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Thread: All about being or NOT being "PC" ~ The soap box rant
Setitetart
Setitetart


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posted July 17, 2007 05:41 AM

All about being or NOT being "PC" ~ The soap box rant

All about being or NOT being "PC"

I absolutely loathe the people on the PC soapbox.

God forbid anyone says anything that has even the remote possibility of offending anyone else.

It wasnt always like this, this constant checking and rechecking of what you say or write to see whether or not you MIGHT offend someone.

Where is this coming from?

Well.

I am on a forum (Not HC) and the other day I said the word "retarded", not as in to stunt or stop something, but in reference to people being less than (NEGATIVELY intelligent at that) intelligent.
The thread started with a post from someone that had this to say:

"yalll some gay *** mofing ***** *** {insert "N" word here}.
u {insert "N" word here} need to go somewhere and **** a gay **** of a transexual *****.

That same person goes on to say:

BANN ME ******* !!!!!
Lol What Loser *** Forums Yall Got.
I Dont Give A **** If U Bann My Ip Cuz I Am In A Librery(not That I Am Ever Comming Here Again)
Lol"

Quite a few posts were made before I posted this:

"I am telling you my theory is most people born between 1980-2000 are somehow retarded. I keep saying it and people don't believe me.
I know people that fall into my theory dates...and they ARE not right in the head. Check the birth dates of the people giving problems on LA...I bet you a good majority of them are in those years. LOL"


A 36 year old from North Jersey, in what I refer to as one of the "smart ages" (she was born around 1970) quietly ripped me a new one for saying "retarded".  Needless to say I was like WTFF girlie.
She chimed in with her 2 cents to MY post:

"Well, the choice of your wording bothers me a little. Saying "most people born between 1980-2000 are somehow retarded" is a bit offensive. I dont know if you meant it to be that way, but nowadays that word is not used to describe people.

I doubt very much there are many 6 yr old members in LA, so your dates may be a little off. But I think I may understand where you are going with this."

Personally I thought her addition could have used a little work...

Teens today are spoiled and have access to more information then we did growing up. Between cell phones, the internet, downloading music, video games, etc...they dont have to work as hard to get the info they need. When we were growing up we had to *gasp* go to the library, check out books and do actual research.

Todays technology has made kids lazy and disrespectful. They want everything NOW. As parents, we need to teach respect and courtesy and hopefully down the road, when our children are 16 they will be well educated and appreciate the technology available to them and not abuse it.

Miss Offended goes on to say in a personal message to me:

" my ears always perk up and I get offended when others use terms that offend others. I guess thats the mom in me. There are many words that are off limits to be spoken in my home. Am I 100 percent Polically Correct? No, I just try to set a good example for my kids."

The choice of my wording is offensive? That word isnt used to describe people nowadays?

OH? (News to ME.)

So what might I ask IS used to describe these people that their combined brain cell count is in the negatives?

Stupid
Dumb
Slow
Dull
Brainless
Obtuse
Witless
Senseless
Underdeveloped
Backward
Stunted
Arrested
Lagging
Handicrapped
Idiot
Wally
Dummy
Dork
Imbecile
Ignoramus
Mentally Challenged

Did I miss any?

I think many names on that list are by far MORE offensive than "retarded".

{Rolls eyes}

I had a good laugh at her saying her little ears perk up and she got offended when others use terms that offend others. She goes on to say
"I guess thats the mom in me. There are many words that are off limits to be spoken in my home. Am I 100 percent Polically Correct? No, I just try to set a good example for my kids"

Well that's all fine and good until they hear loads of derogatory, flaming talk from school, after school activities, their friends, other family members, and {Gasp} CHURCH.
That she runs around getting all offended when people say anything just sent me into fits of laughter, I somehow had this visual of this woman running circles around people telling them off for saying the word "retarded".
She guesses that's the MOM in her?

Oh PLEASE.
The days of "Donna Reed" and "oh GOSH" are long gone folks.
Sorry, it was a sad loss really.
But lets get real here.

She can limit the words spoken in her house, but boy isn't it going to be a slap to her rosy cheeks when her twins come home and they are repeating worse things.
It's great she tries to set an example for her kids, and I applaud that.
As parents we can't do enough to put our kids on the right foot.

