Could you elaborate further, when you say you're fed up with political correctness you mean?
One of the biggest that directly affects me is the hardcore push the trans community has been trying to make. The "proper" terms and language have been changing so often that I don't even know what to call myself and be guaranteed not to offend someone. There's become too much of a sense of "you MUST know everything already, you can't ask question, you can't make mistakes," and I fear that the stronger that gets, the more people will decide it's just easier to not even try to understand us.
In another factor, there's a sense that you're never allowed to make fun of us in any way, and trans characters are scrutinized to a ridiculous degree whenever they exist, both of which are leading to a kind of "screw even trying" attitude among some that I think will be worse for our representation instead of better.
This may be one that some might argue doesn't fit under "political correctness"I think it actually doesand that's the bathroom issue. Instead of being able to say that bathrooms and locker rooms are two separate things, there's been an attitude that you're anti-trans if you don't throw the two together, and I absolutely believe that's done more harm than good in terms of acceptance and sowing the seeds of bathroom-related transphobia.
Those are a few specific points. I also worry about the push you're seeing some colleges go through currently, where certain opposite opinions are in danger of being shut down / pushed aside. "Political correctness" isn't the best way to express my hesitations / disagreements because it tends to be a lazy way for someone to say "I don't like having to care about things that don't affect me". But I think part of what's happening is that we are losing "the other side" in too many situations, and having someone there to challenge our beliefs and opinions is vitally important to us having a healthy outlook on life.
Again, going back to the trans thing for a moment, I think the worst thing I can do is try to force someone to respect me or be polite to me or change their attitude about who I am, because that causes people to quickly switch to being defensive and shuts down their ability to honestly consider other ideas.
And I think there's a question of "picking your battles". One of the earliest aspects of "political correctness" I can remember is when suddenly we had to call mailmen "postal carriers" or firemen "firefighters" and so on. My time spent admonishing someone for calling me a tranny could be far better spent trying to show them I'm just a regular human being like they are. So, for me, that's part of it tooan overall feeling that we've let ourselves get bogged down in the smaller things and taking effort away from the bigger ones. It's like deciding that you aren't going to get mad at your kid for every little thing they do, because you know if you do, they'll just start tuning you out at some point.
I think "political correctness" has turned into "oh god I'm terrified of making a mistake". I want people to be able to make mistakes (which is not at all the same thing as people being offensive on purpose).
