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https://github.com/leebyron/respectify

Replaces the term 'politically correct' with 'respectful of other people' because it makes you oddly happy.
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Replaces the term 'politically correct' with 'respectful of other people' because it makes you oddly happy.

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# Respectify!



Respectify! is software that takes an opinionated approach to political correctness.



Between politicians, news journalists, and internet commenters, the country is

abuzz with "political correctness." Is it a powerful form of censorship, or

is it just a moral framing that values the respect of all people? Regardless of

your opinion, the furor will continue!



A few years ago, Neil Gaiman [made the observation](http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/43087620460/i-was-reading-a-book-about-interjections-oddly) that often

"political correctness" was used to blame for not being able to treat other

people with respect.



> I was reading a book (about interjections, oddly enough) yesterday which

> included the phrase “In these days of political correctness…” talking about

> no longer making jokes that denigrated people for their culture or for the

> colour of their skin. And I thought, “That’s not actually anything to do with

> ‘political correctness’. That’s just treating other people with respect.”

>

> Which made me oddly happy. I started imagining a world in which we replaced

> the phrase “politically correct” wherever we could with “treating other people

> with respect”, and it made me smile.

>

> You should try it. It’s peculiarly enlightening.

>

> I know what you’re thinking now. You’re thinking “Oh my god, that’s treating

> other people with respect gone mad!”



I laughed out loud! I did find it enlightening! Instead of feeling a tiny bit

sad and angry every time I read something about being "political correct", now

I too smile and feel oddly happy. I want to share this feeling with you, and not

just by hoping you imagine such a world, I want you to see it so I made you this

Chrome Extension.



## Frequently Asked Questions



> Ok, that was fun but how do I turn this damn thing off?



Just visit your extensions preferences

(Window > Extensions) or by typing `chrome://extensions/` into your browser and

find Respectify and uncheck the "Enabled" box, or click the trash can to remove

it completely.



> Will installing this steal all my personal information?



Nope! See below for more details.



> Thats not what "Politically Correct" even means you pansy leftist SJW!



But it's *funny*. If it doesn't bring you joy, don't use it!



## How Chrome Extensions work



An installed Chrome extension can run code on every page that you visit. This

can be a little scary if you don't know exactly what that code is doing or don't

trust the developer. This is the primary motivation for including an open source

and documented [source code](https://github.com/leebyron/respectify/blob/master/contentScript.js)!



If you're interested in building your own Chrome extension, check out their

[developer documentation](https://developer.chrome.com/extensions) and feel free

to use this as an example.



When your extension is ready, you can zip it up with `zip -x ".*" -x "**/.*" -r respecify.zip .` and

submit it to the [Chrome Web Store](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/developer/dashboard).



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Respectify! is licensed as [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). That means you can copy and remix this to your hearts

content, but should drop a note with a link to this original if you do.