Sunday, September 26, 2004

This from the Opinion section of the AZStar here in Tucson...

Actually, Milano was just a man who had twigged to an inherent flaw of political correctness - meaning its tendency to stifle the communication it purports to enhance, making people so nervous about saying the wrong thing that they end up saying nothing.
Indeed, shutting up must sometimes seem like a smart move in a nation in which the victim hat is always being passed around, and people seldom miss an excuse to declare themselves mortally affronted.
You learn to keep questions to yourself; cultural difference becomes something polite people do not discuss or even acknowledge - which leads to a chain of events as predictable as a chemical reaction: silence to ignorance to prejudice to hate to heaven knows.


He is talking about a web site that, although not new, is emerging as the place to be to talk about whatever's on your mind concerning people that are different from you. No political correctness there, although I'm sure if you say the 'wrong' thing someone will jump on your ass. This guy makes a good point though about the chain of events resulting from political correctness. It makes sense.

Oh, the web site is http://www.yforum.com

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