Why Political Correctness Was Destined to Fail
Rules like "Don't say that!" and "Don't do that!", create superstitions instead of understanding. The world does not need any more superstitions. The world needs more understanding. Treating people like children that can not be trusted to choose their own words, or actions, based on their own beliefs, or intentions, creates resentment. In the Politically Correct or P.C. Movement, a few people set themselves up as the moral, or ethical, compass for the entire planet. Suddenly, many confused people found out they could no longer do this, or say that. Some of these new rules made sense and some of them made no sense at all. As a result even the P.C. rules that made sense have become the butt of jokes. A gravely concerning backlash has resulted from Political Correctness and carelessness of the rules it demanded to the point of giving fuel to hate groups. If this not was not bad enough, some in the P. C. Movement also attempted to control one of our most intimate areas of life, our romantic lives.
Hypocrisy and Stupidity
The failure to change the term "Redneck" into "European American whose ancestors were exploited in one or more forms of servitude and continue to be exploited by industrial, educational, and social systems" was perhaps the biggest downfall of the P.C. Word Police. However if they had done this, other P.C. Word Police would not have been able to say "Shut up! Shut up! You're just a stupid Redneck!" when a debate stopped going their way. This failure to understand, research, or admit to the slavery origins of the term "Redneck" by most of those promoting Politically Correctness voided the entire movement of credibility. Don't Rednecks like being called Rednecks? That's not the point. Credibility is gained by consistency and that is the point. I have witnessed at least five thousand seven hundred thirty eight times P.C. Word Police call people "Rednecks".
What I find even more ridiculous and offensive is when P.C. Word Police, who happen to be Caucasian have to nerve make the correction, "You mean African-American" , when a Black person uses the term "Black". I have personally seen this happen more than fifty times in my life. In The 1970's, Black was beautiful and now Black people cannot say the word because it might offend a White Upper Middle Class College Student? Give me break, please! I might take P.C. Word Police seriously if they attempted to make people use the term "Human" instead of all these ridiculous distinctions that can be and have been transformed into derogatory terms instead of the polite terms they were intended to be.
The Intentions of Words are Subjective.
The words we use are effected by the visual and aural cues we send out. Words can become derogatory or complementary through gestures or vocal tone. If you don't believe this, try standing in front of the mirror and say various words in differing vocal tones with different physical gestures. If you still don't believe this, ask a friend or family member to stand in front of you and say various polite and impolite words and phrases using different physical gestures and vocal intonations. If you need further convincing of this find your family dog and scream at him "You're a good boy!!!!" in the way some might scream at him if he tore apart all of their furniture and ate the only picture they have of their grandmother. If you still refuse to believe visual and aural cues effect the meaning of words, or phrases, after those exercises seek medical attention.
Seriously! Beyond ignoring that specific intentions are imprinted on words by individuals, one of the worst effects the P.C. Movement has had, is that some people don't even know why they shouldn't use certain words. They only that they should not use this word or that because they were taught not to use it This type of superstitious thinking inhibits understanding of history and evolving to a species the can get past hatred. Calm, rational, intellectual discussion of derogatory terms is needed for us to evolve out of old paradigms of hatred. Sadly, this dialog is no longer allowed in some institutions of learning or what should be appropriate social situations.
Romance of The Psychotic Robots
One of the strangest things to come out of the P.C. movement were the P.C. rules for dating and romantic encounters. I understand why people felt these rules were needed. I understand that they came about because of date rapes and accusations of date rapes. I understand that some people do not understand the words "No! Really I mean stop it now!" or that some people have feel the need to displace their guilt for having drunken sex by accusing the other party of rape.
Rape, or filing false charges of rape, are crimes and should be viewed only as acts of violence or deception. As a result of some people committing these crimes, someone in The P.C. Word Police decided that everyone needs rules for romantic encounters. The problem is that the rules they came up with, make people sound, or look like, psychotic robots, by stripping away spontaneity and passion. In your mind imagine the voice of your favorite robot, or cyborg, saying the following statements: "I am going to kiss you now. Is that acceptable to you?", "I would like to caress your hair and the nape of your neck. Would you find the agreeable?", "Would you find it offensive if I unbuttoned your shirt?", or "I would like to undo my zipper. Is that okay, and would you like to do so as well?". I will stop now to keep this clean. However, I think it's fairly obvious how some more intimate requests, suggestions, or actions would sound completely psychotic using this model of romance.
The Fat Lady Has Left The Building
People are still using expressions like "It ain't over till the fat lady sings", or "That's like the pot calling the kettle black" and hate groups have turned every redefined word or phrase that the P.C. Word Police came up with into a tool for hate. People are still being raped and people are still falsely accusing others of rape, and racism still exists.
The Politically Correct Movement is over and it has caused just as many problems as it attempted to correct. Only thing that is going to change this world is the adoption of honesty by everyone. However, this will mean that feelings will be hurt, lives will be lost, and some lives ruined during the transition from delusions, hidden feelings, repressed hatreds and jealousies, to understanding and acceptance through honesty. Feelings are hurt now, lives are lost now, and lives are ruined now. So giving honesty a try will not cost any more, and just might have great rewards.
