People practicing radical honesty apparently not only strive to always tell the truth, but also refrain from keeping their thoughts to themselves.

The Dutch language is a prime example. Generally, being blunt and honest in Dutch is considered more socially acceptable than using euphemisms or making up obvious excuses. PC phrases like "a person of color", for example, are considered ''very'' insulting - because they would convey that being black is such a horrible thing to be, you can't even ''say'' it. That's pretty much the way the entire language works: people call things by their proper name whenever possible. ''Although'', many Dutch speakers just ''seem'' blunt when speaking another language, because of one simple fact: Dutch has a lot of politeness indicators that simply tend to get lost in translation. The Dutch language rarely uses the word "please", instead using words for "possibly/maybe", "just/for a minute", the subjunctive, and most commonly a liberally applied diminutive of almost ''every'' noun, adjective and adverb, to indicate politeness. It doesn't translate well in most languages, leaving the Dutch looking like an entire culture incapable of saying "please".

Case in point: black people. PC terms like "African-Europeans" don't pop up - they're just black (or when referring to a specific black person, "neger" (Dutch for "negro") is often used). It's a colour. Mind you, they don't call Asians 'yellow', nor do they call Middle-Easteners 'brown'.

Also of note: racial caricatures are still widely accepted in Dutch culture, and it's not uncommon to see Chinese restaurants advertising using yellow, buck-toothed, slit-eyed cartoon figures. This is ''not'' racial insensitivity: it's just that the culture collectively understands that the caricature is just for fun, and no one bothers to take offense.

This also features heavily in their cabaret--a lot of the humour is derived from simple bluntness. "Big fat bitch!" indeed.

Not unique to Dutch. British people also use black; there's no such thing as African-British. I think that's a specific cultural difference between the US and ''everywhere else''.

Do British people ever use the phrases "big-boned", "thick" or "heavy" for "fat"? Or "slow" or "mentally challenged" for "retarded"? If so, the British are more like Americans in this way than they are like the Dutch.

Answers in order: Only ironically; Only as a synonym for stupid, not common, yes, no - slow and mentally challenged are seen as offensive.

Also note that it's not uncommon to hear Americans say "black," depending on where you live. It's generally not considered offensive. Some people will be offended by "negro," but it depends most of all on the context. Americans are not so PC as some would like to think, and when we are, it's with good reason.

Like Dutch, Finnish is also a language of "brutal honesty". It has fairly little "softer synonyms" and politically correct speech is usually leered upon. Same goes for the Finnish culture (where do you think "management by perkele" came from?) and because of this, Finns are often mistaken for rude.

There is still plenty of politically correct speech in Finland, especially more prone in the recent years. In the 1980's the word "neekeri" was still perfectly acceptable and generally non-offensive way of speaking of black people (while "nekru" was the distinctly offensive slur), but during the 90's the political correctness took over, and this word, among many others became seen as offensive, and are these days mostly used by middle-aged males who don't care what other people think. Ironically, the word "Somali" has become a racial slur in some circles, even though it's simply a common descriptive noun for the people from Somalia, where most of Finland's black population originates.

Americans can be like this, too.

That may be because a lot of Americans have Dutch ancestors, so there had to be some cultural influence.

And varies greatly between different areas of America. It's a big country, both geographically and population-wise, so that it can seem like major cities belong to different countries. People in New York are (stereotypically, at least) more prone to BrutalHonesty than those in California, for example.

Actually many of us here in America think that the Brits are more this trope than we are.

The real fun starts when one of the above groups comes into contact with the Japanese: a group who, culturally, seem the most willing to indulge in polite lies for the sake of harmony, even as part of the grammar! How can you say "I think you're stupid", which it seems to be literally translated as "I, who suck, think that you, who rule, are stupid"?

People with AspergerSyndrome may display this trait as well. Because of their lack of understanding of social subtleties, euphemisms and lying (even little white lies) are concepts that they usually don't grasp and/or don't practice. As such, they are forced to communicate with BrutalHonesty. This frequently extends to Grammar Nazism, such as pointing out that "practise" is spelled with an "s" when it is a verb.

This can be seen in many critics of different mediums. Especially ones that grew insanely popular like Simon Cowell, Gordon Ramsay, and Yahtzee. Since popular critics like these usually don't hold anything back on what they think of the person or product in question (and are usually quite insulting about it), many people will try to give criticism in the exact same way but not given for the same reasons.

Since when did Yahtzee give reasons for why a game is bad (read: insulting to him)?

Since just about every review, he often goes off on a spiel on just exactly why he thinks a bad choice was made.

Cynics. It's sort of their schtick, really. If there's something horribly, horribly wrong about a situation or a person, you can always count on the resident cynic to be the one to hang a lampshade on it. Though, it's not unusual for them to make good use of sarcastic snarks either.

This troper.To the point where you'd think I was practicing Radical Honesty.Actually,there are reasons for this,but let me tell you.Saying exactly what i'm thinking usually,makes you look weird.It also gets you in trouble alot.I quite literally follow the saying"If you don't have something nice to say,don't say anything at all."So when I don't have something good to say,i'm usually quiet.

This troper is this. I'm honestly worried my attitude will slip during my clinicals and I'll let this loose on someone who's dying. Seriously, we should give people a near-death experience so they can get these damned five stages of grief over and done with before they end up in the hospital. They're just taking up my time, and to me, they're less important than everyone else who isn't dying.

Asian-Americans are used to getting this from their parents.

The only thing keeping this troper from going from DeadpanSnarker to full SadClown has been this trope.

This troper fits this trope to the point where I've gotten suspended for telling teachers off. The teachers I don't tell off say that I say what people want to say.

Me, all the way. This trope is actually the reason why I still have a job in retail; when a customer asks me if an outfit looks good on them, I carefully consider, then give them my answer. My bosses have gotten numerous compliments (and a fair share of complaints) about "the gentleman with the hat in the Men's clothing section." Everywhere else though, it's just because I have a zero tolerance for bullcrap, and life is too short for sugarcoating anyway.