I Dont't Know: Bah Bah Black Sheep.....Yep im a Racist.....Somehow?
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So it was, in fact, "changed for a larf" as I said and not for political correctness reasons by those infernal minorities who we keep being informed are very sensitive to such things?Flames66 said:
But what about Mr. Dumpty?
Sweet Jesus man, read what you post.Trezu said:
The problem isn't Political Correctness, the problem is people.
People taking things too far, people getting offended for other people, people so intolerant of other peoples views that get so outraged that they start screaming.
And the fact that its become acceptable to group-bully people with viewpoints that the majority disagree with. But the problem is still people.
People taking things too far, people getting offended for other people, people so intolerant of other peoples views that get so outraged that they start screaming.
And the fact that its become acceptable to group-bully people with viewpoints that the majority disagree with. But the problem is still people.
You have a very laid-back teacher, I'd wager? Is this an elective course?gamezombieghgh said:Well it's debating I have to pick a side, and I think you mean garbage, it has a b in it. A garage is a storage place in peoples homes where cars and tools are usually stored.Blitzwing said:
Glad to help!
Jesus, can't I sing a song about a brown sheep without the anti-political correctness bricade dictating what I can and cannot say?!!!
^ Do you see what I did there, that's basically what everyone who bitches about political correctness is doing.
^ Do you see what I did there, that's basically what everyone who bitches about political correctness is doing.
Anyone who complains about the use of 'black sheep' is just being gay
I'm with Stewart Lee who says 'PC is just "institutionalised politeness", a way to push people into not just using offensive language to put down minorities' and I agree with that. IF one day a newspaper actually prints a factual story about Christmas being cancelled, or someone not allowed to wear cordorouy trousers in case it offends a Sikh, or some other nonsense, then I'll shift from my opinions, a little bit.
IT is my opinion however, that the reason the newspapers are so intensely anti PC, is that once they've convinced their 'readership' that PC is bad, they can then carry on blaming all the world's ills on muslims, foreigners, gays, the disabled, and blacks, and then call their offensive headlines and articles 'plain speaking', instead of the more PC term that I'd use, 'racist, sexist, homophobic bullshit'. ( I do of course take on board that cows also are equally capable of producing waste products.)
Did you know for example, that EVERY JOB in Britain in the last 2 years was taken by a dirty foreigner coming over here? I'm particularly impressed by the way they steal our jobs and be lazy benefit claimants at the same time
Marcus Brigstocke made the point that if someone can fall off the back of a lorry, speak no english, and yet on his first day in the country, take your job, maybe you're not trying hard enough
I'm with Stewart Lee who says 'PC is just "institutionalised politeness", a way to push people into not just using offensive language to put down minorities' and I agree with that. IF one day a newspaper actually prints a factual story about Christmas being cancelled, or someone not allowed to wear cordorouy trousers in case it offends a Sikh, or some other nonsense, then I'll shift from my opinions, a little bit.
IT is my opinion however, that the reason the newspapers are so intensely anti PC, is that once they've convinced their 'readership' that PC is bad, they can then carry on blaming all the world's ills on muslims, foreigners, gays, the disabled, and blacks, and then call their offensive headlines and articles 'plain speaking', instead of the more PC term that I'd use, 'racist, sexist, homophobic bullshit'. ( I do of course take on board that cows also are equally capable of producing waste products.)
Did you know for example, that EVERY JOB in Britain in the last 2 years was taken by a dirty foreigner coming over here? I'm particularly impressed by the way they steal our jobs and be lazy benefit claimants at the same time
Marcus Brigstocke made the point that if someone can fall off the back of a lorry, speak no english, and yet on his first day in the country, take your job, maybe you're not trying hard enough
I think that, while political correctness might have noble intentions (ie, get everyone together in one caring community of tolerance), it serves to do the complete opposite, as it exasperates the differences between us and drives us farther apart.Trezu said:
There's some good intent on trying to be socially conscious of other people's needs and wants and to know that they might be different than yours and trying not to offend them, but it goes too far sometimes.
Sometimes you just gotta grow a bit of thicker skin and let people have the courtesy of messing up, and then hope that when you mess up other people have the decency to look the other way, rather than trying to remember "These people are the X people, I gotta act Y, cause they're different and alien to me.".