BUT.

Now come on. WHEN did people get so overly sensitive and uber PC?
I am not in any way saying that it isnt okay to BE Politically CORRECT, but I think in the long run you pave the way for people to rip your head off and vomit down your throat when the wordings change yet AGAIN and YOUR way of saying this or that is now offensive.

Case and point. I have a ton of examples I COULD use, but this one I will list drives the point home.

African-American.

Totally PC right?

Isn't it?

NOPE.

African-American becomes a term for debate


I worked in Chicago alongside many "African Americans" Women to be exact. And let me tell you they have NO QUALMS whatsoever telling you how messed up you are if you even think about saying that.

A long time ago they were referred to as "colored folk" and then, "Negroes", and THEN "Blacks" and finally "African Americans" and the more widely known and frowned on "snows" or as many would be thugs call themselves "Niggas".

First off, let me say VERY CLEARLY I do NOT like the "N" word in ANY variance.
I find it personally offensive, but I wont lift a finger to stop ANY person I know, black OR white (pink, purple, red, polka dotted or otherwise colored) from using it.

Freedom of speech after all....right?

I dont honestly believe that any self-respecting human being would use that word for anything other than pointing it out as the nasty depreciating word it really is.

Freedom of Speech.

Derogatory?

Yes absolutely.
Without a doubt.

But do I have that right to tell you that YOU cant say it, type it, write it or use it?

No.

As the world changes so does its speech. What also changes is the PC and non-PC speech.

Personally, I say what is on my mind and if I offend you oh well.
YOU know what? Walk it off. Suck it up. Go cry to someone else about how mean I am or how non-PC I am.
People that know me well enough, know that I clean up my language for very few.
I dont sugar coat or make any attempts to lie to you.
I speak the truth as I see it.
And for the record I could care less what color you are, what your gender is, or where you hail from.
If you are decent and respectful to me, I will do the same for you.
But no matter WHO you are I will NOT sugar coat anything.

Period.

I know quite a few exceptions to my age theory and I say that too. I slop the compliments on THICK when I encounter someone in that age group that is respectful, trustworthy, competent, intelligent and hard working among other things.

Ahhh the joys of opinions. LOL

What cracks me up even worse about all of this, is that some people I know would have hung all of those posters out to dry with much worse words than "retarded".
I shudder to think how tightly their little panties would have bound up had some people in my circle of friends caught a hold of them.

{Shaking head}

Other non-PC words Versus PC words:

Short = vertically challenged

White= Caucasian

Retarded = Mentally challenged

Housewife = Domestic Engineer

Gay = Homosexual

Gay couples = Life partners

Garbage man = Sanitation Engineer

And that is a short list.

You could literally make yourself crazy trying to keep up to date and what you can and can not (or should not) say anymore these days and that is why I just choose to speak my mind with very little regard to whether or not I will make any given person angry.
It can get ridiculous to be PC all of the time.




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Miru
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posted July 17, 2007 06:47 AM
Edited by Miru at 06:53, 17 Jul 2007.

Quote:
"yalll some gay *** mofing ***** *** {insert "N" word here}.
u {insert "N" word here} need to go somewhere and **** a gay **** of a transexual *****.

That same person goes on to say:

BANN ME ******* !!!!!
Lol What Loser *** Forums Yall Got.
I Dont Give A **** If U Bann My Ip Cuz I Am In A Librery(not That I Am Ever Comming Here Again)
Lol"


Well I will streeetch out on a limb here (sarcasm) and say this is a great example of the people whose breeding rights should be ~Zero~
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Teens today are spoiled and have access to more information then we did growing up. Between cell phones, the internet, downloading music, video games, etc...they dont have to work as hard to get the info they need. When we were growing up we had to *gasp* go to the library, check out books and do actual research.


With the w\great advantage that I know so much about so many things, this is a good thing, but like most good things it is often abused.
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Todays technology has made kids lazy and disrespectful. They want everything NOW. As parents, we need to teach respect and courtesy and hopefully down the road, when our children are 16 they will be well educated and appreciate the technology available to them and not abuse it.


