cobaltjones wrote:The whole phrase "political correctness" is a pejorative term. It implies an underlying motive other than that of simple "being a decent human being". It's rarely, if ever, used in a positive way.
The word certainly usually implies a negative attitude toward the phenomenon, so it can't really be used positively, but it can certainly be used quite neutrally. I would for example say that political correctness in Hitlerite Germany implied having certain opinions on the topic of people of the Mosaic faith. In its simplest form it simply means adherence to, or enforcement through intimidation of, central moral ideas that inform public debate. Modern public debate is heavily informed by a subversive and eclectic blend of Marxism and Psychoanalysis (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_school), which from its academic beginnings has petered down and out into the cultural mainlines to become latter day American leftism and progressivism, which in turn dominate the political left throughout the entire extended American Empire. Publicly professing disbelief in the dogmas of this secular religion -- on issues of culture, gender, race and economy -- can easily cost you your job, your union card or simply your sacred honor.
I find this ideology insufferable on account of its many internal contradictions. Observe, for example, the absurdity of liberalism endorsing all manner of ethnic nationalisms when such are being displayed by non-white peoples, while at the same time denouncing the same phenomenon as outright sinful when expressed by white peoples. I could make a list, but suffice it to say that the double standards disgust me.