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POLL: Is Political Correctness good or bad?

Overall, is Political Correctness Good or Bad?

  • Overall it's good: It helps more than it hurts

    Votes: 9 15.8%
  • Overall it's bad: It hurts more than it helps

    Votes: 48 84.2%

  • Total voters
    57
OK so why doesn't she call him that to his face or when his parents are around? If she's able to "uncondition" herself from calling him that at certain times why can't she call him by his name or call him "neighbor boy" when talking about him to you? I'm sorry but I don't like the "she's conditioned that way" excuse especially when she's doing it behind his and his parents backs. Do you think his parents would condone her calling him that if they knew? I don't think so.
Control freak alert.................PC douche alert.............
 
You really are bad at this. I mean, you're getting so bad that it's nearing pathetic. It's embarrassing. But, don't worry. In a few years, pathetic and embarrassing will no longer be politically correct and you can continue making mistakes and society suffers as a result.
 
My girlfriend never says it. Well, she will if she's repeating someone else. But, that's just become a personal, instinctive choice. I'm never offended by the word. I can be offended by how I am hearing it used by someone who intends to be cruel or hurtful. And, I'm pretty good at detecting that.

Do you think your girlfriend would be offended if she knew one of your family members called her a n*****? Of course you're not offended by it....YOU'RE WHITE. But I'll be dollars to donuts your girlfriend wouldn't take to kindly to your family members calling her that. But why? They've talked that way their whole lives.
 
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Do you think your girlfriend would be offended if she knew one of your family members called her a n*****? Of course you're not offended by it....YOU'RE WHITE. But I'll be dollars to donuts your girlfriend wouldn't take to kindly to your family members calling her that. But why? They've talked that way their whole lives.
Are you into civil rights in a career sense? You seem quite passionate about it.
 
Here is the normal scenario. I travel to see my grandma a couple times a year. After awhile she starts talking about "Evan". I ask "Grandma who is Evan?". She says the retarded crippled boy across the way.

Maybe twice have I heard her say that because obviously after a couple times I'm aware of who Evan is.
Ta dah! And, immediately you know EXACTLY who she's talking about! Isn't it amazing how words and communication are so precise? Language is great when you understand context! Direct, honest communication. I believe the most tragic events in human history are the result of miscommunication. Let's try and keep the likelihood of that at a minimum.
 
Fred has a case of the white guilt, he's so ashamed of his skin color, the man needs a helping hand people.
 
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Hey, Woman. Hey, Woman! Listen here. Since your old man ain't got no heart, maybe you like to see a real man. I bet you stay up late every night dreamin' you had a real man, don't ya? I'll tell you what. Bring your pretty little self over to my apartment tonight, and I'll show you a real man.


Exactly!!! Except I don't have earrings with feathers dangling from them.
 
Here is the normal scenario. I travel to see my grandma a couple times a year. After awhile she starts talking about "Evan". I ask "Grandma who is Evan?". She says the "neighbor" boy across the way.

Maybe twice have I heard her say that because obviously after a couple times I'm aware of who Evan is.

See look there. I changed two words and your grandmother doesn't look like the uneducated old hag we've all come to expect. See how easy that was? Let me know if you want me to send her an email regarding our discussion.
 
Here is the normal scenario. I travel to see my grandma a couple times a year. After awhile she starts talking about "Evan". I ask "Grandma who is Evan?". She says the retarded crippled boy across the way.

Maybe twice have I heard her say that because obviously after a couple times I'm aware of who Evan is.

Sounds great but 90 year olds are pretty much uncoachable. I don't think we need to worry about granny.
 
Translation = Fred has destroyed Prime again. Flawless victory.
I can share this to show you how not all of us are uptight and understand the way words can be used and not be to malign. We were with another couple- my best friend and his wife- and my friend said "Are you guys going to have kids? They're popular nowadays!" She knows my best friend well and he is NOT a PC person, but he is very intelligent, as is she. My girlfriend said "I keep telling him I don't want no half-breed pickaninny babies!" He said "I'm glad someone said it." But, it was all in fun. She's cool about it. We're cool about it. We KNOW when there's an exaggeration.

Now, in private, there's much more of an ability to grasp the general mood and level of possible tension. In a general sense, not as much. In the case of the grandmother, it's totally private and shouldn't be held to public scrutiny.
 
Fred has a case of the white guilt, he's so ashamed of his skin color, the man needs a helping hand people.
It's not even white guilt. There's some nobility to that. His is to appear sensitive. The truth is, he's not sensitive at all. He can be just as course and vulgar as anyone. He likes to portray himself as sensitive in these threads to balance it out. So... maybe you're right... white guilt!
 
I can share this to show you how not all of us are uptight and understand the way words can be used and not be to malign. We were with another couple- my best friend and his wife- and my friend said "Are you guys going to have kids? They're popular nowadays!" She knows my best friend well and he is NOT a PC person, but he is very intelligent, as is she. My girlfriend said "I keep telling him I don't want no half-breed pickaninny babies!" He said "I'm glad someone said it." But, it was all in fun. She's cool about it. We're cool about it. We KNOW when there's an exaggeration.

CSB. Too bad not every situation is as good as yours is.

Let me share mine now. My grandmother-in-law said one time at a family dinner that blacks and whites should NEVER have children together. In fact they shouldn't even be dating, but if it has to get to that point then so be it but they should not being having children together. Well I have a cousin who has two boys of mixed race. So I politely smiled and told my grandmother-in-law that this was no longer 60s and times have changed. Then I casually informed her of my mixed raced cousins and how they were just as good of people as her or I. She huffed and puffed but we both moved on.

