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The PC Thread
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sirbrianwilson Jul 20 2016, 03:15 PM Post #1
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Since we were veering off subject.

I thought it would be interesting to focus on political correctness by itself.

Why don't you like it? How does too much of it harm people? How would living in a PC-free world affect people?

Anti-PC arguments seem to be disproportionately made by those who come from a place of privilege and rarely from folks born into cultural groups that end up on the target of discrimination due to the current state of our society. I don't think informing folks that something they said is culturally insensitive or discriminatory is a bad thing.

That said, I also don't have a problem with people expressing themselves in a way reflective of their own identity, so long as it isn't harming emotionally/physically/etc someone else. I don't see this as a rights issue...more one related to humanity.

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brumdog44 Jul 20 2016, 03:33 PM Post #2
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As long as I can call an asshole and asshole, I don't need other words.
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I think the PC culture of today has brought a lot of good things with it, and also goes too far many times. For my part, "gay" was certainly a part of my everyday language and I had to work hard to remove it from my speech, frequently apologizing when it would slip out.

That's a good thing right? Is it PC that we shouldn't say "gay" anymore? Absolutely. But is that bad? I don't think so.

The problem with everything being PC is when the person who is offended becomes overtly angry, unsympathetic, and outright mean. If you think something offensive, there's a pretty good chance the person didn't realize it, made a mistake, or really had no idea it could be viewed as offensive. When people go out of their way to punish someone as opposed to communicate why it's offensive and why the offending party should rethink what they've said/done, it's unnecessary and, quite frankly, offensive ;)
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Do you think they should rename the Washington Redskins?

And if they changed the name to The Hurryin' Caucasians, would you care?

We have a local high school with Rebels as their mascot.

There was a minor push to change the name, which didn't happen, but they did remove the confederate flag from the large mascot painting in the high school gym.

I guess I was taught "Manners" growing up. And in learning "Manners" you didn't offend people.
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Do you think they should rename the Washington Redskins?

And if they changed the name to The Hurryin' Caucasians, would you care?

Do you think they should rename the Washington Redskins?
Yes

And if they changed the name to The Hurryin' Caucasians, would you care?
Yes

Also, Redskin is not equivalent to Caucasian. Native American/Alaska Native is equivalent to Caucasian.

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I guess I was taught "Manners" growing up. And in learning "Manners" you didn't offend people.
So I assume in your mind it would be good manners if you saw a Native American and you were to walk up to him and call him a redskin?
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I think people should grow up and stop being offended. A culture of pussies (and not the good kind) is what we are moving to.
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I think people should grow up and stop being offended. A culture of pussies (and not the good kind) is what we are moving to.
Weird. I always thought it took a real man to treat others with respect.
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I think people should grow up and stop being offended. A culture of pussies (and not the good kind) is what we are moving to.
Why are you so offended by other people talking about it?
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Do you think they should rename the Washington Redskins?

And if they changed the name to The Hurryin' Caucasians, would you care?

We have a local high school with Rebels as their mascot.

There was a minor push to change the name, which didn't happen, but they did remove the confederate flag from the large mascot painting in the high school gym.

I guess I was taught "Manners" growing up. And in learning "Manners" you didn't offend people.
Yes

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Mr Gray Jul 20 2016, 06:40 PM Post #11
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I think people should grow up and stop being offended. A culture of pussies (and not the good kind) is what we are moving to.
Weird. I always thought it took a real man to treat others with respect.
It does and I do. That has little to do with being a pussy who gets offended so easily.
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The body knows what fighters don't: how to protect itself. A neck can only twist so far. Twist it just a hair more and the body says, "Hey, I'll take it from here because you obviously don't know what you're doing... Lie down now, rest, and we'll talk about this when you regain your senses." It's called the knockout mechanism.
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I think people should grow up and stop being offended. A culture of pussies (and not the good kind) is what we are moving to.
Why are you so offended by other people talking about it?
I'm not.
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The body knows what fighters don't: how to protect itself. A neck can only twist so far. Twist it just a hair more and the body says, "Hey, I'll take it from here because you obviously don't know what you're doing... Lie down now, rest, and we'll talk about this when you regain your senses." It's called the knockout mechanism.
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I think people should grow up and stop being offended. A culture of pussies (and not the good kind) is what we are moving to.
Quit being offended by people encouraging tolerance/respect
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Do you think they should rename the Washington Redskins?

And if they changed the name to The Hurryin' Caucasians, would you care?

We have a local high school with Rebels as their mascot.

There was a minor push to change the name, which didn't happen, but they did remove the confederate flag from the large mascot painting in the high school gym.

I guess I was taught "Manners" growing up. And in learning "Manners" you didn't offend people.
How do you not get how it might be offensive to people we drove off their land, committed genocide against, that we then use a slang term for them for a form of entertainment, just for insult to injury.
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dreachon Jul 20 2016, 07:14 PM Post #15
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I think people should grow up and stop being offended. A culture of pussies (and not the good kind) is what we are moving to.
Weird. I always thought it took a real man to treat others with respect.
It does and I do. That has little to do with being a pussy who gets offended so easily.
So people shouldn't have emotions or reactions to anything? Substitute "pussy" with "fan" and "offended" with "excited". Sounds like a pretty silly statement.
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