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What makes all the "Political Correctness" crap is really coming from the soccer moms of America. I do not know how it works in other countries, but when someone thinks that calling a black man is wrong, and should be called a African American, or calling a Library a Media Center, then calling a librarian a Media Assistant, that's whats wrong with society. Though I have to agree that there will always be one of you, and that's what makes life so precious. But in reality, its takes too much time, effort, resources, money, and generally patience to keep scum of society alive.
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So, wait, it's wrong to call a black man? That's weird, because I see a lot of black men up around here carrying cell phones around. I guess they never get called.
quote:What makes all the "Political Correctness" crap is really coming from the soccer moms of America
You mean those "fat bitch housewives"?
quote:calling a Library a Media Center, then calling a librarian a Media Assistant, that's whats wrong with society.
My "library" has, in addition to books and magazines and microfilm: DVDs, VHS and music CDs. Calling it a "media center" isn't too much of a step. But, er, is this even a PC move? I don't think so.
quote:Though I have to agree that there will always be one of you, and that's what makes life so precious.
I feel all warm and lovely!
quote:But in reality, its takes too much time, effort, resources, money, and generally patience to keep scum of society alive.
Did anyone else completely lose track of what Matrix is trying to unclearly talk about?
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Him am NOT Bizarro Coherent #1. Me love him very little.
I am a librarian. My library has many sources of information, including books, newspapers, audio, video, and electronic. These things together are called...
Wait for it...
MEDIA.
I help people use these resources. I ASSIST them.
This makes me a...
And in reality, the degree is know known as Library and Information Science, and the people are usually called Library Media Specialists. (because they're specialists in the types of media you find in a library.)
You am so SMART!
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Well, I assume our intellectually-challenged friend was, in referring to the calling of black men, bringing up the old argument that the excessive use of "politically correct" terminology does in fact lead to a blurring of the issues that make the original, non-PC, terms so contentious.
As I remember it, the classic argument revolved around the word "nigger." By demonising this word - which many African Americans do/did apparently use in everyday conversation - and using other, PC, terms, you are in effect avoiding the actual issues and history of African people in America which makes the word so incendiary.
Or something like that. I must admit it never made a lot of sense to me. Personally I don't like the word "nigger," I find it ugly.
Of course, maybe we're reading too much into what Meatheaddirx said, and he just likes the idea of calling them "niggers," and thinks the whole dressing-in-sheets, carrying-crosses gig is his idea of a fun time. 8)
Would a "white" rapper or "wigger" be justified to use the word "nigger' in their everyday conversation, or rap lyrics?
If not, are we saying that it's okey to be a racist as long as you're directing the racism toward whichever race you belong to?
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You fucking people never lay off do you. You must insult my intelligence at every chance you get, you must insult my obivious lack of typing skills. Does this make you fell all good inside insulting someone that you cannot face in person? Does it make you feel all good inside? Does it?
Don't give me the bullshit that you kidding around anymore. Because I don't buy it anymore. What you all have been doing for the past few months, maybe I have been ignoring it before I rejoined a few months ago, but have been insulting every single non-regular you lay eyes on.
I might be banned or this topic closed. But at least I have had my say.
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Tabling the latest oeuvre from the incoherent one for now, I'll answer Bluey's question.
No, and no. Did you get that from what I said, because I certainly didn't mean that. What I was saying was that by trying to remove racist terms from 'everyday' language, PC'ers actually try to deny the racism exists at all. But it does. It shouldn't, but giving it inoffensive names doesn't help to eradicate it at all. Where the issue gets confused is that if black people call each other "niggers," it's not a racist term, but if a white person uses it it is.
quote:Originally posted by Matrix: You fucking people never lay off do you. You must insult my intelligence at every chance you get, you must insult my obivious lack of typing skills. Does this make you fell all good inside insulting someone that you cannot face in person? Does it make you feel all good inside? Does it?
Don't give me the bullshit that you kidding around anymore. Because I don't buy it anymore. What you all have been doing for the past few months, maybe I have been ignoring it before I rejoined a few months ago, but have been insulting every single non-regular you lay eyes on.
I might be banned or this topic closed. But at least I have had my say.
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A lack of typing skills makes one misspell or screw up one's plurals or tenses. It does NOT make one post rambling paragraphs which make no grammatic sense nor have any internal consistency whatsoever.
Posting while stoned or otherwise cerebrally impaired does that.
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quote:Originally posted by Shik: :::blinks violently::: I could quite easily murder someone & have nearly done so on several occasions. I would still define myself as a "productive member of our society."
Define nearly. Do you mean you thought "really, really hard" about it, or do you mean you "beat someone to within an inch of their life"?
I get Lee's point though, and it does confuse me slightly. If you take the term "Pakis", everyone (apart from George Bush and Omega) finds it offensive, including people from Pakistan. They don't walk around saying "Yo, we duh tough Pakis, and we're gonna rap on yo ass!" Actually, no-one walks around saying that, but you get my point.
Some words that are offensive though, such as "Nigger", or "Queer" have been appropraited by the groups that use them to describe themselves. While this is interesting (I believe it's a form of defense against the term. They use it themselves as a way of putting a finger up at those who use it offensively) it does confuse the issue. You can say to a kid "don't say 'coon2, because it's racist, but if you tell him not to say "nigger", they do sometimes respond by saying that they've heard black people using it. It's slightly double standards.
I've also never heard that the term "black man" is offensive, and that "African American" should be used. What happens if they are not from Africa? And what happens if they are not American.
No, wait, ignore that last one. It's silly. Everyone is American.
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God is an American. United we stand, Divided we fall. See?
As for the rest: Calling somebody a "Shit-toothed Cumwad" is usually taken as an insult, whether they're black or white or even asian, if you get the tones right.
It is therefore a PC thing to say. It's Equal Opportunity, and I'm all for that.
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I guess you're just jealous that you sleep alone every night.
Dude, everybody gets teased. I get teased about killing deer, Rob gets teased for plotting world domination. Do I even need to mention what BWC gets teased for? You get teased for your lack of comprehension in your posts.
And, frankly, often some people are wondering just what the fuck you're typing, because you ARE hard to understand. Either take more time typing, or deal with people trying to figure out whether you're saying you "agree with me" or "don't agree with me." Or, whether we "feel" or whether we "fell" ... frankly, everyone here feels emotions. Maybe some fall on occasion, but not regularly. With you, it's a full time job.
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