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romanic

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21. I don't think this story measures up much
Mon Sep 28, 2015, 07:15 PM
Sep 2015

considering it's the "Daily Fail".

However this type of thing has been going on at college campuses. The PC Police (or as I like to call them "Culture Warriors&quot have been riding the cultural appropriation train for a few years now, discouraging others from participating in different cultures or donning non-sacred items (such as the sombero, or dreadlocks, or a grass skirt - I kid you not) at events for fun. This kind of crusade against the mingling of cultures will only encourage ignorance of different cultures and break down what college is supposed to be about; a melting pot of ideas and CULTURES.

Also, from my own experience, the people who cry about cultural appropriation are people who aren't even apart of said culture (aka, guilty whites and maybe a token of said culture, crying about racism when there is none).

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sometimes the PC crowd gets a little ridiculous. hobbit709 Sep 2015 #1
Classic Daily Mail "PC gone mad" clickbait T_i_B Sep 2015 #2
lol... gobears10 Sep 2015 #3
It does cast doubt on the truth, or the spin, of the article muriel_volestrangler Sep 2015 #5
The only thing I learned from the article T_i_B Sep 2015 #6
ok fair enoough gobears10 Sep 2015 #23
There is also an authoritarian component on the left 1939 Sep 2015 #12
Please don't say "PC gone mad". Say "PC gone mentally challenged" (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #4
Actually.. cannabis_flower Sep 2015 #9
When I read the headline, Unknown Beatle Sep 2015 #7
Afterwards JackInGreen Sep 2015 #8
Are the Urban Sombrero and Detox Poncho still OK? Babel_17 Sep 2015 #10
There is plenty of outrage for fervent PC-istas to seek out in old Seinfeld episodes (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #11
Yup Babel_17 Sep 2015 #13
Actually Jerry Was Doing Quite Well ProfessorGAC Sep 2015 #14
Yeah, Elaine also had some gigs that paid pretty well (presumably) Babel_17 Sep 2015 #15
man, that's gonna impact the language department, I'd say MisterP Sep 2015 #16
First they came for my sombreros and I did nothing... Javaman Sep 2015 #17
A sombrero is fantastic for keeping the sun off of you. Glassunion Sep 2015 #18
I knew I should have never posted that selfie! Javaman Sep 2015 #19
This story stinks, pretty much as you would expect from the Daily Fail. SwissTony Sep 2015 #20
I don't think this story measures up much romanic Sep 2015 #21
The Derp and The Fail are with them. hifiguy Sep 2015 #22
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