Political Correctness (PC)

[dreamaker]

Now a days it is becoming difficult to comprehend what is real and what is not.  One thing I always keep in mind is Politically Correctness,(PC) and its effects. Many people seem to want to think, that PC is just a new buzz word and just a passing phase.  People have to understand that PC is a undermining movement and is the real deal, and it is changing our live right under our noses, in baby steps to be unnoticeable.  Many people I speak to on the subject, believes it don’t even exist.  I explain to them it does exist, some of the objectives of PC are Chaos, Words and Meanings not mean what they do anymore, Fake News, Distrust, Confusion are some of them. I tell them PC is creeping on us, like black mold on our walls, and when we realize it truly exists, it will be too late to go back.  In my opinion, I feel we will become overwhelmed  through all our own confusion and distrust, like a person sinking in quick sand we will grasp anything to survive.  Point is, in the state of confusion and chaos; someone will put their foot down, to supposedly clarify some direction, which will take away our ability to make our own choices. I know it sounds crazy!  Just stop and think about it, compare how it was a few years back, compare to what it is now, and the direction it is going in and compare. Correct me if I am wrong!  I have no solutions for this; I just understand there is a problem at this point.  What do you think!!

[Robert]

Your not wrong, that is what it was designed to do. That is one reason that Trump is hitting nerves because the pc talk all falls away with facts. We see it in so many ways, like since when did the government have more authority in the family than the parents?

[Willow]

It was really difficult to wade through the extended question with the proliferation of misuse of the language via grammar and spelling but I think I got the gist of what is being asked.

The English language is not static.  It is, in fact,in a constant state of change.  If you find this difficult to accept take a few minutes to read over a Shakespearean script.  We tend to blame every change or accusation of misuse of the language to Political Correctness.  Sometimes it is.  Sometimes it is not.  The culture changes.  Wording changes are more often the evidence of rather than the reason for the change.

Political Correctness is a real movement. It is pushed by a subset of the culture in an attempt to accelerate the change in the language in order to emphasize their own desire to vilify and thus change more quickly portions of the culture.  I simply choose to not participate in some cases.

If all that sounds to you like double talk it is.  It is, however, accurately spoken (typed) double talk.  It is where we live today.                

[Pappy!]

Screw Political Correctness.........How'zat?

[dreamaker]

It was really difficult to wade through the extended question with the proliferation of misuse of the language via grammar and spelling but I think I got the gist of what is being asked.

The English language is not static.  It is, in fact,in a constant state of change.  If you find this difficult to accept take a few minutes to read over a Shakespearean script.  We tend to blame every change or accusation of misuse of the language to Political Correctness.  Sometimes it is.  Sometimes it is not.  The culture changes.  Wording changes are more often the evidence of rather than the reason for the change.

Political Correctness is a real movement. It is pushed by a subset of the culture in an attempt to accelerate the change in the language in order to emphasize their own desire to vilify and thus change more quickly portions of the culture.  I simply choose to not participate in some cases.

If all that sounds to you like double talk it is.  It is, however, accurately spoken (typed) double talk.  It is where we live today.                

Ouch!!!!

[The emperor has no clothes]

I think the term "politically correct" is way overused. It is either rude or its not.

[Bighead]

Screw Political Correctness.........How'zat?

+1

[dreamaker]

Does "Politically Screwed" sound better, the end is the same. I don't go for the "Sign of the times Trash"!

[bulldog620]

Screw Political Correctness.........How'zat?

++1

[scooperhsd]

I generally try to make a point of not being PC, but when someone insists on putting it in my face - I go overboard. I don't have the patience or whatever else to play with those people. My life is too important to me to kowtow to some self important jerk.

[old2soon]

I have a very Nasty habit of gittin to the Root of the problem-Pronto! Or so I have been informed. Beatin about the bush-oh-WAIT-Wrong place. RIDE SAFE.

[BF]

Now a days it is becoming difficult to comprehend what is real and what is not.  One thing I always keep in mind is Politically Correctness,(PC) and its effects. Many people seem to want to think, that PC is just a new buzz word and just a passing phase.  People have to understand that PC is a undermining movement and is the real deal, and it is changing our live right under our noses, in baby steps to be unnoticeable.  Many people I speak to on the subject, believes it don’t even exist.  I explain to them it does exist, some of the objectives of PC are Chaos, Words and Meanings not mean what they do anymore, Fake News, Distrust, Confusion are some of them. I tell them PC is creeping on us, like black mold on our walls, and when we realize it truly exists, it will be too late to go back.  In my opinion, I feel we will become overwhelmed  through all our own confusion and distrust, like a person sinking in quick sand we will grasp anything to survive.  Point is, in the state of confusion and chaos; someone will put their foot down, to supposedly clarify some direction, which will take away our ability to make our own choices. I know it sounds crazy!  Just stop and think about it, compare how it was a few years back, compare to what it is now, and the direction it is going in and compare. Correct me if I am wrong!  I have no solutions for this; I just understand there is a problem at this point.  What do you think!!

Man, if you could only break up your posts with paragraphs, it would be so much easier to read.  

As it is now, I gave up reading your post after the first two sentences.  

Seriously, your posts are hard to read. 

