Everyone believes that people with alternative views/ways of seeing the world to them should be censored.

PC is really an extension of minority/powerless people and groups attempting to get a fair hearing. Obviously that overspills sometimes, as with life.

On the other side, the alt-right who rail so heavily against political correctness now have a President who is demanding the resignations of journalists who dare to disagree with him. Today I was reading about how Guido Fawkes thinks Jon Snow should be sacked for being a 'pinko'. It's the same type of hand-wringing, but from the other side of the fence.

Edited by serial thriller (29 Jun 2017 11.57am)

If punk ever happened I'd be preaching the law, instead of listenin to Lydon lecture BBC4

It wasn't a typo. I will freely admit that, for example, I don't think Laura Kuenssberg, or Andrew Marr, or Nick Robinson should be allowed to present the news on the BBC because I think their views put in jeopardy the impartiality claims of the Beeb.

Maybe more appropriately for questions about PC, I think Richard Scudamore shouldn't be Prem chairman given that he sent incredibly sexist emails about his secretary. He's still there though, just as John Snow is still at C4 despite numerous right wing pundits calling him a leftie.

After a while you just have to accept all this as a fact of life, that various groups can exercise and wield power at times to get what they want, and at other times they have to accept a bias against them.

I have two issues with people who are really viciously anti-PC. First, they tend to be white men, and if you're a white man and think you're being persecuted, you really need to open your eyes IMO. Second, they tend to focus in on tiny, inconsequential stories like the one you've put up here as evidence for a global conspiracy.

Fact is, you can go to near enough any corner on this earth as a white man and you're treated like a king. Try it as a Muslim woman and you won't be so lucky.

If punk ever happened I'd be preaching the law, instead of listenin to Lydon lecture BBC4

Not sure its Political Correctness here, but public relations. But it appears that he was sacked by his employers.

His response to the organisers isn't very professional, or PR savy, which if your a manager of a business on behalf of someone else, is quite important.

Whilst I'd say its a bit harsh, its a communication in his role as a representative of the business, that he's communicating - and its clearly reflected badly on that business.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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Apologising for the PC Nazis political agenda and whataboutery in one post.

Nice.

FFS, you can't say music is crap and its followers aren't desirable any more? What a bunch of f**king wet blankets we are breeding.

I bet if an email said "We don't play metal because it attracts a lot of sweaty moshers" no one would even flinch. Nonsense. Total nonsense. And trying to analyse it as anything other than nonsense is the reason we're turning into a bunch of walking babies.

Edited by Part Time James (29 Jun 2017 12.36pm)