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hifiguy

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17. I would never use a word commonly perceived as a racial slur

Fri May 18, 2012, 04:32 PM

May 2012

against any AA, Latino/Hispanic or Asian person. If members of a group want to use such words to refer to themselves - see, for example, The Boondocks animated series - fine. They are not "my" words and never can be as I have never been and never will be a member of that group and have no experience of how those words have traditionally been used in bigoted, oppressive, and derisive ways. I don't have the right, if you will, to presume to use those words.

As a white male, I do reserve the right to call bigoted, ignorant, lame-ass white people idiot crackers, however.

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Would you please consider using the word "respect" (or disrespect) instead of "politically correct"? [View all] jtuck004 May 2012 OP

Good idea CJCRANE May 2012 #1

Nope. Nye Bevan May 2012 #2

Silly as your example is, it could marybourg May 2012 #6

Or it could just be plain stupid. Throd May 2012 #9

They are two separate things... Cave_Johnson May 2012 #15

I've never heard of a non-christian being disallowed pipoman May 2012 #44

Well i guess I meant "allow" in the marybourg May 2012 #52

Ishtar is the Babylonian Goddess of Fertility FarCenter May 2012 #53

That's geometrically incorrect. rug May 2012 #27

It's "ellipsoid" and you're in the wrong room. This is politically correct - "pedantic" is 2nd door. lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #55

Oops. rug May 2012 #56

"this post is 'politcally correct'" vs "this post is 'respect' "? doesn't seem to make sense using msongs May 2012 #3

Think about it. Would you a call a black person a ____, or a hispanic person a ________, or a white CJCRANE May 2012 #5

So, if one is being "politically incorrect", one is being rude or disrespectful? MissMarple May 2012 #4

A PC term for "politically correct"? NoPasaran May 2012 #7

Well I considered it, and will continue to "politically correct". Throd May 2012 #8

I've been using the term for at least 40 years. hobbit709 May 2012 #10

I don't think so. oldhippie May 2012 #11

No. There's a reason PC sometimes has a negative connotation RZM May 2012 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2012 #13

No, it was in the early 1970s. Jim Lane May 2012 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2012 #35

"politically correct" Shankapotomus May 2012 #14

Because it comes off as pretentious, for one. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #16

And neither will I understand Shankapotomus May 2012 #31

There are better and worse ways of framing things. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #32

so when tea baggers object to the term sharia or ramadan, you are going to back them up, arely staircase May 2012 #40

As outlined in my previous post, Shankapotomus May 2012 #41

point well taken and my example was poor, here is a real life one for yo arely staircase May 2012 #49

The name change would be Shankapotomus May 2012 #51

"pain"? Or simple over sensitivity? pipoman May 2012 #46

You have judge each case on Shankapotomus May 2012 #47

So you refer to Easter Eggs as "Spring Spheres"? Nye Bevan May 2012 #18

I had not heard of those Shankapotomus May 2012 #23

Well, that's why you need people like me on DU... derby378 May 2012 #26

Most of those 'politically correct' terms are RW nonsense CJCRANE May 2012 #28

But the difference between you Shankapotomus May 2012 #29

But I've never met a non-christian who objects to the term "Easter Eggs"*. CJCRANE May 2012 #30

It even sounds like something right wingers made up in order treestar May 2012 #43

Who actually comes up with these new terms? CJCRANE May 2012 #24

Very sensitive and caring souls pipoman May 2012 #48

It seems like the "Spring Spheres" story was a hoax... CJCRANE May 2012 #25

"spring spheres"might be more in line with the traditional meaning of easter Warren DeMontague May 2012 #33

I would never use a word commonly perceived as a racial slur hifiguy May 2012 #17

That would be too easy for those unclear on the concept. n/t EFerrari May 2012 #19

This is Help & Meta material. Quantess May 2012 #20

You’re orating equine excrement… TLM May 2012 #21

I dunno. It is indeed interesting to watch the progression in terms. trof May 2012 #22

so it isn't pollitically correct to say the words pollitically correct? arely staircase May 2012 #36

No, those words are very different quinnox May 2012 #37

i have never thought of political correctness as being exclusively owned by the left or right arely staircase May 2012 #38

But "politically correct" has a meaning that is distinct from respect. Marr May 2012 #39

THANKS! I've been yelling about this for years. Ship of Fools May 2012 #42

Sounds like a new politically correct request.. pipoman May 2012 #45

They don't mean the same thing lunatica May 2012 #50

When "respect" prevents discussion, it should be jettisoned. lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #54