Why is being politically incorrect such a bad thing?
539265
It may just be a Texas thing, I'm as politically incorrect as they get.  God bless you.
847778
I totally agree with you.  I don't give a damn about being politically correct.  I will say it.  One of our biggest problems happens to be all of these illegals (mostly from Mexico) on social services, getting government handouts for them and their legion of anchor babies.  I am sick and tired of it.  This country is going downhill.  \n\nYes, I wish to preserve what is left of my country.
510357
What we call "politically correct" is only one manifestation of the problem.  The real issue is that we've lost touch with what it means to have rights.  We've come to call everything a right (right to healthcare, right to not encounter anything I find offensive, right to a good job, etc.), and in doing so, have diluted the respect Americans once had toward basic human rights.  So, some of us are more politically correct, some of us hate them for it, and all of us act like there is no right or wrong in any of this.
105510
Political Correctness is simply a means of limiting someone elses freedoms so that you can practice your own.\n\nIt serves no legitimate purpose and is actually detrimental.  People don't change how they think, they simply go underground.\n\nAs a child, I knew that narrow minded, bigoted people used racial slurs.  It made them easy to identify.  Now, you don't hear the slurs, but you can't find the bigots either.\n\nThey're still there, and still practicing bigotry.  We just can't find them now.  \n\nThank Political Correctness.
830245
Not really, what's sad (and wrong) in this country is that a public figure can not say what the rest of us are (supposedly) free to say, political correctness is like a pendulum that has swung too far. We have freedom of speech, yet if someone says anything that will offend anyone else, there's a big stink. Political campaign commercials are free to bash and exaggerate negatively about the opponents yet Kerry can't say what a large percentage of us really think? Hell no, he shouldn't apologize.
1013000
I am honest all the time. F_ck political correctness. If people can't handle it, then they should close their ears. I talk about faggots and retards and so on, if it's necessary. Also, I am a so called "liberal" so I call the others wacko conservatives, but I am not a liberal either, they are also wacko. I am a hard line moderate and I don't care what anyone thinks about it, whether they be religious nutcases, faggots, dykes, retards or whatever. If they don't like it, so what. If I get reported for this, so what. If I get my account deleted, so what. I have more imortant things to worry about than whether I step on the toes of a person I am never going to meet.\n\nI don't believe in racism. I never use racial slurs. I hate racism. I wish all people could be mixed so we can stop talking about white, black, yellow, brown, red, etc. I really hate racism. Racist people are stupid, useless humanoids.
368317
people dont know whats politically correct anymore.... they are trying not to affend.... when they really are...
786613
After giving this a lot of thought I have decided that political correctedness actually keeps every one talking about what to call a problem instead of talking about the problem. It appears to be a terminal condition in the USA. When I see rapists and murderers "get off" because of political correctedness or I see violence and hate crimes acted out because of political correctedness or innocent people killed in an abortion clinic bombing because of political correctedness - I need no further proof that it does not benefit the USA.\n\nGreat topic for discussion.
1112709
Fear of the thought police!!! Honesty used to be the best policy until every word you say became scrutinized for any hint of offensiveness - in any meaningful discussion there are generally at least two sides so someone is going to find something to be offended by.  In truth political correctness creates roadblocks to the dynamic thinking and creative dialog that has served human kind since the beginning.  As long as there are people like you asking the question we are not doomed - keep questioning everything it is the only way to achieve wisdom.
591477
Politically correct just means that the majority of ppl that hear what you have to say will agree w/ it, and that you don't piss someone of...that you don't ofend the higher ups...why do we worry? B/c ppl always like to suck up to the big shots. Who cares? We shouldn't. Speak your mind no matter what.
177850
Appearing politically correct to others.
24053
Political correctness is a term generally used to disparage efforts to raise awareness about and eliminate social and political biases in language and other forms of representation. The term also appears in the adjectival form politically correct (often abbreviated PC). While it frequently refers to a linguistic phenomenon, it is also extended to cover political ideology and behavior.
814466
Being politically correct seems to be a subject of extreme interest nowadays.\n\nSaying a greeting at or around Christmastime is something we have all done for years.\n\nNow it seems that it is an issue as to what is said because it seems that some take offense to something that is surely not intended to offend.\n\nThose who are offended should realize no one intends to make anybody feel uncomfortable with the simple greeting.  It doesn't mean any more than "Hi or Hello".  It is just a coupling of some words at this particular time of year and we say them.
495887
it is rude to label anything in a derogatory manner.  I am gay, and i do occasionally say it when something is just over the top "gay"... and I especially use it when I see my straight friends (who have made fun of me in the past) do something effiminate.  However that still doesn't make it right.  I can't even discuss here the things that could be labeled in politically offensive manners, but think about religious affiliations and race issues....
750212
political correctness= as not to offend\n\npolitical correctness=when you do offend, you say your sorry!
361516
Yes. Too many forums are "monitored" and unpopular points of view, even if unoffensive, are often removed. Political Correctness also really needs to go, IMO. People should not have such thin shells when it comes to things that "offend" them.
960023
personally, i don't believe in the term "politically correct" because i think as a free human being, you have the ability to decide for yourself what you think is correct. In a way i do aagree with you, a part of society is trying to be so anti racist, that it sort of backfires, but then again on the otherside of the scale there are still many many people who really are racists. I think we need to put a stop to this, why do we have to be portrayed as a colour, why can't we all just be portrayed as human beings? is there something so wrong or hard about that , that people can't just try it, for once just try treating everbody equally. peace out.