Re:Politically-correct witch-hunt is killing free speech
by smoe on Sunday August 09, 2020 @11:01PM
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I once almost got killed joking that LGBTQIAA2S+ looks more like a password than an initialism ...
But I don't really care personally about any specific words so that is not where I see the problem.
What I'm worried about is when entire topics become taboo and impossible to discuss. I don't think this is specific to "PC culture", its just different topics that get avoided than in other in-groups.
As an example, During the "European refugee crisis", even as a leftist, in favor of letting the people in, it has been neigh impossible to discuss any potential problems without getting called or at least suspected a Nazi or similar.
But I don't really care personally about any specific words so that is not where I see the problem.
What I'm worried about is when entire topics become taboo and impossible to discuss. I don't think this is specific to "PC culture", its just different topics that get avoided than in other in-groups.
As an example, During the "European refugee crisis", even as a leftist, in favor of letting the people in, it has been neigh impossible to discuss any potential problems without getting called or at least suspected a Nazi or similar.