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Stewart Lee - Political Correctness

Jimmy Lee · 166.6K views · 2016-10-16 · 9:14

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A stand-up routine by Stewart Lee on political correctness, offering a satirical defense of inclusive language.

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HN quotes and links it as a witty take on political correctness in culture-war and language threads.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2020–2025

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Stand-up & sketch comedyFree speech, censorship & civil liberties
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geden · 2020-02 · Recommendation

I'm down with Stewart Lee's take on political correctness [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.

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bc569a80a344f9c · 2025-07 · Joke / meme

That vaguely reminds me of [VIDEO] only that it's called "woke" now instead of "political correctness".

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jahnu · 2025-01 · Joke / meme

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) [VIDEO]

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