American. Maybe not.

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  2. Big Sky Heidi12:15 PM

    I agree. Complaints of political correctness is often a mask for offensive speech.

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  3. eViL pOp TaRt2:38 PM

    There is no excuse for using offensive speech in referring to other people. Plain old fashioned politeness is never out of style.

    First, in interacting with others, do no harm.

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  4. Elvis Wearing a Bra on His Head7:31 PM

    The word "political correctness" is simply overused and unnecessary in most cases.

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  5. allenwoodhaven8:09 PM

    I agree. Maybe human-american?

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  6. Duckbutt3:13 PM

    What some people call political correctness really comes down to acting classy.

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