Friday, January 29, 2010

Political correctness activists want to replace the term 'politically incorrect' with 'politically differently correct'.


Crusaders for political correctness in everyday communication have proved that nothing escapes their notice – they are now insisting that the term 'politically incorrect' should be replaced with 'politically differently correct'.

“Who are we to judge something and label it as 'incorrect' ? It is cruel . .er . . I mean, differently kind, and completely unwarran . . er . .ah . . . differently warranted.”, said political correctness activist Venu Kapoor, struggling to stay within the bounds of political correctness herself.

“We declare that it is politically differently correct to call something 'politically incorrect'. ”, she explained, cleverly avoiding recursion by resorting to ridiculous nomenclature. She then left in a hurry to meet her lawyers, to get her name changed legally to Venu Kadifferentlyrich. “Sounds vaguely Russian, no? Exotic.”, she quipped.

“Jeez. What next? Will they suggest that we say 'differently identical' as opposed to 'different' ?” asked wildlife photographer S.U.Saravanakumar, effortlessly bringing recursion back into focus. “This has got to stop. Or, if you'd prefer, 'differently continue'.”, he winked, pleased at his snippet debut.



 'The Next Kapil Dev', the talented but differently consistent cricketer who was often accused of differently blooming under pressure.


Of course, the usual suspects have quickly pounced on the opportunity, and tried to gain some mileage for themselves.

“Agreed. Now Pakistan should be called 'Different India'.” said a suitably hysterical Arnab Goswami, wiping beads of sweat that were forming on his brow, while ignoring those that were forming on his upper-lip. He also later admitted that he saw no need to wear pants, since he mostly appeared on camera only from torso upwards.

“I'm not guilty. I am merely 'differently innocent'.”, said Amir Ajmal Kasab, between insisting that he was in fact also Robert DeNiro, an electric hamster, and the gunman on the grassy knoll.

“Hereafter, Mac snobs can't hurt the feelings of Windows losers . . er . . users. We'll have to refer to them as 'different Mac users'. Damn. Not the same.” rued Priya Krishnan, cancelling her plans to pre-order the iPad in disgust.

This development clearly indicates how far the whole 'political correctness' movement has come, a far cry from when they used to merely object to fairly derogatory terms such as 'Nigger', 'Disabled' and 'Ajit Agarkar', insisting on substituting them with terms like 'African American', 'Differently Abled' and 'Next Kapil Dev'.

36 comments:

bimbilikipilapi said...

u are being differently kind on the differently brilliant creed of the politically correct. another brilliant post!!!

BRS said...

what a differently fascinating topic to blog about!

Ravages/CC said...

Meanwhile, a group of different people are agitating to declare 'differently' anything is differently politically different because seeing a difference itself is differently politically correct.

Scudie said...

then what about Maggie Hot & Sweet Tomato Sauce? Its already different..

Swarup said...

U r too gud.

thequark said...

It is not mere political correctness but the entire public discussion has gone to dogs because people give a semblance of argument all the while seeking refuge in relativist cover.
"We agree to disagree"
"Who are we to judge something and label it as 'incorrect' ?..."
"That's true for you but not for me."

This is a wrong rhetorical strategy. Relativism in itself is not bad but it is abused. Such a line of argument can kill or derail any discussion of any sort.

PS said...

Gafoorensis! This be her debut on S o Bosey?

She has also objected in recent times to phobias, calling them an unidentified kind of love.

Through these tireless attempts to blur normative boundaries she has gained several admirers. One of them quipped, "Vena thaan Venu. Venu thaan Vena", successfully blurring the boundaries of her identity. Reports say she was not pleased.

gauri said...

Insane! I was toying with the idea of a post quite along these lines (honest!); now I'm really glad I didn't get around to it.

g

PS: Carlin would be proud :)

Abi said...

@thequark: You said, "Such a line of argument can kill or derail any discussion of any sort."

You mean, "Such a line of argument can differently let live or differently align any discussion of any sort," don't you?

Escape.... Great Escape said...

Wonderfully worded. I now understand what tamil film directors mean by making "movies with a difference"...

Rohan said...

#kvlt or should I say #differentlycommunity

Anand Ramachandran's Evil Twin said...

@gauri - high praise. thanks.

@scudie - please refer WPSUS quote in article itself ;)

Everyone else - thanks for reading.

Ramaa said...

ROFL! Between JalsaJilpa and Bosey, I seem to be getting no CV work done and shall not get a job, and thusly will have to turn to blogging myself, I think :-) What a brilliance of a post! History shall remember you kindly, Anand, as a man who made the kind of news people actually want to read :-)

Anand Ramachandran's Evil Twin said...

@ramaa - although both Krish Ashok and I indeed appear like jobless fellows, I assure you we're both very much working people. Which gives hope to us all.

Gradwolf said...

Haha whattay differently..ok, it's stale now and I don't even want to try. I'll just do \m/ and go!

P.S

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aandthirtyeights said...

Does Venu Kapoor refer to who I think it refers to?

Anand Ramachandran's Evil Twin said...

@aandthirtyeights - I don't know. Who are you thinking of?

Anonymous said...

The term "politically correct" is by itself, politically correct, and we need to correct that by depoliticallycorrectizing it. I propose "douchebaggy" as a suitable alternative for "political correct". Another alternative is "wimpass" . I also considered "dickless", but that's gender insensitive, so we can ignore that. No wait...

The Mudd said...

Small doubt, if two things are similar, then are they differently different?
Also, thanks to your post I figured out why it is 'politically correct' and not 'politically right' ..cos then the commies would feel LEFT out. Thank you Mr.Anand.

Unknown said...

I suppose that there ought to be a subculture of politically correct cusswords. Motherfucker ought to be "a fornicator of a female blood relative who is not a sister or daughter".

I often wonder how African American is any better than Black American. Isn't that implying that all Africans are black, thereby demeaning more?

Anand Ramachandran's Evil Twin said...

@krishashok Wimpass is politically differently correct. The right term is "Differently Macho Bum"

shoba said...

Got to hand it to you. Your posts are different yet similar , I mean different yet differently different and you seem to bring everything separately together.

Have bookmarked.

Labakku Das said...

Awesome !

Btw can I have your mail ID? I have an article in mind.

Regards

Labakku Das

Unknown said...

i would like to add so many other politically and differently worded words to blog about.....actually speaking, theoretically etc....oh! Ofcourse!! let us not forget the universally omnipresent politically correct word - BASICALLY......:-)

Anonymous said...

Nice bakra Agarkar.:D

liberalcynic said...

I love quoting Bill Maher on this topic, "Political correctness is the elevation of sensitivity over truth!"
Nice post

Unknown said...

Good afternoon,

Is there an email to where i can send a proposal for a partnership?
my email is: the.world.network@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

Original!!!!

brinda said...

genius!! or should that be differently retarded? differently silly? (this is a differently insulting comment, just in case you thought otherwise)

goutamjay said...

Differently good...Let'em keep comin..

Unknown said...

No new posts. What happened?

Now that you have figured in the magazines more and more people are checking you out.

Keep going man.

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Karadi said...

differently crappy

hehehehe:)

Anonymous said...

I have been wanting to write a post on political correctness. Now I am going to :)

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