Lovely to hear from you. I guess it is kinda radical… I love your idea about developing curiousity instead of reacting with judgment.

Makes way more sense than trying to control words…

Blessings,
KL

I loved this post. The message is perfect — though rather radical =) PC has always seemed odd to me, though I’ve never put it together so clearly as you did above. To me, it seemed odd that the message seemed to be one of ‘tolerance’. There is even a sort of movement over here in the US to ‘teach tolerance’. Yet the message here is that we should ‘tolerate’ people — and imagine being in a room with someone you can ‘tolerate’. Instead, what if the message was ‘develop curiosity’ about people? Or any of a number of other messages that would urge us to explore differences, celebrate diversity, and discover our own connections?

I appreciate everything you brought to this issue — I can imagine that some people can adopt PC practices with a heart that is truly open and curious, but it seems too often that it’s done in the sense you outline above. Let’s not worry about what our words are but instead concern ourselves with what’s in our hearts — then no matter what words we speak, they’ll always manifest in a spirit of compassion, love, and caring.