Why Are We Hypocritical

So much of human nature and action is hypocritical.  People will say that they want one thing while they really prefer the exact opposite.  This idea is explored in the article "Words Don't Mean What They Mean."  In the article, Steven Pinker shows us how humans say that they want complete and brutal honesty and direct when people are talking to them but are then offended when people don't say it in a nicer way.  In a similar fashion I have noticed that people are also hypocritical in the way that they say they want people to be selfless when they act but mostly only act in their own self interest.  One example of this is people always advocating for being green to save the planet from pollution and global warming.  The majority of people would agree with this claim but at the same time they probably also use many fossil fuels to get energy in their house and to power their cars.  They most likely don't even recycle to their fullest extent.  I know I am guilty of this and so many others are as well, but "such hypocrisy is a human universal."  It is a common thing for people to act selfishly even though we want others to do the opposite.  In a sense, the most likely cause for this is that the human mind only knows the thoughts and needs of its own self and has never experienced the thoughts and needs of others.  This causes a feeling that other people's needs are not as important as those of one's own.  So the reason that people are contradicts their words with their actions in this case is just a case of human psychology and the way we interpret our needs against others'.

Why Has The P.C. Culture Occurred

In our day and age there is a chance that almost any sentence you could possibly think of could be offensive to someone in some way.  There are many hypotheticals in that claim, but it goes to show the uncertainty in everyday conversations.  You could be having a nice conversation with a friend of yours and by saying the wrong phrase the conversation turns into a fight.  Now as stated in The Word Police, the idea of a more "inclusive society in which racism, political correctness, and prejudice of all sorts have been erased" seems amazing, but the public has taken these values too far in how something small can offend.  Why has our society become like this?  Just a decade or two ago this problem was not as apparent.  Right now in America our sitting President is a very polarizing man. People either love or hate Donald Trump without very much in between.  One of the most distinguishing things that Trump has done different than any other of our previous presidents is that he is constantly tweeting and voicing his opinion about things that he doesn't like.  Now the President of the United States is the biggest role model for the American citizen, so when he is seen voicing his opinion and seeming upset about even minute things when he is the leader of our nation it makes the general public feel that they should be criticizing every little thing as well.  For the people who despise the President, the problem still stands because they work to disagree with everything that he agrees with.  The President making a remark against any race or culture will cause a torrent of people criticizing his view and anyone who has views even remotely close to that.  All this has developed over time and caused a feeling that any topic or view can be spun to look offensive in the eyes of another person.