duszek wrote:"Politically correct" versus "socially aware".
Even if they are not synonymous they have a large cut section: they aim at sparing the feelings of vulnerable social groups or minorities.
A difference has been pointed out:
"Socially aware" is a modest term, "politically correct" is a preposterous term.
Any other differences between the two ?
Socially aware is sensitivity to the feelings of others.
- Social awareness is not action.
- The term social awareness gives no indication as to the action taken on the basis of social awareness.
- Social awareness gives no indication of intent to spare feelings of others.
Political correctness is an action.
- PC is one possible action made more effective by social awareness.
- PC does not intend to spare feelings.
- PC intends to inhibit the thoughts of another.
- The purpose of that action, political correctness, is indirect control of another person’s speech.
- Speech and thought are interlaced.
- Affect speech and eventually thought is influenced.
- PC mission accomplished.
- Political correctness is an act of aggression to control another’s thoughts.
- An example of PC is a clueless teacher forcing a bullied kid to shake hands with his unrepentant tormentor.
Maybe in another decade of the past, PC meant something else.
- Like the political term "liberal" meant something else.
- But now, this is what PC means.