he singer Nick Cave declared on his blog recently that “political correctness” had become “quite literally, bad religion run amuck”. This is just a fancier way of saying “it’s political correctness quite literally gone mad!” – but what exactly is “amuck”, or as British English usually has it, “amok”?”, used by the writer Duarte Barbosa in a 1516 account of his travels in east Africa.
Political nonsense, you mean.
No. Cave is behind the times. We have an unhinged American President who embraces conspiracy theories from the podium. Listen to Miles Taylor about the chaos in the WH. We are far beyond political correctness. We are in the fight of our lives.
Amused by the number of people who clearly didn’t read the article and missed the point.
Offensive to Malays. eytmology
No. Yet another person that’s become comfortable and can’t re-center to think of others experiences. movewiththetimes
They say he’s better than he sounds.
HOPEFULLY THOSE REAL HARD WORKING AMERICANS WILL FIND JOBS SOON. AS I KNOW MANY ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING. INSTEAD OF SITTING AT HOME WAITING FOR THE UNEMPLOYMENT CHECK.
WHICH PRECIPITATED THE NEW RACE OF THE UNEMPLOYED The one percent WANTS MORE PROFITS BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY, MULTIPLE FACTORIES, BUSSINESS CLOSED THEIR DOORS DUE TO LOW REVENUE. MANY PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WORK. AND NO HANDOUTS, WILL JOIN THE PARASITES. THAT CAN NEVER FIND WORK.
WE ARE THE EXTREME SOCIETY, EXCUSES ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS. BLM OUR FAVORITE RACE CARD, ETC.ETC. YET CHICAGO HAD A TREMENDOUS DESTRUCCTION AND LOOTING, THANKS TO THE CURRENT flavor “movements”? The reality is, that we have a great deal of time in our hands due to the COVID 19,
Everything is offensive, nobody has any identity anymore, be careful, soon you'll be living in city 17, for example
it is called left wing identity politics, not political correctness.
Evil, fear, and hatred has run amok, even among Christians.
Nick Cave became a badseed as soon as he chose money over humanity
The problem is the term ‘political correctness’: the 1st word suggests selfishness and sleaze and the 2nd a school matron or Mme Whiplash. If had been more accurately termed ‘kindness and consideration’ it would be harder to shout that it has gone too far.
16 year old Nick Cave would hate 61 year old Nick Cave.
There are many examples of hysterical outbursts in response to mainstream views & verifiable facts and whilst those behaviours may not reflect the original meaning of 'amok' they do reflect its modern use. And the Left are in no position to protest changes in meanings of words.
Good Malay word
😂😂😂
You can't even call a spade a spade anymore ✌️
It helps protect young women from twats like him
Very correct, it all went batshitcrazy
Old guy who can no longer get away with inappropriateness claims political correctness has run amok.
At this point I just assume every white guy over 50 thinks that.
Is it ironic that the question in the headline is 'Is that the right word for it?'?
It's only words. Words are all I have.
Yes.
We are slowly finding that leftism is a mental disorder. More testing needs to be done though.
Whatever. He’s right. It’s Odin was simple decency, but it’s been warped into something else altogether
It hasn't gone far enough. The more innocent they are the more they deserve what's coming to them.
A pointless article about the etymology of an obscure word that speaks nothing about the actual important subject and Cave’s opinion ! Such shabby journalism!!
Are you okay? Sounds like you bumped your head?
It's one of them
No.
Makes him seem old and out of touch. Which he seems to be.
Political correctness should be banned
Rotherham was the result of political correctness. The authorities didn't want to appear to be racist when one ethnic group was sexually abusing children. That is beyond sick.
A few real examples might help explain... in the main it seems to me it’s largely about being respectful of others...
I remember being mildly sexually harassed as a young woman by men old enough to be my dad. At work. Sly comments about my body. Eww. But now because of ‘political correctness gone mad’ fewer young women will have to deal with this. What’s not to like?
All thanks to the pricks who read the Guardian
More Guardian made up news from nowhere.
This made me laugh. It was so silly! Surely there are more pressing issues of the day to write about. This is clickbait journalism run amuck! tryharder
Bring back the days when you could be casually racist and nobody would call you out on it. Like my mum’s friend saying ‘there’s a touch of the tar brush there but she’s very pretty’ while looking at my biracial child. 🙄
He did mean 'murderous rage'.
white people feeling “oppressed” by not being able to openly mock and disparage non-whites - boo fucking hoo.
Ah 'political correctness' and 'free speech', the go-to defence for those who think they have the absolute right to be as offensive as they choose.
People sometimes being briefly held accountable for shitty words and deeds, while many of the rest of us burn a couple of calories trying to avoid inadvertently causing pain to others through the things we do and say... ...IS OUT OF CONTROL!
I'm all for running amok.
Usual people who complain about political correctness hold a variety of abhorrent views and should be challenged on every occasion.
Now the discussion is what words should be used when talking.
Run cancerous tobe exact
Check what happened to albericie. Politicians unable to take criticism running scared. Snowflakes.
I would say political correctness has probably resulted in many damaged lives, careers and families. Anything that is divisive to the extent that we hurt our fellow human beings cannot be correct.
He’s been living in a .... Ah, forget it.
Just wasted 3 minutes reading this inanity.
amok is in the hold of the bedrudden
Hello
It’s out of control.... hurt feelings are now wayyyyyy more important than any fact..... actually dangerous
Bet his son wouldn't have thought so 🤫
It certainly is out of control and a turn off for most people !
no, it is not ~
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