Category Archives: Political Correctness

This House Believes Political Correctness is Sane and Necessary

Posted on 17 October 2009 by Robert

So, I was invited to take part in a debate at the Cambridge Union on Thursday night. We were debating the motion “This House Believes That Political Correctness is Sane and Necessary”, and naturally, I was proposing the motion. Continue reading →

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Social Cost of Slavery

Posted on 2 February 2009 by Robert

The unease of great-grandparents long-since buried, still festers in the soul, and it cannot be excised by education, science or modernity. Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Political Correctness, USA | Leave a comment

Kowtowing to the Bigots

Posted on 24 June 2008 by Robert

So I fear that the complainers are merely homophobic bigots of the most humourless kind. Whether they are religiously motivated or not, we do not know. But it looks like an illiberal assault on freedom of expression to me – a tiny minority of people with minority beliefs imposing their will on the rest of us. What’s the moral difference between this, and the Mohammed cartoons fiasco? Continue reading →

Posted in Art and Cultures, Political Correctness | 21 Comments

Another PC Myth is born

Posted on 24 January 2008 by Robert

I am sadly confident that this story will join the canon of PC myths, alongside Winterval and the Royal Bank of Scotland Piggy Banks, which ‘prove’ that we are being overrun by barbarians. In fact, when British cultural practices and values come up against minority sensibilities, they usually win out. Continue reading →

Posted in Multiculturalism, Political Correctness | 4 Comments

Who to blame?

Posted on 27 August 2007 by Robert

Online writing has many advantages. It is immediate, and allows space for dissenting opinion where other media fail. It also provides a space to write without compromise. I think most bloggers (and blog commenters) would describe themselves as ‘uncompromising’, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Philosophy, Media, Political Correctness | 4 Comments

The System Works (again)

Posted on 24 July 2007 by Robert

I’m way behind the news cycle on this, but it is noteworthy that some of those people who incited violence in reaction to those Mohammed cartoons have been imprisoned. The PigDogFucker points out a useful statistic: Now the judicial process … Continue reading →

Posted in Multiculturalism, Political Correctness | 3 Comments

Ownership of Women

Posted on 17 April 2007 by Robert

Even if women have formal political equality, there still exists in society an unspoken, second-order sexism. Yet another reason why there is a place for the ideology of political correctness, which can expose and shame these attitudes Continue reading →

Posted in Debate, Monarchy, Political Correctness | 7 Comments

The True Meaning of Christmas?

Posted on 11 December 2006 by Robert

The “true meaning of Christmas” is in fact ‘Feasting and Family’. The dogmatic Christians forget this, and seek to impose their narrow definition of Christmas onto OUR winter festival! This is a real example of ‘Political Correctness Gone Mad’ Continue reading →

Posted in Debate, Political Correctness, Religion | 19 Comments

Hideously White

Posted on 10 December 2006 by Robert

Will anyone be annoyed? If so, I guess it is more likely to be those who are already annoyed with the concept of political correctness. Continue reading →

Posted in Political Correctness | 5 Comments

Still defending Political Correctness

Posted on 8 January 2006 by Robert

Moulding your vocabulary does not mean supression of ideas Continue reading →

Posted in Political Correctness | 5 Comments