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Originally Posted by gastan
There is everything wrong with being politically correct. The term itself implies a condition imposed by others against your better judgment. It shows a sheep mentality which "goes with the flow." It implies a weak willed wuss that doesn't have enough backbone to have any principles of their own, right or wrong as they may be. It leads to ridiculous and outrageous situations such as banning books.
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This is the argument of someone who wants their own prejudices reinforced, who refuses to speak on neutral terms. People who's arguments are so weak they need the terms rather than the ideas to speak for them. The people who won't use words like pro-life and pro-choice because if they can throw in a word that insults the other side then they have no argument. Neutral terms, the politically correct ones avoid implicature.
Rather than being a "weak willed wuss" it shows someone willing to discuss merits rather than connotations. This is useful.
Censoring the past is not so useful however and censoring art is I think unkind to the artist.