political correctness

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kay lar @jaylar (3741) • Kingston, Jamaica 21 Aug

In America, being 'politically correct' meant supressing your actual opinion. What might have been said in previous days was swallowed. This created a society of dishonesty. With the ending of that hypocracy, many people are...

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Short Story: The man who looked like Jesus Christ

emptychair @innertalks (23742) • Australia 19 Sep 21

Evan Marzall was a man, who looked like Jesus Christ. People were always telling him this. He never paid it much mind, until after his mother died, and left him some money. He thought to himself, [b]"Well, as long as I...

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San Francisco calls for new names for criminals

Gary Sibio @garysibi (702) • Chicago, Illinois 22 Aug 19

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has called for the use on new terminology for those who have gone to jail for breaking the law. Convicted criminals are now justice-involved persons. Those who are released after their...

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What do we get for our college tuition?

Gary Sibio @garysibi (702) • Chicago, Illinois 13 Aug 19

Campus Reform is a conservative group that goes to college campuses across America and talks to the students. This video was released today. https://youtu.be/daRHqlBhucU

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Oh Canada, OH Canada, we were counting on you to lead the way

Gary Sibio @garysibi (702) • Chicago, Illinois 8 Aug 19

I can't believe how backwards Canada is in terms of political correctness. One of their provinces is named MANitoba. How do they live with themselves?

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The World Is Going Mad IMHO

Jim Bauer @porwest (112864) • United States 2 Feb 19

[b][i]Most of the time when you shop at Walmart it's the PEOPLE that worth all of the fun of just being there. I mean, nothing against Walmart shoppers per se, I do shop there as well and who knows what the other shoppers think of...

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Political Correctness

Lynn Fowler @lynnief (1203) • Australia 25 May 18

We live in a world of political correctness gone crazy. You dare not express a view contrary to that of the mind-washed mob, or you will be accused of being [you-fill-in-the-blank]phobic. Now we have a new insanity being foisted...

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Let us discuss "breasteses"

Theresaaiza @Theresaaiza (10487) • Australia 7 Feb 18

There was a recent news about a painting that was taken down from one of the walls of Manchester Art Gallery because it was deemed offensive for contemporary minds. When I first read an article about it on Facebook, obviously, I...

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Must We Always Try to Please Everybody!

cmoneyspinner @cmoneyspinner (9218) • Austin, Texas 24 Jul 17

Can't please everybody. Quite frankly I don't know why people would choose pleasing everybody over just doing the right thing. This political correctness nonsense over transgender issues is about to drive me bonkers! [b]Should...

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And Yet Another "What the Firetruck" Moment....

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 5 Jul 17

Granted, ol' hillbilly here isn't the brightest bulb in the box. Having said that, I thought we were in an era of "political correctness," where people took others' sensitivities into account. In fact, I remember the old "Frito...

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Does what happens on MyLot stay on MyLot?

The Horse @TheHorse (238347) • Walnut Creek, California 4 Dec 16

I've always been hesitant to reveal my real name on MyLot. Not that I'm particularly famous or anything, but I do teach at a college, and I have a certain "reputation" to uphold in the "academic world." I like to be a bit less...

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When Achievement Is Something to be Ashamed Of

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 2 Jun 16

I saw an article today about a high school in Texas that has banned the wearing of National Honor Society stoles with graduation gowns. Apparently, when the school decided to ban wearing silly or gaudy additions to the graduation...

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Do you like Donald Trump as president?

Clateman @Clateman (20) • Grande Prairie, Alberta 26 May 16

I think he would make some good changes to the west for example moving all muslims back to Sadi Arabi putting a end to political correctness and lowering the taxes to compete with China now all we need to do is get that jerk of a...

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Old People or Senior Citizens? I Refuse to be Politically Correct

josefina @josie_ (10033) • Philippines 11 Apr 16

I'm sick and tired of all this political correctness B.S. I will be getting my "senior citizen" card but don't call me a senior citizen. What's wrong with "old people"? Senior citizen sounds so impersonal. But "old people" brings...

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Should the U.S. Army Be Involved in Political Correctness Indoctrination?

Paul Kuehn @pauliek (287) • Udon Thani, Thailand 9 Mar 16

According to Judicial Watch, documents reveal that the U.S. Army indoctrinated soldiers on the danger of "white privilege." An April 2015 briefing to soldiers on one base noted "U.S. society attaches privileges to being white and...

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Is "Political Correctness" just good manners by another name?

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 23 Jan 16

Mr. Muddle says that he read here and on FB too, many complaints about what we call "political correctness." “But, he asked me, “What is really wrong with it?” He went on to explain his question, “It is simply bad manners, to say...

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Psychologist explains why marriages so often fail

urbandekay @urbandekay (18278) 10 Feb 12

Recently a psychologist I know told me why, in his opinion, so many marriages fail these days. He said parents, particularly fathers, so spoil there daughters that they grow with such unrealistic expectations that they are...

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Politics' strange involvement in University of North Dakota knickname

BalthasarTheRat @BalthasarTheRat (656) • United States 19 Aug 11

The Univ of North Dakota is finally going to change its mascot and knickname away from the Fighting Sioux. This is the epitome of assinine political correctness (I would think the Sioux might be proud to have their name still...

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Re-Writing Classics?-Huckleberry Finn

ErrollLeVant @ErrollLeVant (4353) • United States 6 Jan 11

A new version of Mark Twain's classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is being published that has changed the original words--"N-Word" and "Injun"--to less racially offensive words. How do you react to that development?

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My politically incorrect and racist metaphor, according to a friend

EvanHunter @EvanHunter (4026) • United States 11 Jun 10

I have often used the expression "that's the pot calling the kettle black", one of my friends pointed it out to me as being a racist statement because it implies that being black is a negative thing. Have you ever used this...

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