From: jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison)
Subject: Re: Seattle, anyone?
Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 17:47:30 GMT

In article <1992Aug21.203735.11260@sfu.ca> probst@fraser.sfu.ca (Scott Probst) writes:
>In article <1992Aug21.202345.24264@cs.ubc.ca> hassan@cs.ubc.ca (Moustafa M Hassan) writes:
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>>* Moustafa Hassan          |                                       *
>>* hassan@cs.ubc.ca         |  Political correctness is a euphemism *  
>>* TEL/FAX: (604) 535-2826  |  for intellectual stagnation.         *
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>
>just thought is worth a comment: "political correctness" doesn't exist,
>except in the minds of those who want to dismiss pressure to stop
>treating the world as if it exists in convenient, predetermined categories
>that allow us to easily dismiss the rights of others. "political 
>correctness" was invented by those who refuse to open themselves to
>change.


Ah yes! What a politically incorrect faux-pas! After all, by calling you
"politically-correct" we are in fact defining you, which is A Bad Thing,
according to all the deconstructionist-postmodern types. By defining you
this way, we are taking away your "empowerment", we are limiting you, and
trying to use the Establishment to oppress you. By trying to control the 
language that defines you, we are taking away your right to define yourself.
IF you can't define yourself in your own lingustic and socio-cultural terms,
you will only see yourself in negative, oppressive terms of all us White
Males.

Let's "deconstruct" the term "Politicallyy Correct":
The term is used by white(male)heterosexual-oppressors-sexist-homophobic-
priveleged-racist-exploiters-earth-destroying-european type people,  to
label the "cultural left" as they sometimes prefer to call themselves.

By using this term, they show the fear of losing their power over others.
By using the term "politically correct", all those white European males are
trying to make those who shout down intellectuals who disagree with them;banning
classic literature, revising history, banning philosophers, economists,
authors, artists etc. because they are white and Europeans etc.  seem like
like a radical and Bad Thing! Gosh, the nerve of all those white european males!
Intellectual freedom, liberty etc. are just catch phrases to cover up the
(inherently) oppressive tendencies of white society.

So in future Moustaffa (who's not even a white European! Must have been 
"co-opted"), don't use the phrase "politically correct" (that's politically
IN-correct), use phrases like "the culural left" or "defenders of victims
of European 'culture',or  "mostly-white-middle-class-do-gooders-who-are-trying
to-cope-with-their-own-angst-by-defending-groups-who-are-doing-very-well-on
their-own-in-spite-of-quotas"

(Waiting to discuss Virginia Woolf with Jody Foster)

jpm

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>-- 
>Scott Probst: Brain and Behaviour Laboratory, Psychology dept, SFU
>              Graduate Issues Officer, Simon Fraser Student Society.
>e-mail: probst@fraser.sfu.ca - ph: (604) 291 3354/3181 - fax: (604) 291 5843
>              "yes, well, and here we go again..." - Dr H. S. Thompson


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