I think your quote is too generalized, and also that it should be obvious to you that technology is not why teens are rebellious.
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Miss Offended goes on to say in a personal message to me:

" my ears always perk up and I get offended when others use terms that offend others. I guess thats the mom in me. There are many words that are off limits to be spoken in my home. Am I 100 percent Polically Correct? No, I just try to set a good example for my kids."

Well IMO the best way to deal with these .. people... is to tell the "since it is no longer politically correct, and both you and I know we aren't referring to birth defect X, from cause Y, then my message should be quite clear, and hard to mistake"
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Stupid - given to unintelligent decisions or acts (sounds good to me)
Dumb - lacking the human power of speech
Slow - naturally inert or sluggish
Dull -: STUPID
Brainless - devoid of intelligence : STUPID (not what I expected)
Obtuse - lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect
Witless - destitute of wit or understanding : FOOLISH
Senseless - destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to sense
Underdeveloped - not normally or adequately developed (well that's a lot of help...)
Backward - in a reverse or contrary direction or way
Stunted - (in verb form, stunt) to hinder the normal growth, development, or progress of
Arrested - to bring to a stop (this is more irrelevant than dumb...)
Lagging - to stay or fall behind
Handicrapped OMGWTFBBQ!! iz not a word
Idiot - a person affected with extreme mental retardation
Wally Scottish for fine, sturdy
Dummy - a person who is incapable of speaking
Dork - Etymology: perhaps alteration of dick (I was told it was a whale's penis...)
Imbecile - a person affected with moderate mental retardation (its how a flaming troll admits he loves you)
Ignoramus - an utterly ignorant person : DUNCE
Mentally Challenged Iz not a werd


All thanks to the power of m-w.com!
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Did I miss any?


Trust me the list is very, very long...
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I had a good laugh at her saying her little ears perk up and she got offended when others use terms that offend others. She goes on to say
"I guess thats the mom in me. There are many words that are off limits to be spoken in my home. Am I 100 percent Polically Correct? No, I just try to set a good example for my kids"

Well that's all fine and good until they hear loads of derogatory, flaming talk from school, after school activities, their friends, other family members, and {Gasp} CHURCH.
That she runs around getting all offended when people say anything just sent me into fits of laughter, I somehow had this visual of this woman running circles around people telling them off for saying the word "retarded".
She guesses that's the MOM in her?

Oh PLEASE.
The days of "Donna Reed" and "oh GOSH" are long gone folks.
Sorry, it was a sad loss really.
But lets get real here.

She can limit the words spoken in her house, but boy isn't it going to be a slap to her rosy cheeks when her twins come home and they are repeating worse things.
It's great she tries to set an example for her kids, and I applaud that.
As parents we can't do enough to put our kids on the right foot.


Yeah, I guess her inability to think for her self (being glued to whats "politically correct"), is another one of her "Mom" traits. Except that "mom" part.
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...[ranting]

Freedom of Speech.


Hate to break it to you, but America doesn't have freedom of speech. Things you can say are along the lines of [N word], Bomb [in an airport], and "Thermite took down the world trade center" (which there is quite a bit of proof for, but the media can't cover it because it would cause "'distress among the common people' if they were told about this", or some other some reason, but they did find a loop hole that overpowers that "right".
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Derogatory?

Yes absolutely.
Without a doubt.

But do I have that right to tell you that YOU cant say it, type it, write it or use it?

No.


I'm glad to hear that you are one of the reasonable people here.
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As the world changes so does its speech. What also changes is the PC and non-PC speech.

Personally, I say what is on my mind and if I offend you oh well.
YOU know what? Walk it off. Suck it up. Go cry to someone else about how mean I am or how non-PC I am.
People that know me well enough, know that I clean up my language for very few.
I dont sugar coat or make any attempts to lie to you.
I speak the truth as I see it.
And for the record I could care less what color you are, what your gender is, or where you hail from.
If you are decent and respectful to me, I will do the same for you.
But no matter WHO you are I will NOT sugar coat anything.

Period.


Agreed
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I know quite a few exceptions to my age theory and I say that too. I slop the compliments on THICK when I encounter someone in that age group that is respectful, trustworthy, competent, intelligent and hard working among other things.

