Why be politically correct

Dell 2022-09-19 08:19:36

If you are asked to shout a slogan, you will be given 100 yuan if you shout, and you will be scolded to greet your family if you do not shout. Do you shout? If that sentence happens to be "Long live Mao Zedong", do you really care what the content of this sentence is?

When I was in middle school, I thought that the people of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution were stupid, and that they had to ask Chairman Mao for instructions before getting married. Watching this movie now, I understand that no one is really stupid. If you say politically correct words, you will be recognized by the group. If you don’t say such words, you will be isolated. Driven by the human nature of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, people have no reason not to shout "Long live Chairman Mao", but it's not that many people really believe it, it's that they don't care about shouting for themselves in order to "live" or to live well. content of the words. When Wan Erxi asked Professor Wang to come to the hospital for help, he also shouted superficial words in order to fool the Red Guards, but he was a sensible person and knew that although Professor Wang was a "reactionary academic authority", he had the ability to save his wife from danger. The reason why the protagonist Fugui can avoid a series of criticisms is because he understands the importance of political correctness since the change of the dynasty.

In this day and age, although we no longer call such extreme slogans as long live Chairman Mao, and society has a higher tolerance for multiple voices, political correctness is still important. When people around you are supporting "gay marriage" and "feminist movement", you will definitely be isolated and labelled if you stand against them, just like the sign that Professor Wang wears under his neck. Someone posted on Weibo: "I have to post about this straight man's cancer/homophobic cancer", which is what is being criticized today. People in the movie will climax when they shout slogans such as "Chairman Mao's leadership guides us", which is similar to human rights slogans such as "Women have the right to be their own masters, I can harass, you can't harass". , or the patriotic slogan "Those who commit crimes against China must fight even if they are far away" is the same as the climax.

I don't have much desire for political expression, but I am very concerned about whether I am politically isolated. So I can only join the team of false orgasm, after all, living is instinct.

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To Live quotes

  • Xu Fugui: What did you name our son?

    Xu Jiazhen: "Don't Gamble".

  • Xu Fugui: If Youqing does as daddy says, our lives will get better and better. Our family is like a little chicken. When it grows up, it becomes a goose and that will turn into a sheep. The sheep will turn into an ox.

    Xu Youqing: And after the ox?

    Xu Fugui: After the ox is Communism, and there will be dumplings and meat every day.