 Originally Posted by MinionZombie
Re-read my statement, if Labour breed a culture of PC-obsessiveness, it's only going to filter down into other aspects of society, ergo, they're the source.
Also, like I said, the original intent of political correctness when it was started, was justified and good, and has brought about worthwhile change - such as women being equal to men and so on...it's still being worked out as the old farts who never believed such things die out, and the new breed of people take their places.
Also, "hug a hoody" was the tabloid dumbing down and slogan-poking version of the original intent. The original intent was, basically, "understand your enemy", which is a very mature and worthwhile route to follow. If you don't understand the "problem", how are you ever going to deal with it? "Hug a hoody" was a bunch of tabloid back-chat, therefore, the message of understanding the issue has been lost...typical.
Labour can't keep jack shiite quiet, and even if they did, someone else would find out whatever they're hiding ... but then again, all parties across the entire world are the same, there's always palms to be greased as a thank you for acquiring inside information.
With political correctness, Labour have taken a good idea, as usual, and f*cked it up and taken it so far beyond the original intent that it's become more of a hindrance than a help.
indeed, well you think political correctness only spiralled out of control once new labour were in power, but you don't really back it up, it's just rhetoric - labour breed a culture of pc obsessiveness ergo, theyre the source and all that, well, how do they breed it?
i think you'll find the bias of the largely left wing, middle class british media bred it, and despite what you may like to think, the government does not have that much control over the output of the media - indeed, the media has more sway over what the government does in a perverse sort of way.
things such as the black population of britain being given more rights & the waves of immigrants in the 50s and 60s have pushed our society towards a tendency to become more accepting & sensitive to minorities and certain sensitivities.
being tolerant, accepting and sensitive towards those who are not like you has become a desirable trait, and rightly so.
however, as with all social trends, some people take it too far, and the eventual extension of this culture of acceptance is the silly degrees of political correctness you sometimes find in today's society.
while new labour have, since 1997, fostered an environment which often panders to these irrational sensibilities, to lay the blame for PC thuggery solely or largely at their door is unreasonable, as political correctness was spinning out of control long before 1997, with police having ridiculous vocabulary guidelines in the early to mid nineties & the like.
pop bands were writing songs like this in 1994
http://www.absolutelyrics.com/lyrics...achers/p.c.p./
here's an article from 1993 showing that PCness had become an issue to the point where there were anti PC movements on both sides of the pond
http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org...1/molyneux.htm
i'm not saying labour don't fan the flames, so to speak, but saying they are largely the reason for it's spread is simply not true, it's almost propagandist rhetoric given your pronounced anti labour stance & lack of citational evidence, yknow?
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) should have absolutely no influence over what is taught. Schools in America are/were winning out against the whole Creationism thing, why should this be happening? Slightly different features to both arguments, but essentially the comparison is there.
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