How many of you would consider yourself conscious of being politically correct? If you have an opinion about something, do you worry about sharing or stating your opinion if it might hurt someone's feelings or offend them? This could apply to anything from posing on a message board to real life face to face conversations.
Now I'm not talking about being hateful. However, many who are PC conscious tend to feel any point of view that could potential offend someone is hateful. Personally, I find the whole PC deal to be one of the most damaging things on earth to our society, specifically here in the U.S. The idea that all ideas and choices are equal is a ridiculous one. The idea that a differing opinion and stating it is hateful is a ridiculous one.
Here are some prime examples:
*You can't say you think homosexuality is morally wrong or you'll offend someone. The fact that others might find homosexual behavior offensive doesn't matter, only the other side's opinion matters.
*You can't say men are typically stronger than women, because they're might be a woman who's stronger than some man. We should live and assume we're all of equal strength.
*You can't say the U.S. is the greatest country in the world, because you might offend someone who lives in another country thousands of miles away. Worse yet, you might offend the Mexican who came to the U.S. because it's a better country than Mexico with more opportunity and although he knows that (that's why he came) he doesn't want to hear it and you should be sensitive.
You can't say food stamps are out of control, you might offend someone on food stamps. You can't say the black murder rate is 10x that of all other races in the U.S. because that hurts people's feelings regardless of it being true, so it's best to pretend it's not true, forget about solving the problem, let's just ignore it. The list goes on and on.
I know most here will not care about this, but it's something that drives me crazy and so there you go. Feel free to flame away or share your thoughts :)