Ahhh the joys of opinions. LOL

What cracks me up even worse about all of this, is that some people I know would have hung all of those posters out to dry with much worse words than "retarded".
I shudder to think how tightly their little panties would have bound up had some people in my circle of friends caught a hold of them.

{Shaking head}

Other non-PC words Versus PC words:

Short = vertically challenged Hehe, sure

White= Caucasian

Retarded = Mentally challenged

Housewife = Domestic Engineer Oh comom, engineer? Yeah, lemme see your degree for that...

Gay = Homosexual

Gay couples = Life partners

Garbage man = Sanitation Engineer

And that is a short list.

You could literally make yourself crazy trying to keep up to date and what you can and can not (or should not) say anymore these days and that is why I just choose to speak my mind with very little regard to whether or not I will make any given person angry.
It can get ridiculous to be PC all of the time.


Who cares what's politically correct? Phone robots? These idiots (intentional misuse of the word)? I don't...

EDITS: Sorry, with that much BBcode, I made a number of errors
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Binabik
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posted July 17, 2007 08:36 AM
Edited by Binabik at 08:42, 17 Jul 2007.

There's already a (fairly) recent thread about this.

http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=19441


Edit: Oh, BTW, politically correct is ****ing retarded. And if somebody doesn't like my viewpoint, then the hell with them....they are not only retarded, but totally clueless and living in a fantasy world where everything is lollypops and baloons.


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posted July 17, 2007 08:38 AM

Sounds more like an imature punk who dont even know the real definition of some of the words he throws out.
Some people on the net do tend to shout out negativity to people when they feel strongly about it.
Sometimes they may have that same case & reflect on it by calling other people the N word or gay etc.
Sounds like that dude has got some personal problems lol.
Or maybe it is shadey
Either way that dudeis pretty funny because like i said.
He dont even know the real definition for some of those words &
Just tell him he is probally some 5/4 115 pound Shrimp who got his #@$ whopped by women & gays for his lunch money.
Then tell him he is only lashing out because he met a black woman & by the time he found out about the F stick, it was too late
Whining crybaby loser who cant get his head straight in a simple forum so he babies out by wanting to be a loser.
Ban him with shame please
With love of course
Well scratch the love part.
When i used to go off real hard on someone to the point where they had to leave.
I always loved to say with love or sincerily etc
Smile or win
Use every word he throws out against him & throw in a little extra.
It's funner, it dont make you as upset.
They usually deserve it when you say it.



Nothing wrong with kids being spoiled when it comes to helping with thier education.
I approve of it.
There has always been problems in LA.
Gang relations to that purple & brown smog

Ripped for saying retarded.
Personally thats just your way but I cant blame her either.
Calling someone retarded is the same as saying Honkey to a white person to me.
I never used that word in my life.
I usually say mentally ill.
Thats just me though hehe.
Some get offended by it & some dont.
I never get offended when I here it, orless directed at some friends who has a few problems.
Then I wouldnt mind getting into anyones face.
In seriousness of course .
It's not hard to tell when someone is serious or trying to get under your skin.

Yea we had to use our friends parents phone .
Pay phones.
3 way calls .
Oh man phones were cool when your parents did not cry about the bills.
I agree Cell phones is where it's at

Not always just the kids but how they are raised also.
even 50 bucks is not enough for kids these days.
I remember when I was a kid 5 bucks was like 5000 dollars to me lol.
Parents do spoil the kids.
They buy them stuff all the time to the point where they want it now.

I wouldnt really compare it to Donna reed or Miss Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver .
I think it would be simple to follow my advice.
Stay away from people you dont want to be around.
Not that hard.
Like me I got my own friends on here & in real life.
I dont need or deserve to put up with any BS I dont need to hear.
I can simply not read it, block, ignore.
Many ways to avoid stuff you dont want to hear.

Also alot of black people who never get over it.
It goes both ways when it comes to racism.
SOme people just cant get over stuff that happened yrs ago.

The list goes on & on & on to slangs we probally never even heard of before lol.

Point is be who you are.
If the others dont like it, then they need to learn to deal with it better.



