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Old December 2, 2003, 00:32   #31
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bah, don't come here whining about other forums . That's not the Poly way
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Old December 2, 2003, 00:37   #32
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I scanned through Comrade T's list and saw

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PC is definitely out of control.
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Old December 2, 2003, 00:40   #33
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Now that I think of it -- if we should go out of our way to offend people, why would Slowwy, MTG, TCO and other veterans have any problems with offensive remarks made in memorial threads??

How dare they express being offended!! PC fanatics!!
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Old December 2, 2003, 01:53   #34
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You know, I have been here for over four years now and this is the first time I clicked on a Civfanatics link.
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Old December 2, 2003, 02:06   #35
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Old December 2, 2003, 02:13   #36
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I remember on the Straightdope there was a HUGE thread on whether or not using the word "****sucker" was demeaning to gays as it implied there was something wrong with gay oral sex.

As somebody who supports gay marriage and adoption, even I think that was a bit too sensitive. Boris? Asher? What do y'all think?

(I'm looking for serious answers, btw - if you're interested, I can probably dig up the thread for you (but I hope not because the SDMB search function is as slow as, well, Sloww. )
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Old December 2, 2003, 04:51   #37
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PC has a double standard. Hard to believe, eh?

JohnT:

Of course the word implies wrongness. Why else use that epithet?
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But you Austrians [...]
This is far too offensive, I think.
I would say, 'Bipedal inhabitant of central Europe'
or more positive: 'Sentient Bipedal inhabitant of central Europe'

[stop trolling]
You see my point?
Sometimes the PC words are even MORE offensive than the 'normal' words.
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Old December 2, 2003, 10:16   #39
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I to experience a negative emotional feeling for politically correct speech.
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People hating political correctness as all of you do cannot be that bad...
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This is far too offensive, I think.
I would say, 'Bipedal inhabitant of central Europe'
or more positive: 'Sentient Bipedal inhabitant of central Europe'
Central European primates would be better
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Central European primates would be better
primates? How offensive!! What do you think we are!?!


How about "Central European advanced sapiens"?
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European is offensive, East Asia Peninsula advanced sapiens would be correct.
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Fine, I apologize to East Asian advanced sapiens I may have offended by calling them Austrians. I'll be more careful next time.
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One o them days someones gonna come up with a new phrase for political correctness
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I already have. Bullshit.


As for you MrFun, I don't understand your observation.
I know I'm just a dull-witted Texan, but could you find it in your heart to explain to me?
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It's easy Slowwy -- you whine about how people express being offended by something and you call them PC fanatics and that they want to suppress freedom of speech just because they let you know that they're offended.

Yet, YOU find flag burning offensive and YOU complain about being offended. Isn't that called hypocrisy, or do you Texans call it something else??
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Following your logic, there's nothing wrong with the Confederate flag.

Following mine, it's offensive to call Gays faggots, or burn the symbol of 4 years of my ****ing life.
What do you not follow?
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Burning the American flag is something that I would never do myself -- just as participating in a Ku Klux Klan rally is something that I strongly disagree with.

But Sloww -- I still believe that both are protected under the first amendment.
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Sloww... there are things wrong with the Confederate flag and what it represents. There are also things wrong with burning the American flag. But BECAUSE this is supposedly a free country with an Amendment guaranteeing freedom of speech and expression; both, no matter how dispicable, are CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED.

What is so hard to understand about this? You claim to be some kind of uber-patriot and that you gave up four years of your life; but you seem to have no understanding what freedom is. What exactly were you fighting for or protecting when you served in the armed forces?
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Nice saying.... If he is more like that then I wish he can be your president.
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