What does this have to do with political correctness? (Destiny)

by General Vagueness , The Vault of Sass, Saturday, February 27, 2016, 17:17 (3286 days ago) @ Claude Errera

I wouldn't go quite that far, especially not applied to someplace as decent as b.org. People seem to have forgotten what it means (or never learned) but I think most of them are just... misguided? That sounds a bit pretentious... bah.

Huh. But we're not really talking about b.org. The question was, could Bungie reintroduce the Whaaaambulance without running afoul of folks who would take it as an insult just for being used. (Everyone would probably agree that it's disrespectful towards the people who are highlighted. The question you asked was, is the offense that the public takes due to political correctness, or is there some other reason for the offense?

yeah, that was the question, and I think it's been answered, thanks; I was just trying to understand because I felt like maybe I was missing something and looking like an idiot

I'd say that it doesn't really matter; making fun of people for whining about some perceived slight in the game will either be seen as funny or offensive, and folks who are 'proper' (in the sense that they're offended simply because it's not polite to be rude) will be seen as in the same camp as folks who are 'politically correct' (in the sense that they're offended because the ridicule undermines some basic dignity the original fan had).

yeah see that distinction is so weird to me... oh well

I think you're right about why they discontinued, but I think Kahzgul is likely to be right that the positive reaction would outweigh the negative with time