If I was a vegetarian, I would try to not to be offended by the above image, because when I ate my soy substitute burger, I wouldn't want meat eating individuals to be offended by me. And just going around in a never ending series of apologies and pussyfooting around the subject's just gonna make meat eating individuals secretly resent me for making them feel ashamed that I'm different.
No doubt because you forgot to mention six or seven different historical philosophers, along with seven or eight different economists followed by a final paragraph that nobody understands but pretends is Diamond-quality stuff.gamezombieghgh said:It's B English, what makes you say that?mr_rubino said:You have a very laid-back teacher, I'd wager? Is this an elective course?gamezombieghgh said:Well it's debating I have to pick a side, and I think you mean garbage, it has a b in it. A garage is a storage place in peoples homes where cars and tools are usually stored.Blitzwing said:
Glad to help!
Essentially, if you haven't take class 'Pretending to be smart by reading other people's thoughts 101', you aren't worthy of making a comment on anything.
Oh. Then what grade did you get? Because that was Fallacypalooza '11.gamezombieghgh said:It's B English, what makes you say that?mr_rubino said:You have a very laid-back teacher, I'd wager? Is this an elective course?gamezombieghgh said:Well it's debating I have to pick a side, and I think you mean garbage, it has a b in it. A garage is a storage place in peoples homes where cars and tools are usually stored.Blitzwing said:
Glad to help!
You crammed as many anecdotes into your speech as you possibly could with as few actual sources as you were able to, stating them all as facts while still being as vague as possible as to where all these intrusions were happening. You exaggerated everything you could. You didn't go into any actual detail about any of your examples.
You probably shouldn't be listening to this guy. He'll get you an F and convince you it's a PC conspiracy. You know all that "fact" and "source" and "proving that any of this stuff really happened" stuff I mentioned? I would gather he's no fan of it. (EDIT: In fact, he seems to be offended by the idea of making concrete statements and identifying where they came from at all. Look at him turn up his nose at the idea of quoting philosophers in a bloody speech about sociology.)FarleShadow said:No doubt because you forgot to mention six or seven different historical philosophers, along with seven or eight different economists followed by a final paragraph that nobody understands but pretends is Diamond-quality stuff.gamezombieghgh said:It's B English, what makes you say that?mr_rubino said:You have a very laid-back teacher, I'd wager? Is this an elective course?gamezombieghgh said:Well it's debating I have to pick a side, and I think you mean garbage, it has a b in it. A garage is a storage place in peoples homes where cars and tools are usually stored.Blitzwing said:
Glad to help!
Essentially, if you haven't take class 'Pretending to be smart by reading other people's thoughts 101', you aren't worthy of making a comment on anything.
My problem is not with arguments that say 'Study X shows that Response Y is effective against problem Z', my problem lies with the people who argue that if you haven't read Sociology book X, then you aren't worthy of commenting on any issue in that field.mr_rubino said:
Essentially, I hate the elitism that some pretend sociologist take away from the study of sociology. Which is apparently more widespread than I'd previously considered.
*facepalm* What are you talking about, and what does this have to do with rainbow sheeps and PC run amok?FarleShadow said:
And now I really need clarification: Are you for or against sourcing anecdotes when using them in a class assignment?
Just trying to point out that line of reasoning doesn't work in an assignment you might get a grade for, as most teachers prefer a few well-researched arguments over throwing out as many shallow points as possible. But I notice this a lot with those who identify themselves as anti-PC: Only what they think matters. Everyone else is just trying to silence them. The world encourages this. The Escapist certainly does.gamezombieghgh said:I got merit. But now, I feel... Dam, it's just your opinion means so much to me because you're an English teacher, and... Dammr_rubino said:Oh. Then what grade did you get? Because that was Fallacypalooza '11.gamezombieghgh said:It's B English, what makes you say that?mr_rubino said:You have a very laid-back teacher, I'd wager? Is this an elective course?gamezombieghgh said:Well it's debating I have to pick a side, and I think you mean garbage, it has a b in it. A garage is a storage place in peoples homes where cars and tools are usually stored.Blitzwing said:
Glad to help!
You crammed as many anecdotes into your speech as you possibly could with as few actual sources as you were able to, stating them all as facts while still being as vague as possible as to where all these intrusions were happening. You exaggerated everything you could. You didn't go into any actual detail about any of your examples.
Bite me