Do you ever get tired of being "politically correct"?

‘Do you find it annoying’ Yes!

Yes, as well. We need to use some common sense.

Fuck “politically correct”, man, just have good taste.

very. I am australian, and I find the hyper vigilance of political correctness very tiresome now.

Yes I do.
Kindness, common sense, politeness are all great, political correctness often goes too far.

No, because I always try to avoid being too politically correct! What annoys me more is when I see others being politically correct to the point where they can’t even see how biased they are themselves.

When it comes to terms referring to people, I use the terms that they want to be called on average. And I trust myself to know which terms are obviously derogatory.

Saying “holiday tree” instead of “Christmas tree” is frivolous political correctness. But saying “homosexual” instead of “faggot” is not political correctness, it’s just common sense/sensitivity.

As much as I don’t want to offend anyone, it can be difficult to remain politically correct all the time.

I suppose my answer is ‘no’ because I never try to be PC but am always ‘accused’ of doing this anyway since people really really dislike dealing with their racism, sexism, homophobia and would rather bitch about how the world has gone PC. If you’re tired of being PC, do everyone a favor and don’t be, you’ll find plenty of people who’ll be happy to join you in offending others. I do recognize that you can’t please everyone but if you care to be inclusive, if you care to be an ally, to be an agent of change, you’ll never think of reworking your language as tiresome.

What I get tired of is when people who complain about the PC police turn around and whine about how offensive liberals and atheists are to them.

Like how Christians complain about the “war on Christmas” and how they have to say “happy holidays” ... while simultaneously bitching about how mean and unpolite that Richard Dawkins is, and why can’t those rude atheists just leave them alone and stop oppressing Christians.

@DominicX
GA! There is a difference between taking it over board with being politically correct and being considerate. Thanks :)

I intensely dislike PCness. It’s counterproductive and disingenuous.

I think that people’s own self guilt about their real opinions is what drives it, so we create euphemisms in order to put a pretty face while continuing to be asses to each other, but asshats of the worst kind.

People don’t think that mentally or physically disabled people are “differently-abled”. That implies they have other abilities not common in the general population, they just can’t/won’t say they are either “retarded” or “crippled”. But of course the best idea probably would be to not categorize them at all and treat them as a person.

He’s not “Special”, his name is f*****g Bob.

@Qingu, I have to agree with you about the complaints of Christians. I am a Christian also, but I can’t expect everyone else to be one, especially these days. I also am really annoyed at Richard Dawkins and find him offensive, but I will defend to the death his right to say what he thinks. I do wish, however, that he would grant me and the other people he meets the same rights.

@GracieT I’m not sure why you think Dawkins wouldn’t grant you the same rights you grant him.

I would if I actually bothered to do so. That has gotten me into a bit of trouble over the years since people seem to value dogma over semantic accuracy, but I think that people like that who are just looking for a fight just need to go out and get laid.

I don’t think I’m politically correct or most of the time fluther-correct but I’d be doing myself wrong if I pretended. Instead what I try to do is present what I think would be the best/most productive answer alongside what I’d actually do or have experience knowledge of.

For example:
What would you do if you found out your SO was cheating behind your back?
The best/most productive answer in my opinion would be to tell the person to cut their losses, conserve their energy, tread carefully and ditch the cheater.

My gut response is to kick the holy hell out of the cheater, give them a tongue lashing about abused trust and honor and then let everyone we know what a sneaking louse they are/have been.

No, not really.