The Twisted Motives Behind Political Correctness - Exceptional Points For Everyone On GLP

I just read an exceptional article on political correctness. This article is a great read and goes to show so well what is behind all the petty fights that occur on GLP amongst all the diverse groups here. Every GLPer should read this and think about what exactly motivates their threads and their posts. Small excerpt that I find to be a great intro into the entire article:

"PC Elitism

One of the unfortunate side effects of religion is that proponents often use it as a means to feel superior to others. I have seen it in Christianity as much as I have seen it in any other belief system. It is the primary reason why I refuse to subscribe to organized and establishment-sanctioned spiritualism. Religion should be a personal experience first and foremost, not an easy way to fit in with the collective. Communing with others who share one’s beliefs should be secondary. Hypocritically, politically correct adherents often criticize Christians for their collectivist elitism while suffering from the same problem themselves.

PC culture allows participants to pretend as though they have some greater understanding of the world, an elevated knowledge of life that makes them superior to the uninitiated. It is important to understand that when a person pursues the methodology of zealotry, he doesn’t do it to make the world a better place; he does it to feel better about his place in the world.

The politically correct are so violent in the assertion of their ideals because they crave the subjugation of the mainstream and a recognition of their “rightness.” They don’t want people to “accept” their beliefs as tolerable. They want people to adore their beliefs as supreme. They want every man, woman and child to reinforce their ideals without question.

The malfunction of this philosophy is that zealots are never finished. They must always find new ways to feel superior to others. So they continuously engineer new taboos and new sins, no matter how ridiculous, so that they can forever look down upon the laymen. Because of this, there will never be an end to PC law. It will go on forever, labeling numerous social interactions and stances as “aberrant” — never satiated and never satisfied."

For the rest of this really great article, here is the link:

[link to www.alt-market.com]

This article has been a refreshing reminder of why I have taken such a disdain lately for coming onto GLP due to all the horrific comments I see posted from one "faction" directed at another "faction", whether it be Christian, atheist, gay, non-gay, the old, the young, etc.

I guess my bottom line is why can't we all just get along, agree to disagree, stop the bashing, and learn to respect other's belief systems, whether we agree with them or not.