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we've gone completely nuts with PC!
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:50 pm
by puma guy
MSNBC commentator Melissa Perry (not sure what her exact title is - "journalist" would be an insult to those who truly are) cautions guests on their use of words!
http://freebeacon.com/culture/melissa-h ... f-slavery/
Re: we've gone completely nuts with PC!
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:57 pm
by Middle Age Russ
Why, yes. We certainly have -- or at least the Statist-complicit thought police have, and are doing their best to drag the rest of us along...
Re: we've gone completely nuts with PC!
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:06 pm
by allisji
"we've gone completely nuts..."
are you allowed to say nuts? Political correctness has officially left me at a loss for words...
Re: we've gone completely nuts with PC!
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:38 pm
by Countryside
It's MSNBC...'nuff said.
Re: we've gone completely nuts with PC!
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:51 pm
by dlh
On another forum somebody scolded me for using the word "thugs" when discussing the mayhem caused by the rioters in Ferguson when they burned down that beauty shop and pharmacy. She thought I was being "racist" as in her mind the word "thugs" applied solely to black folks...Uh....riiiiiiiiight.
I discussed the dictionary definition of thug with her and pointed out that thugs come in all colors and nationalities.
dlh
Re: we've gone completely nuts with PC!
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 6:07 pm
by Pawpaw
Political correctness appeals only to those who cannot or will not think for themselves.
Re: we've gone completely nuts with PC!
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 6:09 pm
by Oldgringo
Lipstick on a pig is exactly that, lipstick on a pig.
Re: we've gone completely nuts with PC!
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:32 pm
by sjfcontrol
I am offended by the title of this thread -- I'm allergic to nuts...
Re: we've gone completely nuts with PC!
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:57 pm
by Jim Beaux
sjfcontrol wrote:I am offended by the title of this thread -- I'm allergic to nuts...
I too was offended by the thread title-thought he was saying we were libs....
Re: we've gone completely nuts with PC!
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 7:48 am
by BigGuy
Several years (Decades) ago I had to discipline an employee. In the writeup I used the word, "belligerent." The employee challenged my report based on that word being racist. The write up stood, but there was a lot of discussion about it with my superiors, and the word was removed from the writeup.
Re: we've gone completely nuts with PC!
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:40 am
by Oldgringo
AndyC wrote:dlh wrote:On another forum somebody scolded me for using the word "thugs" when discussing the mayhem caused by the rioters in Ferguson when they burned down that beauty shop and pharmacy. She thought I was being "racist" as in her mind the word "thugs" applied solely to black folks...Uh....riiiiiiiiight.
I discussed the dictionary definition of thug with her and pointed out that thugs come in all colors and nationalities.
dlh
Excellent - good for you! I refuse point-blank to have my choice of words dictated by PC apparatchiks.
Re: we've gone completely nuts with PC!
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:14 am
by JALLEN
It looks like there is zero tolerance for PC on this Forum!
Re: we've gone completely nuts with PC!
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:09 am
by Rrash
Watching that clip lowered my IQ.
Re: we've gone completely nuts with PC!
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:31 pm
by Topbuilder
Rrash wrote:Watching that clip lowered my IQ.
This thread doubled her amount of viewers for the day.
Just to be perfectly PC, this statement may, or may not, be construed as a "dog whistle" to indicate MSNBC does not attract the most informed audience.