why do you hate political correctness?

[skunkd0c]

I didn't say "forget". I said get over it.
Did *my* ancestors own slaves? I have no idea, and frankly, it's completely irrelevant. Fascinating yes, but still irrelevant.

My ancestors burned witches

 

[Rob Roy]

I didn't say "forget". I said get over it.
Did *my* ancestors own slaves? I have no idea, and frankly, it's completely irrelevant. Fascinating yes, but still irrelevant.

It's also quite possible a persons ancestors could include both, people who were slaves, and people that owned slaves.

 

[Rob Roy]

My ancestors burned witches

Mine had prehensile tails.

 

[Rob Roy]

I don't like political correctness because I'm not cool with being told what to think.

Most of the motherfuckers trying to tell me what to think don't do it very well, themselves.

But you are cool with forcing other peaceful people how to behave, what they will buy etc. ? Oh wait you don't answer my questions because I already pointed that out too many times to you. Never mind.

 

[OddBall1st]

That is the statutorily set age, which doesn't answer the question I intended for Poopy Pants. It's possible a person may not have developed the ability by then or another person could have developed the wherewithal prior to that age.

Uncle Buck is too afraid to admit the age varies, so he went out to weed his shitty garden and blubber to himself about how he can never beat Rob Roy in an argument.

Even with the wherewithal, you can`t engage, it`s against the law at that point. Exceptions made beyond 18 are case by case, you can`t anticipate defects.

 

[skunkd0c]

Mine had prehensile tails.

Lets hope no one here is Greek

 

[Chunky Stool]

Lets hope no one here is Greek

Mmm... gyros.

 

[smokinschwag]

Let me preface my spill by saying that respect for others and a strong dedication to maintaining civility and equality is of the utmost importance to me. At the same time, however, I dislike PC culture for a variety of reasons. Firstly, it is the brainchild of clueless pseudo-intellectual college professors whose ideas have no grounding in reality and how people relate to one another emotionally and culturally. Second, and due mostly to the previously mentioned reason, political correctness is so abstract and constantly evolving that even minorities seem to become frustrated by its ever changing nature. I remember working in retail years ago and seeing a Mexican man come into the store wearing a shirt that said something to the effect of, "I'm a MEXICAN, not a Tejano, not a Hispanic." Shortly after, that same day, a Black woman entered the store and asked if I knew where she could buy a "Mexican" dress for an upcoming quinceanera to which she'd been invited. She seemed a little uneasy and quickly added that she wasn't trying to be racist or anything but just wasn't sure about proper terminology.

Third, it emphasizes heavily one's choice of words (they usually prefer the heavily hyphenated variety ) while disregarding almost completely one's intentions. It upholds trivialities and surface structure, not underlying meaning.

Finally, PC culture fosters an environment that isn't conducive to the free and open exchange of ideas. It's the antithesis of intellectual freedom. It mind virus...

 

[Chunky Stool]

Let me preface my spill by saying that respect for others and a strong dedication to maintaining civility and equality is of the utmost importance to me. At the same time, however, I dislike PC culture for a variety of reasons. Firstly, it is the brainchild of clueless pseudo-intellectual college professors whose ideas have no grounding in reality and how people relate to one another emotionally and culturally. Second, and due mostly to the previously mentioned reason, political correctness is so abstract and constantly evolving that even minorities seem to become frustrated by its ever changing nature. I remember working in retail years ago and seeing a Mexican man come into the store wearing a shirt that said something to the effect of, "I'm a MEXICAN, not a Tejano, not a Hispanic." Shortly after, that same day, a Black woman entered the store and asked if I knew where she could buy a "Mexican" dress for an upcoming quinceanera to which she'd been invited. She seemed a little uneasy and quickly added that she wasn't trying to be racist or anything but just wasn't sure about proper terminology.

Third, it emphasizes heavily one's choice of words (they usually prefer the heavily hyphenated variety ) while disregarding almost completely one's intentions. It upholds trivialities and surface structure, not underlying meaning.

Finally, PC culture fosters an environment that isn't conducive to the free and open exchange of ideas. It's the antithesis of intellectual freedom. It mind virus...

Deep. Very deep.
Still not sure what you are trying to say...
Do you have a condensed version for those of us with ADD?

 

[skunkd0c]

Mmm... gyros.

the shopping list of guilt

2 frogs
1 bats wing
an old cauldron
broom stick
sandwich maker

just thinking how we can compensate the families of witches for past travesties

 

[Fogdog]

Of course they would have. You obviously don't understand the way football schools operate.

