A Rasmussen poll says that 71% of adults believe political correctness is bad for the United States.

 

A Farleigh Dickinson survey found that 68% of people believed political correctness to be "a big problem" for America.

 

What does BGP believe?

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/opinion/trump-obama-and-the-assault-on-political-correctness.html?_r=0

I believe it is bad for America, everyone seems to be too sensitive imo. And it almost feels like people are waiting for someone to slip up and say something not PC just to jump all over them for it.

There's a lot of baggage to unpack.

 

What some people consider being "politically correct" is simply being polite or treating people with dignity. I don't see anything wrong with this and most of us adhere to it whether we admit it or not. That some people believe we would be better off if we were more insulting is bizarre.

 

Some people consider being "politically correct" to be a social stigma against "telling it like it is." In my experience I don't think there is any problem for someone to "tell it like it is" as long as they can back it up. Instead, "telling it like it is" tends to be more like what I described above and is just meant to be insulting.

 

There are probably some extreme cases of obtusely-worded phrases being used that can rightly be made fun of. There are also attempts to shut down certain opinions (like a speaker being drowned out by protesters), but this seems to be a different thing altogether.

Absolutely bad for America. We are creating a place where everything has to be allowed and if someone chooses to do something, anything, it must be accepted and never questioned, because that would be intolerant.

Very bad!!!

 

#StopBeingOffendedByEverything

Seems more bad than good to me.

There's a lot of baggage to unpack.

 

What some people consider being "politically correct" is simply being polite or treating people with dignity. I don't see anything wrong with this and most of us adhere to it whether we admit it or not. That some people believe we would be better off if we were more insulting is bizarre.

 

Some people consider being "politically correct" to be a social stigma against "telling it like it is." In my experience I don't think there is any problem for someone to "tell it like it is" as long as they can back it up. Instead, "telling it like it is" tends to be more like what I described above and is just meant to be insulting.

 

There are probably some extreme cases of obtusely-worded phrases being used that can rightly be made fun of. There are also attempts to shut down certain opinions (like a speaker being drowned out by protesters), but this seems to be a different thing altogether.

 

^^^This pretty sums up my opinion.

 

In addition, I often hear "politically incorrect" thrown around as a way to characterize a situation when someone doesn't agree with some one else's opinion. Rather than taking a step a back, and considering or at least trying to understand the opposing view, it gets brushed aside and gets characterized as invalid due to it being a case of "political correctness".

 

It always amazes me when someone who has no skin in the game, tells someone who does, to "suck it up" or "get over it", and to stop being "politically correct".

There's a lot of baggage to unpack.

 

What some people consider being "politically correct" is simply being polite or treating people with dignity. I don't see anything wrong with this and most of us adhere to it whether we admit it or not. That some people believe we would be better off if we were more insulting is bizarre.

 

Some people consider being "politically correct" to be a social stigma against "telling it like it is." In my experience I don't think there is any problem for someone to "tell it like it is" as long as they can back it up. Instead, "telling it like it is" tends to be more like what I described above and is just meant to be insulting.

 

There are probably some extreme cases of obtusely-worded phrases being used that can rightly be made fun of. There are also attempts to shut down certain opinions (like a speaker being drowned out by protesters), but this seems to be a different thing altogether.

 

I personally don't think of polite and respectful as the same thing as politically correct.

 

I was raised to be polite and respectful of people and try to be irregardless of race, sex, religion, sexual orientation, etc.

 

I was also raised to stand up for myself, my beliefs, and I don't have to agree with everyone.

 

To me, PC is putting pressure on people to believe the same and agree the same.

 

That is not me. Never will be.

 

It's okay to have differing views. In fact it is healthy.

It's okay to have differing views. In fact it is healthy.

 

I absolutely agree with that. But if I don't agree with what someone says that doesn't mean I'm "offended" or being "PC."

I thought this opinion piece was interesting. More about the faux outrage that exists, which I believe gets intertwined with "political correctness."

 

Have We Worn Out Our Outrage? - Say Anything

^^^This pretty sums up my opinion.

 

In addition, I often hear "politically incorrect" thrown around as a way to characterize a situation when someone doesn't agree with some one else's opinion. Rather than taking a step a back, and considering or at least trying to understand the opposing view, it gets brushed aside and gets characterized as invalid due to it being a case of "political correctness".

 

It always amazes me when someone who has no skin in the game, tells someone who does, to "suck it up" or "get over it", and to stop being "politically correct".

 

Along those same lines, it amazes me how people can act like they are offended by a situation, even when they are not directly involved or are not the "target" of what is allegedly offensive. It seems like PC culture today consist of people are telling other people when they should be offended by something, instead of someone actually be offended.

Too many opinions on what is politically correct to really weigh this. There are probably as many opinions on PC as there are people. Bottom line to me is EVERYONE should be valued, treated with dignity, and deserve non judgment.

I thought this opinion piece was interesting. More about the faux outrage that exists, which I believe gets intertwined with "political correctness."

 

Have We Worn Out Our Outrage? - Say Anything

 

This is spot-on IMO.

Yes

It's very bad, because it creates a "Fool's Gold" environment. Everything seems ok, but in reality, everything is fake. People just saying what they really don't believe. It's all about appeasing and not rocking the boat. Lame duck society.