Political Correctness Part II
What galls me most about political correctness is the method of enforcement. In order for people to refuse to accept responsibility for their actions, they resort to politically correct phrases. Yes, I am fat and losing my hair and I do wear glasses (contacts now) and I am not the sveltest person. I can live with that. I do not need to be coddled into thinking that being overweight is a good thing or that losing my hair is not natural. We have been bashed over the head by marketing and advertising, that things that are perfectly natural are somehow abhorrent. It is what makes us great, our differences. Somehow, we are being corralled into thinking that being the same is what is important.
Phrases that used to be the norm are now considered insulting or cause for litigation. We have developed a new way of talking to people based on not wanting to hurt their feelings. Sure, some people are sensitive to something they feel is lacking. Most people don’t give a rat’s rear end about the way people talk. Give it to me the way you see it instead of tip toeing around the subject. PC has made everything take more time. It sounds like somehow the union rep got involved and the time study was thrown out because it expected someone to actually work for 8 hours. Sorry that is a manufacturing analogy but it works just the same.
The same people who are complaining that their brethren are being asked to actually work (hello GM, Ford and DCX hourly employees) support the party that has pushed for everyone to be the same. Smells like communism.
I guess that is what political correctness is. It is a natural extension of Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto. Make everyone the same and eliminate classes. Everyone including those people who are too lazy to work would share in any benefits the system produces. Of course there would be no benefits because there would be no desire to work your butt off so someone else can benefit from it. The only way to get anyone to excel would be by coercion. But that would imply that they are better than someone else because you are paying greater attention to them. What a funky house of cards.
I wonder if Karl Marx knew what he was doing when he opened the door to liberal ideals. That he is embraced by those who lack the vision to see that rewards are what keep people motivated and that the road to stagnation isn’t paved. I prefer pavement to potholes.
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Cobb
Phrases that used to be the norm are now considered insulting or cause for litigation. We have developed a new way of talking to people based on not wanting to hurt their feelings. Sure, some people are sensitive to something they feel is lacking. Most people don’t give a rat’s rear end about the way people talk. Give it to me the way you see it instead of tip toeing around the subject. PC has made everything take more time. It sounds like somehow the union rep got involved and the time study was thrown out because it expected someone to actually work for 8 hours. Sorry that is a manufacturing analogy but it works just the same.
The same people who are complaining that their brethren are being asked to actually work (hello GM, Ford and DCX hourly employees) support the party that has pushed for everyone to be the same. Smells like communism.I guess that is what political correctness is. It is a natural extension of Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto. Make everyone the same and eliminate classes. Everyone including those people who are too lazy to work would share in any benefits the system produces. Of course there would be no benefits because there would be no desire to work your butt off so someone else can benefit from it. The only way to get anyone to excel would be by coercion. But that would imply that they are better than someone else because you are paying greater attention to them. What a funky house of cards.
I wonder if Karl Marx knew what he was doing when he opened the door to liberal ideals. That he is embraced by those who lack the vision to see that rewards are what keep people motivated and that the road to stagnation isn’t paved. I prefer pavement to potholes.Icool
Cobb
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