Political Correctness Gone Mad

[traceur_]

I can see the point in PC, but it doesn't mean that I agree with it.
And frankly, re-writing nursery rhymes to leave out the 'offensive' words, dubbing out cigarettes in films and effectively, re-writing history in some cases isn't on.
How can you justify it?

that's the thing, it can't be justified, the imposition of political correctness is a monument to the fact that the more vocal you are about something, there more likely you are to get your way, it's only the smallest group of fuckwits that rant and rave about how people are being offended when in fact no one is offended by this shit, I would give someone a thousand dollars if they can show me someone who was genuinely offended by "baa baa black sheep", and promptly punch the offended person in the face. It's the the small minority of whiny little bitches that think they know when people are offended or not when the vast majority of us are smart enough to realise that "black sheep" is a reference to the colour of the god damn sheep and not a hidden racist message.

 

[Nostalgia]

When they changed black coffee to coloured coffee. I was almost sick.

I demand proof! I think i'm about to die a little inside, third time this month actually.

Only third? Seems like you're doing good this month.

 

[ReZerO]

in a number of paces the fact that the have renamed the "Christmas Tree" a "Holiday Tree", i mean a tree decorated like that is called a christmas tree, if you're that concerned about offending somebody with a tree don't set it up. I recall years ago when they first did this in Toronto, every group thought it was stupid.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/yourspace/xmas_tree.html
(just proof that in some places the christmas tree has been renamed a holiday tree)

 

[Aardvark Soup]

From TVTropes:

The book The Language Police by Diane Ravitch provides many Real Life examples of absurd politically-correct censorship in children's textbooks and reading tests. Material forbidden by "anti-bias" committees included:

* Women sewing, cooking, or doing other household chores;
* References to mice, rats, insects, reptiles or other animals that might disturb children(also references to owls, because some cultures consider them a bad omen);
* A story about a blind mountain climber(because it implied that blindness makes life more difficult);
* A "silly old lady"(lest this be taken as a stereotype of all old ladies);
* Prehistoric creatures or fossils(because evolution could be controversial);
* Any references to wealth, poverty, or social class distinctions;
* Any references to specific religions or their traditions, or specific secular traditions like birthday parties(lest this alienate children who don't celebrate them);
* Any references to specific geographic regions or their landscapes or climates("regional bias");
* Any portrayal of anyone that could be construed as the least bit stereotypical, such as Asians being intelligent or girls finding math difficult? the board favored using the reverses of these stereotypes.

...

 

[rekabdarb]

your not african american, your BLACK. and if they still fight you, ask them if they have a duel citizenship/have even been to africa
your not asian american, YOUR ASIAN. there is a problem here because most asians have actually been to someplace in asia so your boned there
Latino American, yet again just ask duel citizenship

I think PC is retarded, fuck i'm white not caucasian or however you spell it
but what's worse is that i'm aryan (and have german blood in me... same with Jefferson Davis blood[thats the president of the confederacy who don't know]) so if i say 1 unpc word i'm fucked

 

[GyroCaptain]

your not african american, your BLACK. and if they still fight you, ask them if they have a duel citizenship/have even been to africa
your not asian american, YOUR ASIAN. there is a problem here because most asians have actually been to someplace in asia so your boned there
Latino American, yet again just ask duel citizenship

I think PC is retarded, fuck i'm white not caucasian or however you spell it
but what's worse is that i'm aryan (and have german blood in me... same with Jefferson Davis blood[thats the president of the confederacy who don't know]) so if i say 1 unpc word i'm fucked

I dunno, around here we tend to burn people at the stake for heresy on capitalization/grammar charges first.
[/plantation owner descendant who knows about treading lightly]

 

[WolfThomas]

Freedom Fries. That was just silly.

That was more a result of anti-French hysteria when they wouldn't commit troops to Iraq and openly condemned Bush internationally.

That Americans dislike the French makes no sense, they contributed greatly to your war of independence, hell Lafayette a famous French commander lead American and French troops.

They are purple cheese eating surrender monkeys though.

 

[Motti]

Pardon my French there.

Racist bastard!
On a serious note: the people who get offended by words like black are one: contributing to racism or 2: don't know real oppression (generalisation here). Remember when we were massacaring and enslaving you? No? Then you have no right to call the whaaaaaaaaambulance. That's more in the case of racism, but it basically works for most other situations (the only exception I can think of is homosexuals who are still bashed, depending on where you live).

 

[Signa]

Now read it again while mentally undoing the auto-replace feature that was enabled. Change "African American" to "Black"

 

[Dangernick42]

Because of the 'Burgalar Rights' laws here in England, granting them safety in their workplace (which just so happens to be PEOPLE'S HOMES), if a burglar trips over something in your house, or cuts themselves on the window they just broke in through, or burns themselves on the fire when they come down the chimney, they can now sue you! There's been loads of cases where a burgalar has made a few thousand pounds from the raid itself, then about £20k from the compensation from cutting his leg on the window!

 

[BlackKraken]

I find the idea of political correctness so absurd. It misses the point. People aren't offended by the words themselves, they are offended when someone uses them to discriminate against them. (or at least, thats how it should be. Some people just like being offended. )

Once all these supposedly offensive words have gone, then the substitutes will be used with nasty connotations.

Words dont disriminate, people discriminate.

