What's with all the political correct polls?

[Mountainman]

Do you still think for yourself?

Are your a DU Dittohead?

[asthmaticeog]

1. Um, is wasting resources the same as "thinking for yourself?"

What the fuck are you even on about?

[Winterblues]

2. Is being politically correct a bad thing?

Usually it is to not offend someone. Do you think that is a worthy goal?

[hack89]

4. What if I was truely offend by gay rights?

would you self-censor your speech to accommodate me?

[Mountainman]

6. No, but that is not the question I'm asking.

If the group has one good idea that does not mean all it's ideas are good. You may agree with the group on and idea and if it is your own thinking that gets you there good.

It is not a good thing to let other people do your thinking for you.

check this out:

IMMANUEL KANT
An Answer to the Question:
What is Enlightenment? (1784)
Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one's understanding without guidance from another. This immaturity is self-imposed when its cause lies not in lack of understanding, but in lack of resolve and courage to use it without guidance from another. Sapere Aude! "Have courage to use your own understanding!"--that is the motto of enlightenment.

Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why so great a proportion of men, long after nature has released them from alien guidance (natura-liter maiorennes), nonetheless gladly remain in lifelong immaturity, and why it is so easy for others to establish themselves as their guardians. It is so easy to be immature. If I have a book to serve as my understanding, a pastor to serve as my conscience, a physician to determine my diet for me, and so on, I need not exert myself at all. I need not think, if only I can pay: others will readily undertake the irksome work for me. The guardians who have so benevolently taken over the supervision of men have carefully seen to it that the far greatest part of them (including the entire fair sex) regard taking the step to maturity as very dangerous, not to mention difficult. Having first made their domestic livestock dumb, and having carefully made sure that these docile creatures will not take a single step without the go-cart to which they are harnessed, these guardians then show them the danger that threatens them, should they attempt to walk alone. Now this danger is not actually so great, for after falling a few times they would in the end certainly learn to walk; but an example of this kind makes men timid and usually frightens them out of all further attempts.

more
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~mgamer/Etexts/kant.html

[Winterblues]

8. What exactly are "gay rights"?

How does "gay rights" differ from human rights?

[Mountainman]

5. I think that if you let the group do your thinking for you yes it is a bad thing.

If you come up with the same opinion that the group has and came up with it on your own, good.

The herd mentality is what gets us in trouble. The group or, DU political correctness, is a prejudiced view and does not take into account all factors. It is wrong to use peer pressure to get someone to act or think a certain way.

[Help_I_Live_In_Idaho]

3. I Hate Political Correctness

Few people want to go around offending people, but the problem is that expressing an opinion is offensive to some people, being honest is offensive to many. Having a divergent view of religion, politics, sex differences, morality, philosophy, poetry, art, and love can and will offend people. And when you enforce political correctness you effectively shut down dialog and progress.

The fact is people choose to be offended. I am offended by racism and classicism and sexism but I don't let my being offended shut off my and others' right to free speech.

Better to be offended by words and thoughts than to have to pretend and lie about your beliefs and thoughts everywhere you go.
:hippie:

And, by the way, political correctness is worse in small hick republican towns. I live in one and the political correctness makes it like living in NAZI Germany.

[Bluebear]

7. 'The fact is people choose to be offended.' - blame the victim mentality

[Help_I_Live_In_Idaho]

9. The point is free thought and speech are a right - to censor is to victimize

1. Go to China and offend government or officials. Then you will be a victim.

2. Who decides what to censor? If Bush had had that power there would be no Democratic Underground because it offends the conservatives.

3. If we were the ones who decided what to censor. There would be no republicans or conservatives and you would be jailed for conservative speech.

4. It is in the bill of rights and that is why you won't be jailed for saying shit or fuck, or bitch or dick.

5. I'm so sorry. I used bad words and I am offending and victimizing people - Oh, Please, let me make amends. Let me change your diapers. :puke:

[Help_I_Live_In_Idaho]

10. Here Here - Tip one for me

;)

[Bluebear]

11. Whatever.