Maybe this is what Bill Maher was talking about ,we have become too politically correct

[MADem]

75. If this fundraiser is of "no concern" to you, you could have certainly fooled me.

Your arguments have been all over the board trying to minimize this woman's complaint. You've expended a lot of time and energy for someone who doesn't care, ostensibly.

And I am NOT "mischaracterizing" what you say. Perhaps you might endeavor to make your position clear if you don't want to be "misinterpreted." Playing the "beneath you" card is, dare I say, beneath YOU. Cheap shot, and you missed. By a "country mile," to sustain that regional reference. Yee haw.

I can give you some advice, and you can take it, or not: Mock this woman's concerns, and find yourself on the wrong side of history. Her gripes are no different from the gripes of the Irish when they were portrayed as subhumans with tails, the same as the complaints of Italians who were characterized as swarthy monkeys, the same as the gripes of Americans of African ancestry who were de-humanized six ways to Sunday ... AND lynched when it suited the majority.

There is no "jest" in the game anymore. It's ALL malice. There's nothing "funny" or "sporting" about de-humanizing people. That ship sailed a long time ago--it's only some people who don't quite get it; like some people don't "get" that it isn't OK to smoke in restaurants anymore.

Here's some more advice--re-read this entire thread. You'll learn that Mexican Americans have been griping about this issue for several years now, that they regard the entire "Phiesta" fraternity thing as a mockery and a denigration. This woman is NOT the first--she's just the LATEST.