An argument for insensitivity

But consider this:

Being nice feels good to both you and the other person

I relate so fucking hard.

Ok, I actually have a serious question, because I literally do not understand the "f#*! Political Correctness!!!" crowd:

What genuinely good reason is there to be rude to people, with maybe the exception of if what they're doing or saying is directly harming someone? I've never understood what benefit there is to not just... Respecting other people?...

If you don't understand the "fuck political correctness" crowd I guess you have not seen the insanity that a notable amount/faction of the political correctness is my way crowd seems to be putting forth into the world, and in some cases it is a fundamental philosophical difference that also comes into play but more on that later.

Might as well start with a video

Handily that showcases and debunks the "dominant cultural group" notion that seems to be put forth at times, quite seriously, by some said political correctness is my way circles. Institutional aspects are important to consider but by no means, none at all, obviate the individual aspects. It is by far not the only term I have seen arise from such circles, another I particularly dislike is "cultural appropriation" wherein the "dominant cultural group" thing comes back but this time to influence what can and can't be eaten/cooked, worn, enjoyed, performed... by others which is utter madness from where I sit. It is having real world effects as well https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/05/26/cultural-appropriation-portland-burrito-shop/

Rudeness I will equivocate to offensiveness for this, mainly as it is the term I see used by both people and some laws/codes of conduct at times and linguistically I am going to say it holds. a) you don't really have the right to not be offended and b) as the person being offended has to take offence (it being an active process after all) you have no idea what is and isn't offensive, especially not beforehand. You can try but you soon end up in a "nobody says anything to anybody lest it be offensive" regime.

"if what they're saying is directly harming someone"
That is a tricky one that is. Beyond the fire in a crowded theatre example, and some stuff with privacy, you have to almost qualify each and every instance wherein harm is happening. This leads to an unworkable concept, to say nothing of the "it is just words" argument.

Respecting other people. What even is that? Definitions seem to vary so widely. I have had people tell me, seemingly sincerely believing in the process, I am disrespectful before for debunking their religion and I am certainly not about to stop that.

On the fundamental philosophical differences. Many of the is my way crowd would seem to want to collectivise people where many that find the former unworkable would go in more for individualism. I think a favourite description would be "go on tumblr or something and see the list of traits that are commonly put there, seemingly to create the illusion of a personality".
This is also before we get into the equality and diversity stuff, something I usually see phrased as equality of opportunity vs equality of outcome -- deny someone employment because they are [skin colour]/[gender]/[fond of touching matching genitals]/... and you are being a bastard and deserve to get slapped by some kind of law, having to twist your hiring and firing policies to see your business represent society is fairly perverse from where I sit. It goes fairly high as well -- I was watching the facebook talking to the high level politicos thing the other week -- each were given 5 minutes in which to ask their important questions and one of them spent most of his 5 minutes trying to get the facebook guy to commit to hiring a black skinned member of the board which seems so very odd.

A lot of all this is fairly recent, or at least it rose to prominence recently (I don't care if it was in some obscure sociology textbook in the 70s) -- more than just within my lifetime but within the last decade or so. A measure of much of this can certainly grease the wheels of social interaction but the present extent and "logical conclusions" I find unworkable. Whether you next want to make an argument that much of the above is a perversion of the intent of political correctness (entirely possible) or something similar I do not know but as a shorthand it works.

Fuck that wall if text. Here's my philosophy. Absolute evil is control and absolute good is freedom. Sometimes people seek to control others, this includes the PC culture. I consider them an evil. I'm just a human being as op puts it. I react to external stimuli. If people act like assholes, be it the crowd that tries to be overly offensive or the crowd that is overly PC, I treat them like assholes. If people are chill, then there's no problem. The world would be a much greater place if people just stopped worrying what others are doing. If you get offended, that's your problem. That's life. That's the world we live in that you were obviously not prepared for.

@TotalInsanity4 it feels good to you. You forget that other people are different, they have different experiences. Personally being nice to people does make me feel good. But so does proving a point to some overly sensitive douchbag that tries to push their crazy world views on me.

I have to agree with Weedz on this.
Some people need to grow thicker skins and not worry what others are doing.
I for one hate it when people interfere with me life.
Piss off, leave me alone.

I wouldn’t say act like a complete asshole.

But political correctness and safe spaces is beyond a simple wanting to be treated nice. It’s trying to have complete control and shut down a persons argument because you don’t like it, or you are trying to force political beliefs without it being challenged. Even arguments that are not meant to be racist or offensive are shut down.

Sometimes things that are said hurt. Sometimes there is no nicer way to say things.

There are no psychologists in the world that creates safe spaces for people to hide in, and to shield a person from things that they are afraid of. What they do is exposer therapy. Expose the person to the thing that they are afraid of so that they can build resilience. Like unnatural fear of spiders or closed tight spaces. You are not going to build resilience if you hide in safe spaces all day.

I would hardly call this an unpopular opinion.

I would say that the PC crowd is dwindling to the point where PC might even be less popular than what you're advocating. I mean look at our president.

But I do appreciate a place where standard bars are built from people who realize that "development" starts by ourselves, thus enabling a place to realize what would be acceptable and what not, and I agree with some of them so that's why I am here (in GBATemp).

But people just seem to be scared of being exploited. Well, those need grow (the fuck) up.

Have you considered that the people who are scared of being exploited are typically people who have been exploited in some way previously?

They are going to be exploited til they solve their root problems.

What do you feel is the root of their problems, if I may ask? And is there a particular subset of people that you're thinking of, or just in general?

lack of sensitivity gave us multiple milenia of war, social unrest, racism, holocausts and donald trump.
so fuck you.

"So fuck you" lol

Seriously though. Look how we've progressed as well. Conflict inspires progress

"But people just seem to be scared of being exploited"
I am scared of being exploited.
As such I am quite content for restrictions to be placed on various aspects of business, commerce, interaction and such.
If you meant scared of being offended then all I would have to say is +1.

"Fuck that wall of text."
If that was for me then my aim was more to show how all encompassing some of this stuff is. Any one instance can be explained away but a more thorough look into it and a multitude of examples gets harder to handwave.
I dare say we set out to convey if not the same then almost the same notions, just different ways of attempting to do it.

Have we progressed? Unless you're talking about NK and SK peace talks, which despite the narrative are pretty isolated to their own region, the overall climate appears to just be more and more hostile

good to know fast6191 is scared of being exploited

@Coto if you're not scared of being exploited, then it's obvious you didn't pay attention in history class

When the forces that be are more powerful and sophisticated than the everyday joe, there is not much recourse except for violent protest - which is bloody and doesn't always work

The general argument for the American ecosystem tends to revolve around "Trump" which is quite honestly the biggest load of bullshit I've seen. It's because of the PC parties that he even got elected. Someone who actually speaks what he thinks and isn't hiding behind a mask.

There's nothing wrong with sensitivity but they're advocating for sunshine and roses. Which to me is stupid. Reality is tough. We've got generations of hostility and violence behind us. Choosing NOW to change this is insulting.