P)

 

[Overlord Moo]

When I was little, me and my classmates were supposed to sit with our legs crossed on the floor. This was know as "Sitting Indian style". Now, it is offensive. The children must sit "criss-cross Applesauce"

So that's why they changed it

 

[SmugFrog]

Pizza should now be referred to as "Italian American Sauce Bread" - wasn't that a Simpsons episode?

I have a beef with the history months. Women's history month, Asian history month, African-American History month... Where's a history month for Russians, Irish, Scottish, Turkish, Middle Eastern, Canadian, whatever? If you're wanting to stomp out racism, why draw more attention to the diversity and set people aside as different without making them all equal? Women's history month isn't as much of a problem to me as the generic-few-select-race history months.

 

[Overlord Moo]

Because of the 'Burgalar Rights' laws here in England, granting them safety in their workplace (which just so happens to be PEOPLE'S HOMES), if a burglar trips over something in your house, or cuts themselves on the window they just broke in through, or burns themselves on the fire when they come down the chimney, they can now sue you! There's been loads of cases where a burgalar has made a few thousand pounds from the raid itself, then about £20k from the compensation from cutting his leg on the window!

DOH!! You crazy British!

sorry for double post

 

[Eskay]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IYx4Bc6_eE&feature=related I think everyone should watch this because Stewart Lee is completely right on the matter.

One of the few sources of sanity around here. I hope everyone who rants about political correctness clicks this link.
The problem with complaints about political correctness is that they focus on the minor examples that seem ludicrous, taking them out of isolation and making them the poster boys of political correctness 'gone mad'. These actions complained about in the thread are often the actions of individuals or bored councils, not the country as a whole. Political correctness is not an entity stalking around stealing your freedoms.

I'd rather have a misguided do-gooder than this kind of idiocy:

When the BBC decided not to run the Gaza appeal video because it featured the word "muslim" in it.

 

[sirdanrhodes]

Coloured coffee? Baba coloured sheep? These have to be jokes, or else the world truly has gone mad.

BaBa Rainbow sheep is very real was on the news over here in Englishland last year sometime.

~sigh~ Faith in humanity -1.

You used to have faith in humanity? What a moron you are.

Golliwogs, remember them? If they were white, people would have let them off, but NOOOO, political correctness strikes a blow again.

 

[Eskay]

Golliwogs, remember them? If they were white, people would have let them off, but NOOOO, political correctness strikes a blow again.

Ugh, really?

Okay, Golliwogs are stereotypes of black people as inferior, thieving and ugly. Of course its an offensive caricature. You really care that public use of the image is being ended. Its not as though they're coming into your house and stealing your golliwog toys.
You say 'people' would have let them off it it was white? I see plenty of people around here up in arms over political correctness, if people are offended by by being PC then i'm sure there are enough arm chair generals to leap to your aid.

 

[Barky13]

From TVTropes:

The book The Language Police by Diane Ravitch provides many Real Life examples of absurd politically-correct censorship in children's textbooks and reading tests. Material forbidden by "anti-bias" committees included:

* Women sewing, cooking, or doing other household chores;
* References to mice, rats, insects, reptiles or other animals that might disturb children(also references to owls, because some cultures consider them a bad omen);
* A story about a blind mountain climber(because it implied that blindness makes life more difficult);
* A "silly old lady"(lest this be taken as a stereotype of all old ladies);
* Prehistoric creatures or fossils(because evolution could be controversial);
* Any references to wealth, poverty, or social class distinctions;
* Any references to specific religions or their traditions, or specific secular traditions like birthday parties(lest this alienate children who don't celebrate them);
* Any references to specific geographic regions or their landscapes or climates("regional bias");
* Any portrayal of anyone that could be construed as the least bit stereotypical, such as Asians being intelligent or girls finding math difficult? the board favored using the reverses of these stereotypes.

...

My favourite here is the blindness one. If I were blind, I'd be offended by people saying it ISN'T difficult.

 

[sirdanrhodes]

Golliwogs, remember them? If they were white, people would have let them off, but NOOOO, political correctness strikes a blow again.

Ugh, really?

Okay, Golliwogs are stereotypes of black people as inferior, thieving and ugly. Of course its an offensive caricature. You really care that public use of the image is being ended. Its not as though they're coming into your house and stealing your golliwog toys.
You say 'people' would have let them off it it was white?

I never said white people, I was actually showing that people look into things to hard, as in, people who LIKE political correctness too much.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/AreYouReallySellingThat.jpg/450px-AreYouReallySellingThat.jpg That's not racist in my opinion!

 

[Socdk]

I can't really think of any "funny" ones from the media... But I agree totally. No matter where you go or what you do, some wannabe cub scout will be there to point out that "you are NOT to be racist!"

Latest example was a comment to a post I made on Football Manager 2009s forums. FM09 requires you to validate your copy either via. internet or phone. Somebody whined over this (Most likely because he wanted to pirate it) and I stated that if you didn't have a phone line you were either A). Living in the stone age, or B). Living in Africa... Now I KNOW that not all countries in Africa are dirt broke and suffering, but ANYBODY can understand that comment. Some moron actually complained to me that "Oooh I might offend somebody by saying that about Africa". No, I might offend somebody living in Africa with no internet connection, hence THEY WOULDN'T KNOW! He even reported me
Geez sorry for not saying "under developed third world country with lacking resources, suffering from poor governments and Europes tax borders".

Other than that it's pretty funny to watch criminal news and also politicians dancing around the word "indvandrere" (refererence to muslim foreigners). They're always of "foreing heritage" or "other ethnic background" or some shit like that