# If you whine about political correctness, you're a bigot **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 20, 2015, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671 "2015-07-20T07:12:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/341 "2015-07-28T00:48:56Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I don’t think you know what that word means however I defend your right to misuse it. François-Marie Poulpe! ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/342 "2015-07-28T01:05:40Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > Absolutely! Except I’m not sure you’re using the words “summarily”, “wins” and “debate” correctly. Or that **adaher** remembers the OP isn’t about whether ‘pc-ness’ exists or whether some liberal groups have ever been ridiculously oversensitive. > > Other than that, right on! Indeed, it exists, but one is a bigot to dare say so. Consider me summarily rebutted, bigot. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/343 "2015-07-28T01:09:40Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > Indeed, it exists, but one is a bigot to dare say so. > > Consider me summarily rebutted, bigot. You post like a tadpole does differential equations. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/344 "2015-07-28T01:43:22Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I don’t think you know what that word means however I defend your right to misuse it. You made claims about me for which you had no evidence, while demanding evidence from others of their claims about you. Hypocrite. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/345 "2015-07-28T01:46:12Z")
> [@andros](#): > > You made claims about me for which you had no evidence, while demanding evidence from others of their claims about you. Hypocrite. Ok. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/346 "2015-07-28T04:04:34Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > I apologize for my previous outburst. I had a stressful day and I took it out on Trinopus. I have no issue with him. In fact, he’s one of my favorite Dopers. I also have no issues against people with low IQ’s, nor people who stink, nor people with heads made out of poop, nor actual pieces of poop (embrace your fecal individuality, poop). Shut up, Tibbytard! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/347 "2015-07-28T05:03:22Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Shut up, Tibbytard! Well now! That’s just plain mean. What a mean man you are! What kind of a silly name is **Siam Sam** anyway? It’s very antiquated; archaic in fact. I demand that you change it to **Thailand Tim**. And don’t get any bright ideas about moving into **Trinopus** ’s and my neighborhood either, chum. You don’t remind me of any character from _The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet_ at all. No sir, my mental image of you is as Dr. Smith, from _Lost in Space_. You are a [screaming Dr. Smith](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz2_d6zWDhg)! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/348 "2015-07-28T08:54:37Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I’d be defensive if I were a member of a brain washed cult as well. Even Chris Rock is annoyed by you people. [http://townhall.com/tipsheet/kevinglass/2014/12/01/what-chris-rock-said-about-political-correctness-should-make-college-students-gasp-n1925772](http://townhall.com/tipsheet/kevinglass/2014/12/01/what-chris-rock-said-about-political-correctness-should-make-college-students-gasp-n1925772) What do you mean, “You people”? ---
**Author:** ![orangeapples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@orangeapples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orangeapples)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/349 "2015-07-28T09:39:44Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > What do you mean, “You people”? What do **you** mean, “You people”?! ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/350 "2015-07-28T13:14:50Z")
> [@](#): > > You post like a tadpole does differential equations. made me laugh! ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/351 "2015-07-28T23:21:23Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > You post like a tadpole does differential equations. Well, I like to think outside of the box. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/352 "2015-07-28T23:44:51Z")
_thumbs up_ ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/353 "2015-07-30T16:35:54Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > Well, I like to think outside of the box. That’s the opposite of how you make babies. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/354 "2015-07-30T18:46:03Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > That’s the opposite of how you make babies. I find it hard to think inside the box. ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/355 "2015-07-30T21:52:41Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > That’s the opposite of how you make babies. Cats can do it, maybe. I’m 50/50 on that. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/356 "2015-08-02T16:17:53Z")
The University of New Hampshire has a set of new speech codes. Many many problematic words. Homosexuals (the word!) is problematic and should be referred to “Same Gender Loving”, “American” is problematic and should be called something else, “foreigner” should be called “international people”, “Caucasian” is not just stupid, it’s also problematic and should be called “European-American individuals”, mothering and fathering are also problematic for some reason, “wheelchair user” is now a “person who is wheelchair mobile”, saying a person is “rich” is dobbel plus ungood and should be forthwhile be known as a “person of material wealth”, likewise “poor” sods should be known as “persons who lacks advantages that others have” because it sits so much better on the tongue. And so on and on. [Bias-Free Language Guide claims the word ‘American’ is ‘problematic’](http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=6697) Of course I completely acknowledge that if you think any of this is silly you’re a disgusting bigot. Btw., is Cultural Appropriation considered a variant of Political Correctness or more like a sister ideology? At least I think it’s pretty funny that white chicks with big booties and Miley Cyrus twerking hers are considered cultural appropriation – and apparently very very bad. Bad naughty girl! ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/357 "2015-08-02T16:26:04Z")
Next time I’m in a strip club I’ll loudly lament the problematic and ongoing examples cultural appropriation! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/358 "2015-08-03T05:57:04Z")
> [@Rune](#): > > The University of New Hampshire has a set of new speech codes. No, it[doesn’t](http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2015/07/29/university-president-offended-by-bias-free-language-guide). One particular group proposed a set of guidelines as a starting point for discussion, it’s not University policy and certainly not “a set of new speech codes”. Not the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/359 "2015-08-03T07:03:06Z")
What that guide shows though is that not only is complaining about PC NOT evidence of bigotry, but extreme PC is itself offensive. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671/360 "2015-08-03T12:12:16Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > What that guide shows though is that not only is complaining about PC NOT evidence of bigotry, but extreme PC is itself offensive. Only if you find the example everyone was complaining about (noting that “American” - as a national appellation - is kind of presumptuous) is offensive, rather than just silly. Nothing in that list was offensive, lots of it was silly - but again, it wasn’t University policy but explicitly _a starting point for discussion_, so who cares? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-whine-about-political-correctness-youre-a-bigot/725671.md?page=19)