I think PC was/is a good thing but nowadays too much PC has become totally un-PC shoving one’s own view down the throat of others.
Yes, we should generally improve our tolerance and “live and let live” stance but holy fkn noodles... know a joke when a joke is a joke. A joke doesn’t necessarily mean that the person - whom you more often than not don’t know - actually also lives by those standards.
Yes, I realize the situation wasn’t about a joke, tyvm. That said Joe Root, the English cricketer, was better when he said this week “Don’t use it as an insult, there’s nothing wrong with being gay”. :D
Yeah, there's nothing wrong with that and I'm not sure if that was everything he said, was a really long thread. Words do have other meanings and considering people tend to lose it every now and then in intense games it reminds me of this Louis CK clip:
I just don't think that should be something that should get you banned off of any website, though. Lose followers/fans, sure. Apologize and realize that's not something you should've said, sure. Does saying the N word in a similar situation make Pewdiepie a racist? Yeah I don't really think so.
You're right though, people seem to be taking the PC thing so far it's kinda losing its meaning in my opinion.
I oppose the bans, obviously as a decentralization fan. LOL
I do not think that a mega outcry like those we’ve had in recent years, always results in education.
It risks ending up in fearmongering too. What did Henry Cavill say about dating in the early months of #MeToo again?
Yet, he was also vilified for it.
So basically... even thoughtful expressions aren’t welcome anymore unless they toe the line? That isn’t what PC is about. PC is about challenging our possible misconceptions, not about brainwashing us and limiting our freedom of expression.
Or did I miss a memo about what it was supposed to be?