Almost everyone hates Politicians and being Politically Correct. It has even garnered an acronym that everyone understands - PC. 'Being PC' is bad but everyone has to do it! and no one is happy about it. We have to be PC at work, PC at home, PC at social events and public places. In fact anyone defending Serena Williams against a cartoonist is being 'PC' (well ... this is besides the point).
So when can we not be PC? -
When we are by ourselves. Check.
In protected environment with like minded people - Check.
What does that tell you about you?
When we are by ourselves. Check.
In protected environment with like minded people - Check.
What does that tell you about you?
You can find out how compassionate you are just by checking your PC-o-meter. The more you HAVE TO be PC ( hold your tongue, before talking) - more Hateful, Biased and Inconsiderate person you are. It is that straight forward.
High on PC-o-meter = (directly proportional to) = High on Hate.
High on PC-o-meter = (directly proportional to) = High on Hate.
If you are carefree letting your thoughts flow with limited filter and still able to function without criticism or offending lot of people, that's a direct reflection of how good you are. Now obviously you might be a person with no social awareness of yourself, and you are going on and on in your hateful, biased and uncouth ways and don't care how uncomfortable you are making the world around you. THAT could also be the case.
Let's take a few examples of why you 'PC-Hater' actually wants the world to be PC -
Bad Language - You love to use Bad Words, bad words generally are either insulting, sexist, describing things that you won't wish on anyone. Still you love to use them as fun way to talk with your friends or blurt them out in stressful situations. Even you don't think people should be talking like you all over the place. Kids, adults, older people, politicians, leaders, managers, conference rooms, grocery stores. Should all of them be talking this way? If answer is no - then you are putting the PC gag to yourselves. Society as a whole is you multiplied by millions.
Biased hateful point of view - If your PC-o-Meter is at a high! I am sure your Tribalism is at a High too. Which means you identify yourself with your gender, religion, country and every other -ism you have tagged yourself with. You have opinions that spawn from your tribe and you have a black and while view about Me Vs Rest. This helps you to be hateful and you can generalize things easily. Obviously talking about How other's religion is bad, other tribe's country has bad culture, other tribe's people are cheap or dumb, other tribe's race is weak, Other Gender can't drive - You need to be careful and make sure all you are talking to are 'In the tribe'. So you have to have a High-PC-o-Meter and you will be PC-Hater. But I bet you flip the switch and you are the minority in the group that is hating you - You would love them to be a little PC.
In the end - It is an individual yardstick - If you are bothered by the PC world! maybe you need to introspect. Politicians have to do it, and hopefully if all of us don't 'have to do it' but instead do it naturally we all are in good hands.
