The Presidential campaign is heating up and it seems like politics and politicians have reached a new low. I\u2019m not sure how much being \u201cpolitically correct\u201d means anymore \u2014 at least not with politicians. But I was thinking about how things I used to say and hear all my life have recently become politically incorrect and now everyone (except the politicians) has to be very careful not to offend anyone.<\/p>\n
Blind people are now visually challenged, deaf people are aurally challenged, ugly people are aesthetically challenged, fat or heavy-set people are now people of mass. Psychopaths are socially misaligned, crooks are ethically challenged, short people are statured differently.
\nMinority groups are numerically challenged groups, females are persons of gender and I\u2019m pretty sure a drooling drunk idiot would be referred to as a person on the floor. Janitors go by sanitation engineers, dish washers are utensil sanitizers, farming is exploiting mother earth and a paper bag is a processed tree carcass.<\/p>\n
And of course even the politically correct are only politically correct for a period of time\u2026.
\nDeaf became hearing impaired before becoming aurally challenged and blind was sight impaired prior to being visually challenged. Retarded is not acceptable at all, while mentally handicapped has been replaced with mentally challenged. Fat isn\u2019t acceptable \u2014 big boned was ok for a while, but the correct terminology is now alternative body image.<\/p>\n
So \u2014 has our politically correct culture gone too far? It is never proper to use any language when talking to, or about, another human being that would purposely hurt or offend them. However, if these changes in terminology are meant to censor the person\u2019s right to free speech, that censorship undermines American values. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s happened, but political correctness has gone too far when people become afraid to speak the truth or their own minds for fear of becoming labeled a racist or sexist or upsetting some individual or group. Like any \u201cmovement,\u201d political correctness needs to be exercised with a bit of common sense\u2026.
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The Presidential campaign is heating up and it seems like politics and politicians have reached a new low. I\u2019m not sure how much being \u201cpolitically correct\u201d means anymore \u2014 at least not with politicians. But I was thinking about how … Continue reading