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posted July 17, 2007 04:52 PM
Edited by mvassilev at 16:53, 17 Jul 2007.

Quote:
Housewife = Domestic Engineer

Garbage man = Sanitation Engineer


That made me lol. The things that people come up with...

But the term "gay" might be offensive to some homosexuals. Just like the n-word is offensive when whites apply it to blacks.

BTW, I think that "European-American" is a better term for whites than "Caucasian" is. "Caucasian" was made up by people who don't know where the Caucass mountains are, and what people that come from there look like. (Hint: Not like most whites.)

Edit: And I refuse to be PC on purpose.
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Korejora
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posted July 17, 2007 10:17 PM

Well, Caucasia does includes some land around the Caucasus Mountains... and I'm not sure they look significantly different from other people in terms of skin colour.

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[url=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1201870/posts]African-American becomes a term for debate[/url]
I don't think this article is about the term "African-American" suddenly being an evil way of referring to people who come from Africa and are American. Their point seems to be that people who don't have African ancestry are bothered by the term being used for them.
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Setitetart
Setitetart


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Reality check....
posted July 18, 2007 06:42 AM

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Well I will streeetch out on a limb here (sarcasm) and say this is a great example of the people whose breeding rights should be ~Zero~


I am completely with you on that one.
The day that I logged on and saw that, also saw 2 seconds after that that indeed the moderators of that forum had banned him and rightfully so.
Not because his spelling was dreadful (WTH is a “Library”?), LOL, but because this guy had been on and off the site for months, and caused problems and left posts like that more often than not.

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Sounds more like an immature punk who dont even know the real definition of some of the words he throws out.
Some people on the net do tend to shout out negativity to people when they feel strongly about it.
Sometimes they may have that same case & reflect on it by calling other people the N word or gay etc.
Sounds like that dude has got some personal problems lol.


I would go so far as to say that was one of that kids “nice” posts….sad but true
And yes, I think he had more than a few issues.


Quote:
I think your quote is too generalized, and also that it should be obvious to you that technology is not why teens are rebellious.


Perhaps a little generalized, and yes I am well aware that technology is NOT why teens are rebellious. LOL

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Well IMO the best way to deal with these .. people... is to tell the "since it is no longer politically correct, and both you and I know we aren't referring to birth defect X, from cause Y, then my message should be quite clear, and hard to mistake".


Hahaha, even you are hesitant to call them people. LOL I found them incredibly hard to deal with or have a level headed discussion with on any level. The only way I could get a point across to them was if I dumbed it down so badly it made MY head hurt.
Even had I thought to say that, I assure you…it would have been met with confusion. LOL

Oh we DO have freedom of speech but I find these days that there is more and more that you can’t or at the very least shouldn’t say because it could offend.

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But do I have that right to tell you that YOU cant say it, type it, write it or use it?


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I'm glad to hear that you are one of the reasonable people here.


I try to be and I don’t always succeed there. I thank you for the compliment. J

But for the record, a LOT of people are gung-ho on the PC bandwagon and the question which prompted me to write this is the first place was a question of whether or not it helped anything to be “PC”…which I don’t personally believe it helps anything, if anything I think it makes some things MORE difficult and even confusing.

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Ripped for saying retarded.
Personally thats just your way but I cant blame her either.
Calling someone retarded is the same as saying Honkey to a white person to me.


Retarded was at some point in time an acceptable word to use when referring to people that had low intelligence. There is actually a scale showing the various degrees of lower intelligence in which not only is “retarded” used, but “moron” as well. I would say it was used up until the late 50’s maybe even the early 60’s. I will try and track the scale down, for intent and purpose…it IS interesting.
BUT ME using the word “retarded” was more like a “knee-jerk” reaction on my end…If I remember correctly it was more like me commenting on the stupidity of it all rather than anything else.
Personally “honky” makes me laugh hysterically. Seriously now, if you want to call a person something not-so-nice….couldn’t they come up with something other than THAT?
Someone dropped the ball in the creativity department…just saying. LOL

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Oh, BTW, politically correct is ****ing retarded. And if somebody doesn't like my viewpoint, then the hell with them....they are not only retarded, but totally clueless and living in a fantasy world where everything is lollypops and balloons.


