Stewart Lee - Political Correctness
Stewart Lee - Political Correctness on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2020–2025.
A stand-up routine by Stewart Lee on political correctness, offering a satirical defense of inclusive language.
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gedenFeb 2020Recommends
I'm down with Stewart Lee's take on political correctness ▶ this video (warning, contains British Humour) I think the error in your argument here is to always reduce the application of political correctness down to flawed individuals. If there is consensus at a societal level that certain hateful speech should be prevented for the general good of society, (and there is) then enforcing that makes sense. We've evolved past bear baiting and public flogging (in most parts of the world), we can evolve past racism, sexism and other limiting behaviours.
in “How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral” · View on HN
AndrewOMartinAug 2022Cites it
Most arguments come strongly down one side or another to the exclusion of any sane discussion. Allow me to quote a quote. From pseudalopex on July 3, 2020. > Stewart Lee: "What is political correctness? It's an often clumsy negotiation towards a kind of formally inclusive language. And there's all sorts of problems with it. But it's better than what we had before."[1] > [1] ▶ this video [link]
in “Why Stephen Fry is arguing against political correctness (2018)” · View on HN
ApocryphonJan 2022Cites it
Stewart Lee or someone inspired by him oughta do a bit on virtual signaling similar to his routine on PC: ▶ this video
in “The Rise of Performative Work” · View on HN
pseudalopexJul 2020Cites it
Stewart Lee: "What is political correctness? It's an often clumsy negotiation towards a kind of formally inclusive language. And there's all sorts of problems with it. But it's better than what we had before."[1] [1] ▶ this video
in “Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms like 'master,' 'slave'” · View on HN
bc569a80a344f9cJul 2025Joke
That vaguely reminds me of ▶ this video only that it's called "woke" now instead of "political correctness".
in “At Least 13 People Died by Suicide Amid U.K. Post Office Scandal, Report Says” · View on HN
jahnuJan 2025Joke
Indeed all I can think of now is Stewart Lee's bit about "political correctness gone mad" (some strong language and racist words used so maybe not safe for work or around kids) ▶ this video
in “The Origins of Wokeness” · View on HN