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Natu...
Okay...you lost comments right off the bat simply because you were very theoretical. Plus, in speaking from a psychological stand point this topic may have been a bit too deep for many of those individuals who "don't know how to swim" or "just recently learned how to swim" on such topics. 
Please tell me if I'm understanding the guilt part correctly. Do you mean that (and I'll use me as an example) I choose to use words such as African American (in lieu of black or nigger) or Mexican (in lieu of wetback), because I'm Caucasion (in lieu of white) and Cacasions were responsible for slavery? Am I choosing to be PC, because I feel guilty about slavery? Please tell me more about the guilt factor...hey, tell us all! Do another post!
Bringing up the text books really hit home with me. I realize there are several "institutions" out there who fear offending someone or having a law suit raised against them. BUT, we are deluding our children. In many ways, PC negates facts. PC (in so many cases) paints a rose-colored past and present.
I'll tell ya what...let me read part III and then sum my thoughts and ideas up in that post's comment section. This is a very exciting topic!
posted by
---Masky---
on May 18, 2007 at 1:56 PM
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Lensman,
thanks for your comments. I think you're correct in suggesting that many people (the majority?) don't seem to be too disturbed by PC and shrug it off as a bit of an inconsequential nuisance. (The almost deafening silence in response to these notes are symptomatic, I think. I should write more stuff about my cat,
.) I suspect also that many even agree with some of the 'symptoms' of this malaise. Or maybe all of this is too 'theoretical'. I'll just have to jazz it up a bit more, but I think that will come. My main problem right now is that my time is rather limited.
posted by
Nautikos
on May 31, 2006 at 6:54 AM
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Nautikos
Great job here on a disturbing issue. I wonder if we'll ever get this Genie back into the bottle. "Merrily proliferating" indeed. Perhaps the only answer is a counter-proliferation of posts and other writings such as yours. What you and Ariel are saying about a death wish sounds about right to me. Mind you, a death wish suggests an awareness of danger and an obtuse refusal to act against it. In fact, I believe that not enough folks are aware of PC's threat, which is why it's doing so well. I suspect most don't think about it at all or, if they do, they simply shrug it off as a fact of life, perhaps a simple nuisance. Or worse, they embrace it. Keep writing, Nautikos
posted by
Lensman
on May 31, 2006 at 12:46 AM
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Ariel,
thanks for dropping in and commenting.
I think you are correct in saying there is a death wish in Western culture, although I would hope that it isn't strong enough to define us (yet?). The old eros-thanatos polarity is still intact, I think. And I don't think PC is an expression of that death wish as much as a profound loss of confidence. Of course, a loss of confidence can lead to suicidal thoughts...
posted by
Nautikos
on May 26, 2006 at 2:20 PM
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Nautikos
Our western societies have a powerful death wish ; which will be satisfied some time in the not too distant future. Wish hard enought and all your dreams'll come true. I honestly think sometimes that we don't deserve to survive
posted by
ariel70
on May 26, 2006 at 1:26 PM
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