Again I completely agree. As much as I would love to see a rose tinted world, I don’t believe that will ever happen because as my Gramma says there is always going to be someone to muck it up for you.
I wonder what a lollypop and balloons world would be like though…fun eh? LOL

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Not always just the kids but how they are raised also.
even 50 bucks is not enough for kids these days.
I remember when I was a kid 5 bucks was like 5000 dollars to me lol.
Parents do spoil the kids.
They buy them stuff all the time to the point where they want it now.


Parents aren’t really allowed to be parents anymore.
Sadly I see this trend of “parents” becoming younger and younger, the kids having kids…largely unsupervised by THEIR parents.
I don’t think it is so much that the parents are spoiling the kids these days, more like the kids walk all over their parents to get what they want, because if a parent (at least here) so much as looks at their kids cross eyed, you get Child Protection breathing on you.

True story, a friend’s stepson was unruly and causing trouble at school.
The step father disciplined the child and the very next day the stepson went to school claiming that his stepfather abused him.
They removed the stepson from the home, basically rewarded him for not only lying, gave him somewhat of a mini-vacation away from his house (the foster parents took him shopping and all kinds of attention) and put the parents on trial for supposed abuse when all they were trying to do was discipline the kid.

THAT kind of thing happens more often than not.

Anyway…

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Quote:
Housewife = Domestic Engineer

Garbage man = Sanitation Engineer


That made me lol. The things that people come up with...

But the term "gay" might be offensive to some homosexuals. Just like the n-word is offensive when whites apply it to blacks.

BTW, I think that "European-American" is a better term for whites than "Caucasian" is. "Caucasian" was made up by people who don't know where the Caucass mountains are, and what people that come from there look like. (Hint: Not like most whites.)

Edit: And I refuse to be PC on purpose.


I know…some of the PC terms ARE hysterical and no, for whoever asked I DO NOT have a degree in domestic engineering but I SHOULD. LOL

I know plenty of gays who hate ANY term for homosexual that isn’t exactly that…homosexual.
And I think the “N” word is offensive regardless of who is using it. LOL
I think you are right about the “European Americans”, that would seem to overall “fit” better wouldn’t it? I think so. LOL

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Well, Caucasia does includes some land around the Caucasus Mountains... and I'm not sure they look significantly different from other people in terms of skin colour.

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African-American becomes a term for debate
I don't think this article is about the term "African-American" suddenly being an evil way of referring to people who come from Africa and are American. Their point seems to be that people who don't have African ancestry are bothered by the term being used for them.


It would appear to me that it doesn’t matter what you call anyone, most will never be happy with ANY term. LOL
I hadn’t realized it was such a point of contention until I read that article.
I think it is a little weird that people would make such an issue of it…

Why do any of us even HAVE to have a name for each other? We can’t we just be PEOPLE?

What’s the phrase…..

Can’t we all just get along? LOL


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The Chosen One
posted July 18, 2007 05:35 PM

The Black Eyed Peas' song "Let's get Retarded" was changed to "Let's get it Started" so that Radios had a version they "could" play.

Saturday Night live had a sketch featuring 4 guys singing along with a song called "Danny's Song", and sharing the memories that the tune brought back with each other over beers. One of the guys told a story about a day he spent withhis dad, and he recalled thinking that day -  ""I have a dad" and not, "I have a dad with Down's Syndrome". " as part of his story - the episode aired live - but in all the reruns they bleeped out the words down syndrome.

Just thought I'd toss those in there
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antipaladin
antipaladin


Promising
Legendary Hero
of Ooohs and Aaahs
posted July 18, 2007 05:47 PM

Quote:
Did I miss any?


Dense
Nibacile
incompetent of thinking
a pothetic excuse for a intelgent creature
the definition of not existing,AKA If i dont think then i dont exist.


and to correct your statment.
People born in 1980-1990,are that,i was existing in 1990-2007,so i think that would include me in your "I like you list".
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violent_flower
violent_flower


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Supreme Hero
Almost there.
posted July 18, 2007 05:50 PM

Politically Correct Terms For Females:


Her breasts will never sag, they will lose their vertical hold.