Bill Haslam was a football player at Univ. of Tennessee in the 50s. Started a gas station afterward. Pilot Travel Centers, one of the nations largest privately held companies. His grandson is the governor of Tennessee, and his son owns the Cleveland Browns.

He is the money behind the University of Tennessee. IF the president did something that threatened the football season, and Haslam said jump, the University would ask how high.

If he was forced out at Missouri, it was by someone or multiple Missouri versions of Haslam. Not by angry black kids.

No one gives a fuck about them, remember?

Ask yourself why those kids became angry? Just for the heck of it? Then ask why the put the the kids on the football team school scholarships on the line? Just for the heck of it? That's nuts. It was a ballsy move by the young men on the football team to put their necks on the line with the protesting students. It was in response to the tolerance of racist and homophobic behavior by others in either the community or the student body that the football team went all in with their peers.

The school president or whatever he was called wasn't providing a safe and healthy environment for the student body. Of course he had to go but the corrupt old boys on the board were clueless.

Then the president had to go, not on the grounds that he wasn't performing his duties but because the university was going to lose a whole lot of cash. But nobody complained until they were threatened by losing their football. Which all means that the racist boil hasn't been lanced yet. Missouri was forced to make a move towards modern times but there is more to be done.

 

[Fogdog]

Deep. Very deep.
Still not sure what you are trying to say...
Do you have a condensed version for those of us with ADD?

He's basically saying he's a European American racist asshole and doesn't like to be called that.

 

[OddBall1st]

He's basically saying he's a European American racist asshole and doesn't like to be called that.

Aw, you couldn`t find a good enough Google answer.....ellipses.

 

[skunkd0c]

 

[smokinschwag]

He's basically saying he's a European American racist asshole and doesn't like to be called that.

Are you familiar with the Latin phrase "ad hominem," bud?

 

[smokinschwag]

Aw, you couldn`t find a good enough Google answer.....ellipses.

Eh. I've seen many of his posts around here. He doesn't seem too concerned with rational discourse, and his ideas certainly aren't predicated on truth-seeking. It seems that the primary aim of his intellectually dishonest drivel is to get a like from Uncle Buck.

 

[smokinschwag]

Deep. Very deep.
Still not sure what you are trying to say...
Do you have a condensed version for those of us with ADD?

Basically, be loving, polite, civil, and helpful to your fellow man, regardless of race, color and creed. Don't, however, allow yourself and your ideas to become bogged down by euphemisms and diluted by a pathological obsession with possibly hurting someone's feelings. This is not to say that one should intentionally hurt another person with words, but the unavoidable truth is that at least one pedantic bastard is always going to take offense to something that has been said, despite the intentions of the person who said it.

 

[Fogdog]

Are you familiar with the Latin phrase "ad hominem," bud?

Sure I do. But I wasn't directing my comment to you. I was replying to somebody else to simplify your convoluted and obtuse post.

And we aren't friends or as you say, "buds".

 

[Fogdog]

Basically, be loving, polite, civil, and helpful to your fellow man, regardless of race, color and creed. Don't, however, allow yourself and your ideas to become bogged down by euphemisms and diluted by a pathological obsession with possibly hurting someone's feelings. This is not to say that one should intentionally hurt another person with words, but the unavoidable truth is that at least one pedantic bastard is always going to take offense to something that has been said, despite the intentions of the person who said it.

That wasn't what you said earlier.

 

[smokinschwag]

That wasn't what you said earlier.

Although the burden of proof would normally be placed on you, I've determined that I should probably be the one to break this down on your behalf, bud.

Condensed version: Basically, be loving, polite, civil, and helpful to your fellow man, regardless of race, color and creed.
Original post: Let me preface my spill by saying that respect for others and a strong dedication to maintaining civility and equality is of the utmost importance to me.

Condensed version: Don't, however, allow yourself and your ideas to become bogged down by euphemisms and diluted by a pathological obsession with possibly hurting someone's feelings.
Original post: It upholds trivialities and surface structure, not underlying meaning.

Condensed version: This is not to say that one should intentionally hurt another person with words...
Original post: See the example I typed concerned the woman looking for a particular dress.

So, Fogdog, there you have it. The deconstruction of my paraphrased post reveals that each sentence of my single paragraph has a counterpart in the mother post.