The Dark Side of Political Correctness

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The Dark Side of Political Correctness

Post by Juliar » Mon Mar 16, 2020 10:43 pm

What the weird Lefties and Greenies try to hide behind and try to STOP any discussion with - the childish weak political correctness rubbish - the weapon of cowards.



The dark side of political correctness
Posted by jonjayray at 12:59 AM Thursday, March 12, 2020

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“The PC movement is mad and dangerous,” says popular author and Australian Catholic University Fellow Kevin Donnelly.

“Instead of being able to discuss issues in a rational and impartial way, debate is shut down and reduced to ad hominem attacks based on emotion and politically correct groupthink.”

It’s a message he makes clear in his new book ‘A Politically Correct Dictionary and Guide.’

Though the book has a satirical nature and is accompanied with tongue-in-cheek cartoons by Johannes Leak, Donnelly highlights the underlying danger is kowtowing to political correctness.

“This is becoming a problem because it’s enforcing what I call ‘cultural left groupthink’, and cultural left language,” says Donnelly. “If you argue, for example, that multiculturalism isn’t the right thing, you’re attacked as xenophobic or racist.

“If you say a boy should be a boy, a girl should be a girl, if you’re against the whole LGBTQI transitioning movement, you’re attacked as homophobic or transphobic.

“There is a real problem I’d argue now in Australia in terms of the cultural left taking over institutions like schools and universities and enforcing this very strong ideological view of language and groupthink.”

A frequent writer for the Catholic Weekly’s comment pages, Kevin Donnelly has established a reputation as one of Australia’s leading conservative commentators and authors fighting against the cultural-left ideology and group think which many believe is poisoning society and stifling free and open debate.

Sky News commentator, journalist and former Chief of Staff to Tony Abbot, Peta Credlin describes Donnelly as “a rare and forthright warrior for common sense in a world where it’s more desperately needed than ever.”

“With his third book-length polemic against political correctness in just over a year, Dr Kevin Donnelly is on a veritable crusade against what he thinks is poisoning our teaching institutions, weakening our economy, and even sapping our ability to think clearly,” says Credlin.

“[His] latest work is full of telling examples of the cultural self-doubt that we need to recognise and resist.”

Donnelly remains optimistic, but is very aware of the potential dangers that can stem from political correctness. As he likes to quote from George Orwell’s 1984; “If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”

“It used to be I think, therefore I am,” says Donnelly. “Now it’s I feel, therefore I’m right. They’re not coming from a rational, critical aware point of view, it’s just emotion.

“And that’s the danger, once arguments are reduced to emotion, you’re on the short road to totalitarianism.”

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Re: The Dark Side of Political Correctness

Post by Nom De Plume » Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:11 pm

It should always be the case that empirical study and intelligent emotions, work in concert to produce knowledge.
Sadly, too many peeps lack emotional intelligence.
Tragically, emotional intelligence is not taught, nor studied in schools, in meaningful and logical ways.
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Re: The Dark Side of Political Correctness

Post by Juliar » Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:20 pm

Heavens, Nommy is getting quite pedagogic and preaching a sermon.

Wonder where the Greeny BRossy is, as this political correctness rubbish is right up his alley.

Wonder if they both enjoy those GetUp! Hillsong Revivalist Mind Control Sessions ?

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Re: The Dark Side of Political Correctness

Post by Juliar » Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:27 pm

Political correctness is just an artificial wall of garbage created by Greenies to try to stop discussion of things that make them squirm like exposing the adbsurdity of minority groups.



What's the deal with political correctness?
ReachOut Australia 2020

If you’ve ever spent time in a Facebook comments thread, it’s easy to be confused about whether ‘being PC’ is a good thing or not. There are lots of people in either camp, all ready to passionately defend their positions. But what does it all mean? Has political correctness gone too far, or do we just need a reminder about what ‘being PC’ actually means?

What is political correctness?
In a nutshell, ‘political correctness’ means avoiding language and actions that insult, exclude or harm people who are already experiencing disadvantage and discrimination. Some everyday examples of politically correct behaviour include:

Asking a person about their ‘partner’, instead of using gendered terms like ‘girlfriend/boyfriend’ or ‘husband/wife’. You might choose to do this to avoid assuming the person’s sexual orientation or gender, or even that they have chosen to be married.

Not assuming the gender of a person in a certain profession. For example, if a person tells you they have seen a doctor recently, asking them what ‘the doctor’ advised is a more PC option than asking what ‘he’ advised, which assumes that the doctor is a man by default.

Asking someone what their cultural or ethnic background is, rather than asking them where they are from. This second option implies that if they are not white, they’re foreign and therefore not really Australian.

Why some people think ‘PC culture’ is a bad thing
When people complain about ‘political correctness gone mad’, it’s usually because they associate being PC with being unable to act and behave as they please. Oftentimes, people who practise political correctness are accused of denying other people the right to free speech, or of ‘sucking the fun’ out of everything.

The argument that being PC prevents freedom of speech is flawed. Freedom of speech gives a person the right to say what they feel, but it also gives other people the right to point out if they are being offensive. Freedom of speech doesn’t mean your words can’t be criticised; it just means you can’t be silenced.

