That is unfortunate
You have the right to say anything you want just expect there are consequences for what you say. If you want to say something that is rude and offensive people will take offense to it
This is actually a really interesting debate, but it is by no means a new one.
Public and political discourse about political correctness has always been on the menu of democratic countries: in the United States, for example, some circles were in uproar when the n-word and its derivants were slowly phased out of political speeches and media, and in my home-country of Denmark we recently had a very lively debate about the language we use when describing immigrants, particularly Middle-Eastern immigrants.
Like many other issues I think the debate about political correctness is a debate without end. Or, to paint a more vivid picture, I think it is an Ouroborus-debate; a debate that is eating itself. Person X will say Y, offending person Z, who will critizise X, who will say that he has the freedom to say Y - which will be true in many countries, but not in all. Z will say something about abusing freedom of speech, or about undue provocation and the debate will stall. There is no right answer: still, the historical trend has been in favor of political correctness, in the sense that politicians no longer say the n-word we no longer have politicians calling Arabs 'Mujahideens' or 'color-errors' ('fejlfarve' in my native language.)
We can safely say that we are progressing towards a society where language matters almost as much as your message, if not
as much. Can we objectively calculate whether or not this is a good thing? Of course not. Still, there are ups and downs associated with this phenomenon:
First of all we have seen a marked increase in PR-staff, both in the corporate and political world. Politicians have spin-doctors with degrees in language and politics, they have speech-writers, representatives, planned interactions with the public and they are often trained, coached by professionals who tell them exactly how to form a coherent, but vague answer perfectly every time. In the Danish parliament a large majority of the representatives have degrees in law and politics. To be a politician has become a career for professionals. The United States has shown a somewhat similar trend, only their parliament (both the Upper and Lower House) has become dominated by people with rich sponsors, or people who are rich themselves. A rich man's game. Can this be asribed to political correctness? Of course not, but it
is a factor. To be a politician today is to tread on eggshells around a menagerie of special interest groups and a very,
very active media. It's a full-time thing that requires a lot of knowledge; knowledge that is very hard to acquire without a degree, or a lot of spare-time.
But political corretness is not as much of a political issue as you would think. Really, it is much more of a corporate issue. In today's western nations you are freer than ever to say what is on your mind. Okay, there are gag laws in Spain and blasphemy laws in Germany (and Denmark for that matter) and laws against "LGBT propaganda" in Russia, but
in genera you are freer and more able than ever to get your message out.
You are also freer than ever to critize, which is why corporations in particular are very, very careful with what they say, with how their brand looks and how their image is perceived.
'Corporate correctness' is what most of the weird headlines you see are about. Many workplaces have zero tolerance policies against anything that could be remotely perceived as harrasment and a lot of people have been squeezed by these policies. Have they been worth it? I don't know. One thing is for sure though; it is not a legal problem, it is a problem that revolves around how people deal with being offended.
I am hesitant to put it so bluntly, but I am honestly very happy that the culture-of-being-offended has not reached Denmark yet. When people here are offended they usually deal with it, or complain about it to their friends. Civil suits are very rare here and thank God for that.
Wait, did I say that corporations have become the most politically correct insittutions? Sorry; I meant schools with zero tolerance policies against kids that bite pop-tarts into the shape of a gun. I meant Universities that promote 'safe spaces' by excluding people of a certain sexual orientation and ethnicity. I meant Christian groups that try their very hardest to censor litterature that 'does not show proper reverence for the Christian faith.'
But we
do have problems. It is a problem when schools in Texas edit their history books to say that the American Civil War erupted for 'economic reasons' and refuse to discuss Jim Crow laws. We have a problem when presidential candidates call out the entire population of Mexico for being 'rapists' and 'drug smugglers.' We have a problem when European politicians demonize Islam and foster terrible bias against refugees.
So where is the line between free spech and just not being a ****? That is up to you and me and everyone else with a vote to their name.
But the debate is shitty. Also your message offends me pls delete