She does not get drunk, she is accidentally over served or she becomes verbally dyslexic.

She does not get PMS, she becomes hormonally homicidal.

She does not hate sports on TV, she is athletically biased.

She does not have a great butt, she is gluteus to the maximus.

She does not have a hard body, she is anatomically inflexible.

She does not have a killer body, she is terminally attractive.



She does not have big hair, she is overly aerosoled.

She does not have big hooters, her cups runneth over.

She does not have great cleavage or a great rack, her breasts are centrally located.

She does not have sexy lips, she is collagen dependent.

She does not shave her legs, she experiences temporary stubble reduction.

She does not shop too much, she is overly susceptible to marketing ploys.

She does not snore, she is nasally repetitive.

She does not sun bathe, she experiences solar enhancement.

She does not wear too much makeup, she is cosmetically oversaturated.

She does not work out too much, she is an abdominal overachiever.
She does not: Get Drunk, She becomes Verbally Dyslexic

She is not a bad cook, she is microwave compatible.

She is not a bad driver, she is automotively challenged.

She is not A Gossip, She is a Verbal Terminator
She is not a gossip, she is a verbal terminator.

She is not a Perfect 10, she is numerically superior.

She is not cold or frigid, she is thermally incompatible.

She is not easy, she is horizontally accessible.

She is not hooked on soap operas, she is melodramatically fixated.

She is not too skinny, she is skeletally prominent.

She will never gain weight, she will become a metabolic underachiever.
You do not ask her to dance, you request a precoital rhythmic experience.

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setitetart
setitetart


Known Hero
Reality check....
posted July 24, 2007 08:26 AM
Edited by setitetart at 08:28, 24 Jul 2007.

Quote:
Quote:
Did I miss any?


Dense
Nibacile
incompetent of thinking
a pothetic excuse for a intelgent creature
the definition of not existing,AKA If i dont think then i dont exist.


and to correct your statment.
People born in 1980-1990,are that,i was existing in 1990-2007,so i think that would include me in your "I like you list".


LOL.
Nice, I don't think I'd heard those words. LOL

Yes, you would be on my "I like you" list. LOL
But dont forget that there ARE exceptions to the theory though...
Such as some people I have met that are MY age and act like they have got 2 brain cells to rub together....
And the younger people that I have met that are beyond amazing.

They are out there, but sometimes you have to look really hard. LOL
Quote:
Politically Correct Terms For Females:


Her breasts will never sag, they will lose their vertical hold.

She does not get drunk, she is accidentally over served or she becomes verbally dyslexic.

She does not get PMS, she becomes hormonally homicidal.

She does not hate sports on TV, she is athletically biased.

She does not have a great butt, she is gluteus to the maximus.

She does not have a hard body, she is anatomically inflexible.

She does not have a killer body, she is terminally attractive.



She does not have big hair, she is overly aerosoled.

She does not have big hooters, her cups runneth over.

She does not have great cleavage or a great rack, her breasts are centrally located.

She does not have sexy lips, she is collagen dependent.

She does not shave her legs, she experiences temporary stubble reduction.

She does not shop too much, she is overly susceptible to marketing ploys.

She does not snore, she is nasally repetitive.

She does not sun bathe, she experiences solar enhancement.

She does not wear too much makeup, she is cosmetically oversaturated.

She does not work out too much, she is an abdominal overachiever.
She does not: Get Drunk, She becomes Verbally Dyslexic

She is not a bad cook, she is microwave compatible.

She is not a bad driver, she is automotively challenged.

She is not A Gossip, She is a Verbal Terminator
She is not a gossip, she is a verbal terminator.

She is not a Perfect 10, she is numerically superior.

She is not cold or frigid, she is thermally incompatible.

She is not easy, she is horizontally accessible.

She is not hooked on soap operas, she is melodramatically fixated.

She is not too skinny, she is skeletally prominent.

She will never gain weight, she will become a metabolic underachiever.
You do not ask her to dance, you request a precoital rhythmic experience.


HAHAHAHAHAHA....*chokes*...HAHAA. LOL
Is there a male list?
That one I'd LOVE to see. LOL

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