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| quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
Have you ever read a book by Robert Jay Lifton called "Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism?"
Now THAT's conditioning. To be honest, ethics seems to be something that, in the West, we have a relatively poor grasp on and I am hesitant to ascribe such a noble attribute to whatever very, very moderate "conditioning" may be ascribed to political correctness.
I don't disagree with you that political correctness has its epic failures, but I am also hesitant to discuss such matters when there isn't a very practical foundation for such a conversation to begin with. I'll tell you that I've lived in co-operatives when the first glimmers of PC hysterics were floating about in a milieu of leftist propagandistic soup and saw, very easily, that the moral platitudes of those who espoused them were nothing more or less than hypocrisy once a full observation of their personal practices was taken into account.
The women who were quick to ascribe sexism to a man's basic word choice, such as "his"tory vs. "her"story, were also eager to obtain some sort of formally ordained control over almost everyone around them. They besieged kindness to animals while they spoke in haranguing tones about the often measly indiscretions of other people and seemed to be perplexed by their own sexuality, for when push came to shove, the very asshole who they derided, they dated.
Men, when not perversely cowed into an indifferent, pacifistic cowardice which masqueraded as some Gandhi-esque bravado, were also tortured into their own transgressions against the practical, going so far as to invite a homeless man who we found ourselves uniquely unqualified to care for, into our home; who three months later had to be asked to leave after writing psychotic love letters to two of the female tenants. He was later seen standing on the opposing sidewalk, from her window, with a sign that read, "I LOVE YOU LISA".
The old Russian proverb, "He lies like an eye-witness", seems to have object lessons that pervade such social fads. People preach fairness, but often it seems to be a sort of fairness which functions as a false axiom used as a fulcrum to wrest away the power they've deluded themselves into believing will satisfy them. In so many ways, unsound ideas are fostered out of some form of narcissism in which man (and woman) attempts to play god in order to foil his own inner-demons.
In that way, decrying political correctness is, in itself, a form of imposing political correctness. While one side wants others to adhere to "so-called" ethical standards the other side wants nothing to do with any entanglement that would shed the light of empathy necessary to reach a consensus. Each side is psychologically determined to find its own object lessons with which to debate but neither is truly interested in the logical resolution of such matters. All too often, they've found that hyperbole and other forms of logical fallacy suit their own arguments better than does the plain and utter truth.
Issues are buried in lunatic fantasies and no one who is informed on such issues has any more say than those who aren't. Both sides argue over lies they believe to be true and any semblance of the truth is lost in the mundane dialogue of pundits. All conflict is based in utter fallacy. One side believes something which isn't true and, at effort to coax a more favorable position, the other side is quick to adopt kernels of truth wrapped in their own bullshit.
Name any issue - global warming, sexism, racism, economics, et al - and there will be a laundry list of ways in which those who were in power found a way to use it for either financial profit or outright narcissistic gratification - and sometimes, both. Do I concern myself with issues? Absolutely, but not to any political extent and certainly not to adhere to social convention, since it seems, all too often, society is just plain wrong.
The contemporary views on illegal immigration, for instance, are often so uninformed that it would seem those who hold them actually want to believe that all Mexicans who live and work in the country illegally are doing so because they're too lazy to fix their own. Unfortunately, what's a monumental failure of consideration is that it is our country, who with our pig farms deregulated through NAFTA to the benefit of our corporations, who continuously takes a giant crap on Mexico. It is our drug laws which have created a thriving and violent narco-economy. It is our businesses who finance corrupt political elections.
The end result is that very often the people who decry political correctness are the ones who piss and moan about the "illegal aliens" as though it were somehow not a viable option to invade our country. Lou Dobb's economic parasites are really nothing more or less than economic refugees, but finding someone who can acknowledge that and see things for what they really are is very, very difficult. I'm certainly not saying they don't create problems for us, here in the states, but look at the problems we've created for them.
So, yes, political correctness may be some form of brainwashing but so is your version of political correctness - your derision of the "European" guilt trip. You seem to be advocating that ethical consideration is something that is uncalled for because it is inconvenient. With the WHO declaring Swine Flu a level 5 pandemic (sure to be elevated to level 7 from everything I've read or heard), it's safe to say that had ethical constraints been employed at the ground-zero pig facility, there could have been a much different outcome.
Political correction is enviable compared to human beings in the throws of a cytokine storm and with CNN - owner of Lou Dobbs - just now broadcasting to "Expect Death" an all-the-more somber reminder that the end result of our very impractical political incorrectness is outright calamity. I'm not for political correctness, but you've got to be insane if you can't make the connection to your own folly. |
Awesome =)
But, A shorthanded paragraph of what is it that you are trying to get accross would be much appreciated, because there is a lot in there that doesn't really address the topic directly. Much of it has relevance towards broader social, cultural, ethical, political, philosophical attributes towards issues. But I admire your ability to communicate eloquently, and your interest and energy inputted into the topic. But please do make it more concise and accessible so there can actually be dialogue of ideas focused on the topic. Thanks for the input and knowledge no doubt.
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Its a war people die oh well. But I'm not going to lie about that war and keep of a facade about what did or did not happen. History is written by the winners you know.
