Can you be to political correct?

Question

Is their anything wrong with being too politically correct, my dad and brother get on to me all the time and say that I need to just chill out. Its just who I am, for example I don't say g*y I say homosexual and I even call our local chinese the oriental establishment. Do you think I need to chill or is it my brother and father with the problem.

Answer 1

Calling the local Chinese the "Oriental Establishment" is not PC. Oriental is a type of rug not a type of person.

Answer 2

Definitely yes.  PC is used to silence people you don't agree with.  That's why the Dems use it all the time as they oppose dissenting thought.

Answer 3

Your examples are an interesting result of being "too politically correct."  The word "g*y" became the PC substitute for "Homo" or "q***r" and is what most "g**s" prefer to be called if you must discriminate them.

"Black" was the substitute for the "N" word which became unpopular and "African American" became more correct except for those who never had ancestors in Africa.  Do you call dark people in Scotland African Scotsmen?"  American Whites born in Africa don't like the term used to describe them.  "Oriental" has been out in the US for 50 years.

Is "indian" the proper term for native americans simply because Columbus thought he had landed in India?

The correct thing is not to use these terms in a derogatory manner to hurt anyone.

Answer 4

Since so many people use the term "polically correct" in so many different ways I can't even tell whether you think YOU are being too PC or your dad and brother are.

I don't think saying "g*y" vs "homosexual" really matters. Neither is derogatory. As for "the oriental extablishment" I don't even know what that means or why you would say it. I think a good rule is that if you wouldn't call a local Chinese person, "the Oriental establishment" to their face then you are being deceitful and cowardly.  If you have no problem saying that, then fine.

That's my opinion.