Stewart Lee - Political Correctness
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN quotes and links it as a witty take on political correctness in culture-war and language threads.
What it is
A stand-up routine by Stewart Lee on political correctness, offering a satirical defense of inclusive language.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2020 to 2025.
What Hacker News said
Recommends geden · 2020-02 · on “How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral”
I'm down with Stewart Lee's take on political correctness [this video] (warning, contains British Humour) I think the error in your argument here is to always reduce the application of political correctness down to flawed individuals. If there is consensus at a societal level that certain hateful speech should be prevented for the general good of society, (and there is) then enforcing that makes sense. We've evolved past bear baiting and public flogging (in most parts of the world), we can evolve past racism, sexism and other limiting behaviours.
Cites pseudalopex · 2020-07 · on “Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms like 'master,' 'slave'”
Stewart Lee: "What is political correctness? It's an often clumsy negotiation towards a kind of formally inclusive language. And there's all sorts of problems with it. But it's better than what we had before."[1] [1] [this video]
Cites Apocryphon · 2022-01 · on “The Rise of Performative Work”
Stewart Lee or someone inspired by him oughta do a bit on virtual signaling similar to his routine on PC: [this video]
Cites AndrewOMartin · 2022-08 · on “Why Stephen Fry is arguing against political correctness (2018)”
Most arguments come strongly down one side or another to the exclusion of any sane discussion. Allow me to quote a quote. From pseudalopex on July 3, 2020. > Stewart Lee: "What is political correctness? It's an often clumsy negotiation towards a kind of formally inclusive language. And there's all sorts of problems with it. But it's better than what we had before."[1] > [1] [this video] [LINK]