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Political Correctness

Is Political Correctness Real

  • Yes

    Votes: 82 82.8%

  • No

    Votes: 8 8.1%

  • Other

    Votes: 9 9.1%
  • Total voters
    99
Boo Radley said:
Not really. We're more aware. But being polite has always been a social expectation.
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It is more than being polite... it is about reforming speech to what some want at the expense of others.
 
Bodhisattva said:
It is more than being polite... it is about reforming speech to what some want at the expense of others.
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Or flat out turning certain words into *code words* overnight so as to expand the accusations of racism to new people because members of the liberal political agenda don't like what they are saying.
 
Caine said:
Or flat out turning certain words into *code words* overnight so as to expand the accusations of racism to new people because members of the liberal political agenda don't like what they are saying.
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what you mean, "New People"? Is that a dog whistle for "You People"?
 
Caine said:
Hard to do when liberals are changing the rules on what is polite...... and turning words into "code" as often as I change underwear.
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They haven't change. And you guys use code as much as anyone.
 
I grew up in the UK in the 70s when the "N" word was acceptable on TV, gays were openly called poofs and 16 year old schoolgirls appeared topless on page 3 of a daily so-called newspaper. And Benny Hill was prime time "family" entertainment.

Yes PC is real. Thank f*ck it's real. Bring it on.
 
Urethra Franklin said:
I grew up in the UK in the 70s when the "N" word was acceptable on TV, gays were openly called poofs and 16 year old schoolgirls appeared topless on page 3 of a daily so-called newspaper. And Benny Hill was prime time "family" entertainment.

Yes PC is real. Thank f*ck it's real. Bring it on.
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I feel like watching The Goodies.

so did you get into the Sex pistols, Clash, Joy Division, New order?
 
Unicron said:
I feel like watching The Goodies.

so did you get into the Sex pistols, Clash, Joy Division, New order?
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I have seen The Goodies recently - bitterly disappointed. The memory was better. Apart from the hilarious Eckythump episode.

Jot Division and New Order - yes.

Sex Pistols? Too contrived.

X-Ray Spex with the fabulous Polly Styrene????
 
Urethra Franklin said:
I have seen The Goodies recently - bitterly disappointed. The memory was better. Apart from the hilarious Eckythump episode.

Jot Division and New Order - yes.

Sex Pistols? Too contrived.

X-Ray Spex with the fabulous Polly Styrene????
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so did you go to the hacienda or see joy Division elsewhere?
 
Unicron said:
so did you go to the hacienda or see joy Division elsewhere?
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I sadly never got to see Joy Division live.

I was somewhat bi-polar in my tastes and was simultaneously a big soul fan. Northern Soul all nighters at Wigan Casino?

I saved my concert money for visiting soul acts. My best memory is Millie Jackson on tour circa 1978, with Rokotto as support act. That woman was electric and no, she wasn't very PC! :)
 
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Urethra Franklin said:
I sadly never got to see Joy Division live.

I was somewhat bi-polar in my tastes and was simultaneously a big soul fan. Northern Soul all nighters at Wigan Casino?

I saved my concert money for visiting soul acts. My best memory is Millie Jackson on tour circa 1976, with Rokotto as support act. That woman was electric and no, she wasn't very PC! :)
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Sounds cool. At least you had a good time. Shame about the goodies. I agree the memory was better. We used to watch reruns when I was a kid in Australia. I think it's the age group, not the time zone. I was, however, delighted to noticed that in each episode, one of the three turns evil and the other two band together to stop him. It's just ridiculous.

Anyway, must have been an interesting time to live in the UK. Not a bad place and time to come of age imo.
 
Unicron said:
Sounds cool. At least you had a good time. Shame about the goodies. I agree the memory was better. We used to watch reruns when I was a kid in Australia. I think it's the age group, not the time zone. I was, however, delighted to noticed that in each episode, one of the three turns evil and the other two band together to stop him. It's just ridiculous.

Anyway, must have been an interesting time to live in the UK. Not a bad place and time to come of age imo.
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Quite right. I don't envy the kids today.

Oh, and I used to scive off school to watch The Young Doctors, Sons and Daughters, The Sullivans, A Country Practice. Daytime TV was all Aussie soaps!

Now I've loved this trip down memory lane, but I guess we better stop before some mod has an eppi with an "Off Topic" notice. ;)
 
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cpwill said:
what you mean, "New People"? Is that a dog whistle for "You People"?
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People who they weren't able to call racists before because they didn't say any racist stuff..... they make new code words and now they have more people they can call racists.


But I think I know what you were talking about..........how *you people* is always taken racist.. am I right?
 
Boo Radley said:
They haven't change. And you guys use code as much as anyone.
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Like... apparently the word *thug* is being turned into a new code word.....
 
Caine said:
People who they weren't able to call racists before because they didn't say any racist stuff..... they make new code words and now they have more people they can call racists.


But I think I know what you were talking about..........how *you people* is always taken racist.. am I right?
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Why would you say "am i right", as though that were supposed to mean you were correct? Don't you really mean that "Right" is "Correct" because "Right" is "Racist", you dog-whistling nazi?


this is sarcasm...
 
cpwill said:
Why would you say "am i right", as though that were supposed to mean you were correct? Don't you really mean that "Right" is "Correct" because "Right" is "Racist", you dog-whistling nazi?


this is sarcasm...
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cpwill hath become a liberal overnight.
 
Caine said:
Like... apparently the word *thug* is being turned into a new code word.....
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Isn't it? But that's neither here nor there. You brought it up.
 
The term "politically correct" should scare the pants of any free person. All dictatorships are founded on that term. Maybe Donald Trump will trash that term as we continue to follow him out of curiosity.
 
Caine said:
Or flat out turning certain words into *code words* overnight so as to expand the accusations of racism to new people because members of the liberal political agenda don't like what they are saying.
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I would argue that the authoritarian leftists who continually create new litmus tests for the purpose of manufacturing absolute conformity of opinion are doing so because they aren't liberal rather than because they are.

Now, I realize that traditional fascism is a right wing phenomenon rather than left, but in terms of approach here, their hatred of anything that does not rise to their level of ideological purity has more in common with it than it does liberalism.

Liberalism is color blind and applies the same standards to all people. P.C. is a product of identity politics crafted in such a way that some people are inherently worth protecting and some aren't.
 
Boo Radley said:
My speech has not been reformed. I'm just polite.
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The problem is that you are conforming to what others deem to be "polite".

If you do not like something and say it is "stupid, idiotic, dumb, retarded" you are not being polite to a certain group. Almost anything can be "offensive".
 
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