Two-thirds of people say Ireland is too politically correct

As someone else mentioned, there isn't even agreement on how Ireland is too politically correct.
Examples usually boil down to people being upset that they can't say whatever they want about another ethnic group, women, foreigners etc.
It's not like these people are being thrown in prison, someone tells them off for what they're saying and they run away shouting about political correctness.

ogsjw wrote: »

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Twitter is an alt-right/Trump fan haven, and Jack Dorsey is heavily, heavily criticized for allowing it.

Companies like Disney have considered buying it but backed out because it's such a wretched hive of scumbags.

I don't use it much now.
When I was on it all I saw was I want a halting site in my area, Peter Casey is thw worst, etc.

It is not just about controlling speech, it is also about censoring images, ideas or anything that might upset some tiny minority, society should be about the majority and what most people want and not what a tiny minority demand. People are all ready equal under the law and people are not held back because of their sex/skin colour so we are equal enough already.

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

It is not just about controlling speech, it is also about censoring images, ideas or anything that might upset some tiny minority, society should be about the majority and what most people want and not what a tiny minority demand. People are all ready equal under the law and people are not held back because of their sex/skin colour so we are equal enough already.

What images could they be? Society is about including everyone for the better of all.

Eh, there is nothing that can be done about being discriminated at the interview stage of a job. No equality under the law stuff applies there. Of course once a person is actually employed, there is protection from discrimination.

A student at my university said he needed a safe space.


So I locked him in the boot of my car for an hour...

Seathrun66 wrote: »

That's not 'checking people's thinking' as the poster said. That's cautioning or arresting people for breach of Public Order legislation.

I think you will find there is no law about calling a transgender person by their initial gender name.
Do you wish such legislation existed?

I think political correctness has gone too far. Peter Casey said a lot of nonsense but I didn't think his comments particularly vilified Travellers. Just because people belong to a minority it doesn't mean they are above criticism. I also find Michael D pompous salon socialist but since president has so little power a flower pot could be elected and there would be very little damage done. The hysteria in media around election was completely over the top.

There are morons here whose opinions and generalisations about Muslims or other minorities I find utterly deplorable and pure idiocy but that doesn't mean everyone who doesn't agree with whatever progressive cause is popular at the moment is a bigot and should be silenced. Just because people are a bit fed up with not being able to criticise anything without someone saying "you can't say this" it doesn't mean we are going to elect an Irish Orban in next election (and let's be clear Hungarians at the moment live a lot better than they did under previous government so he could have also support because of his economic policies). But if people get outraged everytime you don't call yourself cis male or cis female or use wrong pronoun then don't get surprised if large part of population gets fed up with the nonsense and there is a backslash.

meeeeh wrote: »

But if people get outraged everytime you don't call yourself cis male or cis female or use wrong pronoun then don't get surprised if large part of population gets fed up with the nonsense.

If you're referring to Biko's and tipp gunner post, that never happened. It involved two people in a twitter spat where one(Linehan) revealed medical records publicly to tens of thousands of followers without the other's consent hence police involvement. The Daily Mail basically lied to get clicks and views.

As for pronouns, they won't get offended by mistakes and there is no law against it anyway. Only assholes who hate trans people deserve condemnation, not the ordinary person who is respectful.

klaaaz wrote: »

If you're referring to Biko's and tipp gunner post, that never happened. It involved two people in a twitter spat where one(Linehan) revealed medical records publicly to tens of thousands of followers without the other's consent hence police involvement. The Daily Mail basically lied to get clicks and views.

As for pronouns, they won't get offended by mistakes and there is no law against it anyway. Only assholes who hate trans people deserve condemnation, not the ordinary person who is respectful.

I was actually talking about backslash and abuse against John Boyne for refusing to call himself cis male. It's completely disingenuous to pretend some people aren't hounded especially on Twitter for just having different opinion.