Comment by delusional
3 days ago
A hasty edit left out an important caveat of my prior comment. I was talking about my experience in real life.
Online I would say that every discussion across the political spectrum seems to be dominated by intolerance. Also the left, I agree.
I'm specifically concerned with how those communities affect the real world people I talk to outside of the internet, and there I find that the "anti PC" crowd takes their philosophy along with them much more readily.
> I'm specifically concerned with how those communities affect the real world people I talk to outside of the internet, and there I find that the "anti PC" crowd takes their philosophy along with them much more readily.
My experience tends to align with this, as well. But I don't actually see it as a problem in the same way you do.
After all, if someone's online behavior and their "real world" behavior align, doesn't that just mean they're being authentic?
Which my experience tends to agree with: the "anti PC" crowd, in my experience, is more "authentic" than their "PC crowd" equivalents. I don't agree with their views per se, but they tend to be more internally consistent about those views, which is commendable. A lot of "being PC" plays out as posturing, which often feels inauthentic and fake. I think this is consistent with what you're saying, but it's really a critique of both sides in different ways.
I think lack of perceived authenticity is a large part of the Democratic party's current struggles with membership. Or at least it's a thing that makes me take them less seriously and to see their ideas/proposals in a poorer light, and I can only assume there are some (many?) people who feel the same.