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Is political correctness going too far?

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Post that in FB or somewhere and watch
 
Tisme said:
send my your facebook nic, and I'll post them on your timeline if you like.
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I already did.

It was interesting. It didn't take long for someone to call me a racist for implied equal self regard for the "races".
 
wayneL said:
I already did.

It was interesting. It didn't take long for someone to call me a racist for implied equal self regard for the "races".
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Bees to honey. One has to wonder if it is so easy to socially program vast populations of people to behave like indignant moral sheriffs.... what have they done to us people with an innate desire for freedom of expression and concrete in our coffee? Are we the good guys or sociopaths?
 
Time will tell I guess. But recent democratic events suggest a showdown at O.K. Corral is a possibility.
 
For your consideration, a colleague of mine from the midwest USA wrote this:

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I used to think I was just a regular person, but I was born white, which now, whether I like it or not, makes me a racist and responsible for slavery.

I am a fiscal and moral conservative, which by today's standards, makes me a fascist because I planned and supported myself.

I graduated high school and college and have held a job ever since. Therefore, I am here not because I earned it but because I was advantaged.

I am heterosexual, which according to gay people, now makes me a homophobe.

I am not a Muslim, which now labels me as an infidel.

I believe in the 2nd Amendment, which now makes me a member of the vast NRA gun lobby and a redneck.

I think and I reason for myself, therefore I doubt much that the main stream media tells me, which must make me a reactionary and conspiratist.

I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive American culture, which makes me a xenophobe.

I value my safety and that of my family and I appreciate the police and the legal system, which makes me a right-wing, cop-loving extremist.

I believe in hard work, fair play, and fair compensation according to each individual's merits, which today makes me an anti-socialist.

I believe that our system guarantees freedom of effort - not freedom of outcome or subsidies which must make me a borderline sociopath.

I believe in the defense and protection of the homeland for and by all citizens, which now makes me a militant.

I believe in the protection of our borders and against illegal entry, which somehow makes me un-American.

I am proud of our flag, what it stands for and the many who died to let it fly. I stand and salute during our National Anthem, which takes me back to where I started - I must be a racist.

Please help me come to terms with the new me, because I'm just not sure who I am anymore!

I would like to thank all my closest friends for sticking with me through these abrupt, new found changes in my life and my thinking!

I just can't imagine or understand what's happened to me so quickly! Funny (or sadly), it's all taken place over just the last 7 or 8 years!

And if all this nonsense wasn't enough to deal with, I no longer know what public restroom I'm supposed to use.
 
Carrying on from the above: And because I vicariously live my life through what other people think of me, and internalise all criticism as if it's the end of the world, I need to have a big sook about the labels they give me.

In my self-imposed misery I forget my quality of life is actually better than pretty much all generations that came before me, and further more, by virtue of probably nothing other than being a middle class white person, and most likely better than 95% of people who live in the world today.

On the outside I'm a stern, take no prisoners white man who just wants to be heard, and my self-esteem boosted by their glowing praise, but on the inside I'm just a small insignificant white man looking for a cuddle, a shoulder to cry on, and someone who will look me in the eyes, and with sincerity, label me as the victim I feel I am.

When it comes down to it, it doesn't matter what they call me, as long as I can share in the immense pity of being a victim.

Indeed, well said.
 
wayneL said:
I already did.

It was interesting. It didn't take long for someone to call me a racist for implied equal self regard for the "races".
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I think I offended someone on facebook.
 
Ves,

Possibly, I know him but not that well. I certainly don't know him as intimately as you seem to believe you know him.

However, I do think some of your extrapolations are a tad unfair and mean spirited.

Just my opinion.
 
wayneL said:
Ves,

Possibly, I know him but not that well. I certainly don't know him as intimately as you seem to believe you know him.

However, I do think some of your extrapolations are a tad unfair and mean spirited.

Just my opinion.
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Of course, they're unfair and mean spirited. That's the whole point. If he wants to be able to say what he wants about others, I'll say what I want about (people like) him!
 
Okay, but struggling to understand that point. You may have to make it clearer.
 
wayneL said:
Okay, but struggling to understand that point. You may have to make it clearer.
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It's just a reversal of the positions.

I transgressed any concept of political correctness and said (with my tongue in my cheek) something about people who complain about political correctness.

But if that is going too far, and it is 'mean spirited and unfair' then it would appear what is good for the goose isn't good for the gander.

So where does it leave us? Looks like we're still stuck?
 
bellenuit said:
Is this your colleague, Wayne:

https://www.google.com.au/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=8QulWI6ZFtOF9AXxspT4Dw&gws_rd=ssl#q="I+used+to+think+I+was+just+a+regular+person,+but+I+was+born+white"
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I thought he had written it himself. My bad.


Nevertheless, those of us the subject to Salemesque witch-hunts and sick of being labeled in an arena of putrid double standards, are having a say.

I am a white middle aged male. Not a matter of pride or shame, just what I am and if anyone wants to try to make me feel guilty for that, well they can get stuffed.

I like and enjoy my own culture, I also enjoy infusions from other cultures, but only thosr I like and on my terms.. and not because necause some cringing lefty said so.

Etc

Work beckons, perhaps more later
 
Today there is a push to rename seat of Batman who founded Melbourne to Wonga. Batman got the land for Melbourne in a deal where he gave the natives axes,wheat,blankets etc. As such he is an evil invasion leader and should be expunged from our history and replaced with a little known aboriginal elder.
 
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