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PW: I think you're failing to understand the idea of "entity". Suggest rereading the thread.
Haus, I have read and re-read this thread many times, and I sincerely believe I have not confused or even failed to understand the idea of "entity". Indeed, it seems I know perfectly well what the word means and chose to use it within MY OWN particular context. Also, although I knew others have used the word "entity" in this forum, note how I hadn't placed the word within speech marks in the aforementioned post on purpose, to be more general and avoid talking about any specific post.
I feel I should also type that, much the same as The Media, "The powers that be", and other phrases, the label and meaning of PC can be seen (rightly or wrongly) to be a kind of ephemeral force, which (as I've typed elsewhere about such "entities"/phrases) is constituted by many advocates who use and / or acknowledge the it without actually acknowledging that they are also a contributing factor/member of such an "entity", if indeed it actually exists or not.
Indeed earlier, Haus, I myself used the phrase "PC Hell" and you yourself later accused me of seeing PC as a "monad"; both of which suggest that PC can be seen as an independent force of some kind -- which is one of the reasons why I said I personally didn't want to be side-tracked by such considerations and suggested they would be more relevant to the Temple. But again, I've typed enough and I REALLY don't want to get side-tracked.
So, back to the topic in hand (and I may be wrong to use this example here, but), I have personal experience of what MAY be called a "PC policy" being adopted by various companies and institutions in the past, for my Mum worked in Personnel for nearly thirty years. Over this period she was (I'm very proud to type) instrumental in implementing employment policy which was fair both for the majority AND any social minority -- the "majority" of workers in the UK at the time being white, male, heterosexual, with no clear and distinct physical or mental issues, and being under accepted retirement age, etc.
However, I distinctly remember her often coming home upset and annoyed that some of her smaller-minded colleagues had virtually and wrongly accused her of implementing a "PC Hell", when she clearly wasn't. Indeed, in fact she was (thankfully) implementing new policy dictated by both the changing times AND the Law which would make working life better for ALL concerned-- for the record, the only difference (as far as I can see) between her colleagues comments with my post in the Greenpeace Viral Ad thread are the intent and (therefore) the context with which we used the phrase, "PC Hell".
To believe and / or state, therefore (if indeed anybody actually does) that PC is merely some kind of fictional "monad", is (IHMO) patently untrue, misguided and distracting. Whether used by the Left, the Right, or those of us who try and avoid such outdated false-dichotomies and look outside of that particular parenthesis, the phrase "PC" refers to a very practical and continuing social exercise (even if, to some degree or other, we really should label this exercise with a better, less emotive phrase).
As I typed before, this change in society and social policy owes far more to various civil rights movements and their activities, than to some mysterious (I dunno) "PC God-force"; but to call the practical application of fair language and legislature "Politically Correct" is not necessarily a bad thing per se, is it? Indeed, as I keep typing, surely it's about context,.... isn't it? [please note, for the sake of clarity, that this is another wholeheartedly genuine question on my part!] |
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