Do you think your girlfriend would take kindly to what my grandmother-in-law said? Would you? So while hawkeye's grandma had the best of intentions its OK to inform her that, calling a child with a disability a "retarded cripple" isn't really the preferred nomenclature in today's society.

So while it takes a lot for you to be offended these days, that doesn't mean people are allowed to say whatever they want because "they were conditioned that way" That is a poor excuse for being an asshole.
 
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It will be the downfall of our nation. When we silence the truth for fear it may offend someone, we surrender solving the problem.
Bingo. The new right in this country is to never be offended. Of course that right is only given to favored groups. But with them its absolute.
 
It's not even white guilt. There's some nobility to that. His is to appear sensitive. The truth is, he's not sensitive at all. He can be just as course and vulgar as anyone. He likes to portray himself as sensitive in these threads to balance it out. So... maybe you're right... white guilt!
He'd appear more sensitive if he didn't make a point to verbally attack everyone whom he disagrees with. At least some of us don't try to pretend we're sensitive eh? That way we don't look like raving Liberal loonsbags.
 
CSB. Too bad not every situation is as good as yours is.

Let me share mine now. My grandmother-in-law said one time at a family dinner that blacks and whites should NEVER have children together. In fact they shouldn't even be dating, but if it has to get to that point then so be it but they should not being having children together. Well I have a cousin who has two boys of mixed race. So I politely smiled and told my grandmother-in-law that this was no longer 60s and times have changed. Then I casually informed her of my mixed raced cousins and how they were just as good of people as her or I. She huffed and puffed but we both moved on.

Do you think your girlfriend would take kindly to what my grandmother-in-law said? Would you? So while hawkeye's grandma had the best of intentions its OK to inform her that, calling a child with a disability a "retarded cripple" isn't really the preferred nomenclature in today's society.

So while it takes a lot for you to be offended these days, that doesn't mean people are allowed to say whatever they want because "they were conditioned that way" That is a poor excuse for being an asshole.
You are such a saint Fred. God bless ya.
 
It's not even white guilt. There's some nobility to that. His is to appear sensitive. The truth is, he's not sensitive at all. He can be just as course and vulgar as anyone. He likes to portray himself as sensitive in these threads to balance it out. So... maybe you're right... white guilt!

He's pretty much prime example of what I was talking about. I would consider his overall boorish douche-bag-like behavior to be much more offensive and detrimental than someone's grandma using "retarded cripple boy" as a benign description for the "mentally challenged handicapped" boy across the street (because using the PC approved terms is magically going to make this boys challenges go away).
 
It's not even white guilt. There's some nobility to that. His is to appear sensitive. The truth is, he's not sensitive at all. He can be just as course and vulgar as anyone. He likes to portray himself as sensitive in these threads to balance it out. So... maybe you're right... white guilt!

It's not white guilt. Its the fact that my parents raised me correctly. I'm sorry your parents decided to take a back seat on your upbringing.
 
It's not white guilt. Its the fact that my parents raised me correctly. I'm sorry your parents decided to take a back seat on your upbringing.
Being raised with white guilt is being raised correctly? You see Frederick the Bless-ed, racism is on all corners of humanity. If you would like for us to take our bless-ed ways seriously,.....

then you need to show such passion when the debate isn't about what white people are doing that you see as being negative or unjust.........

Otherwise it seems like you DO in fact have white guilt.
 
It's not white guilt. Its the fact that my parents raised me correctly. I'm sorry your parents decided to take a back seat on your upbringing.
See? Even more need to directly insult. You're not exempt from being a responsible listener. You love insulting people. Big-ups, mom and dad!
 
Being raised with white guilt is being raised correctly? You see Frederick the Bless-ed, racism is on all corners of humanity. If you would like for us to take our bless-ed ways seriously,.....

then you need to show such passion when the debate isn't about what white people are doing that you see as being negative or unjust.........

Otherwise it seems like you DO in fact have white guilt.

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I'd prefer to not feel compelled to insult people based on my insecurity. I'll pass on that education. At least it's free.
Now Strumm, only Government can educate you. Next you're going to tell us that you know how to farm your own food too.
 
Being raised with white guilt is being raised correctly? You see Frederick the Bless-ed, racism is on all corners of humanity. If you would like for us to take our bless-ed ways seriously,.....

then you need to show such passion when the debate isn't about what white people are doing that you see as being negative or unjust.........

Calling someone a "crippled retard" isn't racist. It's uneducated. I didn't really expect you to understand the difference but I applaud you for at least trying to join in the conversation. Trust me when I say that we're laughing at you, not with you.
 
Calling someone a "crippled retard" isn't racist. It's uneducated. I didn't really expect you to understand the difference but I applaud you for at least trying to join in the conversation. Trust me when I say that we're laughing at you, not with you.
Frederick the Bless-ed, there is truly a place in heaven for you.
 
Calling someone a "crippled retard" isn't racist. It's uneducated. I didn't really expect you to understand the difference but I applaud you for at least trying to join in the conversation. Trust me when I say that we're laughing at you, not with you.
Also, it's not up to you to decide what people say Frederick the Bless-ed. You are simply not a force of nature.
 
I'm not sure any of these communicate bitch. Hag might be closest but still not PC. We're going to need to keep looking.
Natch, do you think Frederick the Bless-ed is jealous of our relationship? Is this why he doesn't seem to send blessings my way? He just wants to slap me and stuff.
 
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