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- From: 00dclefevre@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
- Newsgroups: alt.censorship
- Subject: Re: POLITICAL CORRECTNESS (INEPTNESS)dir
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.070205.12056@bsu-ucs>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 12:02:04 GMT
- References: <1e662mINNkjb@bigboote.WPI.EDU>
- Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's
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- In article <1e662mINNkjb@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, satan@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Matthew James Meyer) writes:
- > PC is bullshit!
- >
- > PC is just another bit of facist politics invading another facet of our
- > everyday lives - namley freedom expression.
- >
-
- Here! Here!.. however I can't begin to agree with your definition of PC
-
-
- > PC: Let's have everyone use the same exact vocabulary, that we the elitists
- > have developed, so that noone is ever offended by the words we use in our
- > various modes of communication.
-
- This an effect of PC.. but this isn't the real danger at all. The biggest
- problem of PC _is_ reverse racism. In other words, it is people using the
- color of their skin or their ethnic background to their advantage, just as us
- whites did when we put them down and didn't allow them to advance. The real
- problem right now is that many advocates of PC can now call someone (anyone)
- racist, call anyone who questions this label racist, and promote their own
- agenda, sucessfully squelching someone that they don't like.
-
- Yeah.. there are MANY racists out there... but not as many as the PC people
- want you believe.
-
- >
- > ME: i have nothing against being polite (though I do have something against
- > this left shift key that isn't working), but i don't take kindly to being
- > told that i will have to express myself in a specific manner as outlined
- > by some authority. i received many an F in high school for writing my own
- > way.
-
- Politeness is important.. and I don't advocate racial slurs at all, but I think
- that is is important to concider intent. If someone calls and African American
- 'Black,' it is almost NEVER done so with an intent to harm. PC advocates need
- to realize this and go out and fight the REAL bigotry.. (like over in that
- 'Fundamentalist Nightmare' thread)
-
- >
- > No matter what terminology some group develops (i.e. terms like physically
- > challenged, womyn, etc. ) society can twist it in such a way that it is
- > acceptable or derogatory.
-
- Yes.. and this gives the PC advocate way too much power... (see above)
-
- Bitch is a female dog and a nigger is a stupid
- > person and queer means 'odd' (by dictionary standards), but society has
- > turned them into insults and racial slurs.
-
- See above on intent..
-
- > Yes, we can develop pretty
- > titles, like physically challenged, which soften the truth, but sooner or
- > later that will be derogatory, whether by connotation or voice inntonation.
- > Why don't we just refer to people's disabilities and races by their latin
- > roots - its a dead and neutral language - why not?
-
- This would certainly cause a shake up... then those people down south would
- REALLY think, after having to learn a language other than English (which they
- have enough trouble with) that these Homosexuals and Blacks were all
- anti-christs and condemed to hell. They would just get a kick out of starting
- a holy war of hate against those that are different then them because they
- caused them more work.
-
- > I'm just kidding about
- > the latin. Its bogus and silly.
-
-
- Damn strait, satan.
-
- > Rather than arguue over silly shit like
- > PC, why don't we spend our time and resources helping the poor and homeless-
- > or should i say 'the economically challenged'?
- >
-
- A good bit of logic I say.
-
- > --
- > *******************************************************************************
- > * satan@wpi *
- > * * my lips may promise, but my heart is a whore - nin
- > *******************************************************************************
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