Some people also ignore political correctness for the sake of having a laugh. When someone jokes about a group they’re not a part of, their words can contribute to discrimination against that group. The person who is making the joke doesn’t have a lot to lose, but the people who are the butt of the joke often do.

Can we have too much of a good thing?
Political correctness is an important idea that protects people who are vulnerable to discrimination, but it can be misunderstood.

When model Kendall Jenner did a photoshoot for Vogue magazine dressed as a ballerina, it ruffled a few feathers. There were complaints that the photoshoot was offensive because it ‘appropriated’ the ballerina culture. Some people felt that the photoshoot robbed ballerinas of work they were more qualified for than Jenner.

This incident wasn’t a case of cultural appropriation, because dancers and ballet culture weren’t being discriminated against, and ballerinas aren’t an oppressed group of people, unlike groups who’ve experienced discrimination and disadvantages in many ways, such as Aboriginal Australians or women.

Political correctness is intended to help us use language that helps instead of harms. Whether the discrimination comes from racism, homophobia, sexism or transphobia, the bottom line remains the same. ‘Being PC’ just means you understand that your actions affect people who are vulnerable to discrimination. While things can occasionally get out of hand when people forget what certain concepts such as ‘cultural appropriation’ mean, it’s important that we’re all aware of the effects of our actions and words.

https://au.reachout.com/articles/whats- ... orrectness

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Re: The Dark Side of Political Correctness

Post by Juliar » Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:32 pm

Ita explains it all away.



Australians say 'political correctness has gone too far' — but it's complicated
By Annabel Crabb Updated 28 Nov 2019, 6:57pm


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More than two-thirds of Australians believe that political correctness has "gone too far" and that their fellow citizens are too easily offended.

This disapproval of political correctness is a majority view across all age groups, according to the nationally-representative Australia Talks National Survey. It is also a majority view for all income brackets, for both men and women, across white and non-white Australians and in all states and territories.

That said, the older you are, the whiter you are, the male-r, the poorer and less educated, the more likely you are to feel strongly about this, the data shows.

Among recent immigrants, for example, frustration is only felt by a slender majority — 53 per cent — while among immigrants who arrived more than 10 years ago, it's the strongest, at 69 per cent. Among people born in this country, 68 per cent agree that political correctness has gone too far.

Read on about this Greeny defence mechanism dribble here.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-28/ ... s/11742380

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Re: The Dark Side of Political Correctness

Post by Black Orchid » Tue Mar 17, 2020 1:31 pm

Political Correctness HAS gone too far and it's not complicated. It's absurd.

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Re: The Dark Side of Political Correctness

Post by brian ross » Tue Mar 17, 2020 1:56 pm

Juliar wrote:
Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:20 pm
Heavens, Nommy is getting quite pedagogic and preaching a sermon.

Wonder where the Greeny BRossy is, as this political correctness rubbish is right up his alley.

Wonder if they both enjoy those GetUp! Hillsong Revivalist Mind Control Sessions ?
Isn't that the Church that Scotty from Marketing belongs to? Are you suggesting he is really a part of GetUp? :roll :roll
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Re: The Dark Side of Political Correctness

Post by Juliar » Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:34 pm

The strange Greeny BRossy is drawn like a magnet to this political correctness rubbish which dictates his parallel universe.

Apparently the strange Greeny BRossy enjoys those GetUp! Hillsong Revivalist Indoctrination Sessions!!!

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Re: The Dark Side of Political Correctness

Post by Juliar » Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:12 pm

The tide is turning against the insignificant minority ratbags who use the cowardly political correctness weapon.

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Down with Minority Ratbags


Australians are 'sick of political correctness'
22/01/2020|5min

VIDEO: Political Correctness the weapon of the minority cowards:- https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6125452938001'

Social commentator Prue MacSween says there is a “tug of war between freedom of speech and freedom of offence,” as a new poll shows 68 per cent of Australians believe Australia is too politically correct.

The Institute of Public Affairs released a poll which reveals 71 per cent of Australian’s support Australia Day remaining on January 26, and 68 per cent believe the country is too politically correct.

Ms MacSween told Sky News host Peta Credlin the quiet Australians are being "drowned out" by left-wing activists.

“Clearly some people’s opinion is more equal than other people’s opinion,” she said.

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6125452938001

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Re: The Dark Side of Political Correctness

Post by Black Orchid » Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:19 pm

Juliar wrote:
Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:12 pm
The tide is turning against the insignificant minority ratbags who use the cowardly political correctness weapon.

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Down with Minority Ratbags


Australians are 'sick of political correctness'
22/01/2020|5min

VIDEO: Political Correctness the weapon of the minority cowards:- https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6125452938001'

Social commentator Prue MacSween says there is a “tug of war between freedom of speech and freedom of offence,” as a new poll shows 68 per cent of Australians believe Australia is too politically correct.

The Institute of Public Affairs released a poll which reveals 71 per cent of Australian’s support Australia Day remaining on January 26, and 68 per cent believe the country is too politically correct.

Ms MacSween told Sky News host Peta Credlin the quiet Australians are being "drowned out" by left-wing activists.

“Clearly some people’s opinion is more equal than other people’s opinion,” she said.


https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6125452938001
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