Platt thinks "political correctness" is "coercive stifling of opinion and intrusive moralizing" and is "sanctioned by authorities in government, business and academe who constantly preach tolerance, sensitivity, caring and compassion. Attacks on dissenters, however, are not seen as a problem". Platt also told us what these stifled dissenters would say if not for "intrusive moralizing".,, Platt said: ...let me challenge anyone to name mainstream colleges who allow voices to argue that fundamentalist Christianity is admirable, or that Western culture is superior to other cultures, or that woman's place is in the home, or that homosexuality is a perversion, or that there are racial differences in intelligence, or that the Holocaust is a fiction, or that universal health care includes death panels, or that racial profiling has benefits, or that abortion should be criminalized, etc., etc.
dmb says: This just freaks me out. What sane person would defend male superiority, white supremacy, genocide, lies, racism and religious fanaticism, let alone in a philosophy forum? Is it just my subjective opinion or is Platt morally retarded in some objective, scientific sense? But seriously, what kind of person feels oppressed by so-called political correctness? Isn't is just about common decency and respect toward others. The perspectives represented in Platt's list all translate into the denigration of anyone who is not a god fearing American white man who hates women, gays, blacks, jews and intellectuals. That's just Platt's self portrait, I guess. Dave the disgusted. _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
