Let me explain. There is a difference between "being PC" and "simple human decency." Context and intent mean something (and if you don't know their meanings, look them up now. There are a bazillion online dictionaries. Not knowing what a word means in this day and age is inexcusable). Is a person using music or a painting or a novel or jokes to make a point ABOUT offensive things and enlighten their audience or is a person actually saying offensive things to bully others or to inflict pain upon an entire group of people and to encourage others to do the same?
Amy Shumer tells a funny joke ABOUT how people view Hispanic men and some people lose their shit and scream "RACISM."
Donald Trump says the majority of Mexicans coming across the border are rapists and some people cheer and think he would make a good president.
Now, I would say that the people who made those accusations against Shumer are "being too PC." There is a community of folks on the far left that are just as censorious and humorless as the those on the far right. The flip-side of this is, if you accuse Trump of racism, he and his supporters will counter with the same "too PC" argument.
And this is where we are. We have taken something (PC) which started out as "Hey, show a little decency and sensitivity" and turned it into, on left, "Hey, you can't even TALK about that," and, on the right, "Hey, I'm gonna say whatever I want and if someone calls 'bullshit' I'm gonna shut them down by calling them PC."
What started out as a way to talk about and treat other with dignity and respect has turned into white people asking why they can't say ni**er anymore and being held up as champions of the First Amendment.
If you say offensive things for the sake of being offensive, you're not a rebel. You're an asshole. And throwing out the whole, "I'm just telling it like it is and if you don't like it you're just a politically correct wuss," does NOT insulate you from criticism or build a wall around you that deflects people from calling you on your bullshit.
You are free to say whatever you want. You are not free from the consequences of that speech. Artists control the things they create, but they can't control the audience's reaction to their creation. As a comedian, I like to see how far I can go with a joke, without completely losing my audience and having them turn on me. It's like walking through the Fire Swamp. Sometimes, I'm gonna get burned (its always your own fault if you get offended, though [joke]). At the end of the day, though, shouldn't we all be more offended by what's really happening in the world around us, instead of by the people who comment on those things through art? Shouldn't we hold the people who want to lead our country to a higher standard than a comic telling dick jokes to a roomful of people drunk on half-price margaritas?