[G-Man]

Now a days it is becoming difficult to comprehend what is real and what is not.  One thing I always keep in mind is Politically Correctness,(PC) and its effects. Many people seem to want to think, that PC is just a new buzz word and just a passing phase.  People have to understand that PC is a undermining movement and is the real deal, and it is changing our live right under our noses, in baby steps to be unnoticeable.  Many people I speak to on the subject, believes it don’t even exist.  I explain to them it does exist, some of the objectives of PC are Chaos, Words and Meanings not mean what they do anymore, Fake News, Distrust, Confusion are some of them. I tell them PC is creeping on us, like black mold on our walls, and when we realize it truly exists, it will be too late to go back.  In my opinion, I feel we will become overwhelmed  through all our own confusion and distrust, like a person sinking in quick sand we will grasp anything to survive.  Point is, in the state of confusion and chaos; someone will put their foot down, to supposedly clarify some direction, which will take away our ability to make our own choices. I know it sounds crazy!  Just stop and think about it, compare how it was a few years back, compare to what it is now, and the direction it is going in and compare. Correct me if I am wrong!  I have no solutions for this; I just understand there is a problem at this point.  What do you think!!

I read your post, quite easily and it made perfect sense to me.   And I agree.      But as I continued down the thread, I got pissed off.

Attacking one's spelling, or punctuation, is, in my opinion, one of the most rude things you can do to someone trying to make a point here.   Who cares?  Why do you care?  Especially if after reading the post and you actually agree with it!

Did those who do this get anything out of it?  Was there a reward for pointing out grammatical errors?  Is someone keeping score?

[dreamaker]

Now a days it is becoming difficult to comprehend what is real and what is not.  One thing I always keep in mind is Politically Correctness,(PC) and its effects. Many people seem to want to think, that PC is just a new buzz word and just a passing phase.  People have to understand that PC is a undermining movement and is the real deal, and it is changing our live right under our noses, in baby steps to be unnoticeable.  Many people I speak to on the subject, believes it don’t even exist.  I explain to them it does exist, some of the objectives of PC are Chaos, Words and Meanings not mean what they do anymore, Fake News, Distrust, Confusion are some of them. I tell them PC is creeping on us, like black mold on our walls, and when we realize it truly exists, it will be too late to go back.  In my opinion, I feel we will become overwhelmed  through all our own confusion and distrust, like a person sinking in quick sand we will grasp anything to survive.  Point is, in the state of confusion and chaos; someone will put their foot down, to supposedly clarify some direction, which will take away our ability to make our own choices. I know it sounds crazy!  Just stop and think about it, compare how it was a few years back, compare to what it is now, and the direction it is going in and compare. Correct me if I am wrong!  I have no solutions for this; I just understand there is a problem at this point.  What do you think!!

Man, if you could only break up your posts with paragraphs, it would be so much easier to read.  

As it is now, I gave up reading your post after the first two sentences.  

Seriously, your posts are hard to read. 

I am sorry about that!  I break one of the golden rules, you never write things the way you say them. The best way I can describe it, is my brain goes 100 mile a second, and often I write the same way. I don’t write to impress people, or compete intellectually or be King of the Hill. I write because I think I have something to share that may be valuable to others.  To me, life is like a bunch of puzzles and when I see a trend I try and share it and also I try to encourage independent thinking and brainstorming.  I tend to say what is on my mind; sometimes I say things in a manner to try and motivate people.

Let me tell you a quick story, many years back, a member contacted me through my direct email.  They asked e how to change the oil on a Valk., I thought it was a member messing with me,  or a prank.  We went back and forth with email, realizing they were for real,   I went through step by step, and in the end they thanked me.  Through our discussions I got the impression this person was intimidated and scared chitless to ask the question on the board.  Sometimes members can be cruel and arrogant but I don’t think it is their intention on the most part.

 I have only been pisses only two time on this board, one time I got made fun of, because I used the word  “pheasant” for the word “peasant”, I got drilled for it, I have thick skin, but I understand that members position.  Point is I am retired, my days of being  concerned about my spelling and grammar is in the past, many people get the gist of my intentions, but I will try better and slow down a little.

Most of all, Thank You for your Honesty

[The emperor has no clothes]

Now a days it is becoming difficult to comprehend what is real and what is not.  One thing I always keep in mind is Politically Correctness,(PC) and its effects. Many people seem to want to think, that PC is just a new buzz word and just a passing phase.  People have to understand that PC is a undermining movement and is the real deal, and it is changing our live right under our noses, in baby steps to be unnoticeable.  Many people I speak to on the subject, believes it don’t even exist.  I explain to them it does exist, some of the objectives of PC are Chaos, Words and Meanings not mean what they do anymore, Fake News, Distrust, Confusion are some of them. I tell them PC is creeping on us, like black mold on our walls, and when we realize it truly exists, it will be too late to go back.  In my opinion, I feel we will become overwhelmed  through all our own confusion and distrust, like a person sinking in quick sand we will grasp anything to survive.  Point is, in the state of confusion and chaos; someone will put their foot down, to supposedly clarify some direction, which will take away our ability to make our own choices. I know it sounds crazy!  Just stop and think about it, compare how it was a few years back, compare to what it is now, and the direction it is going in and compare. Correct me if I am wrong!  I have no solutions for this; I just understand there is a problem at this point.  What do you think!!

Man, if you could only break up your posts with paragraphs, it would be so much easier to read.  

As it is now, I gave up reading your post after the first two sentences.  

Seriously, your posts are hard to read. 

I am sorry about that!  I break one of the golden rules, you never write things the way you say them. The best way I can describe it, is my brain goes 100 mile a second, and often I write the same way. I don’t write to impress people, or compete intellectually or be King of the Hill. I write because I think I have something to share that may be valuable to others.  To me, life is like a bunch of puzzles and when I see a trend I try and share it and also I try to encourage independent thinking and brainstorming.  I tend to say what is on my mind; sometimes I say things in a manner to try and motivate people.

Let me tell you a quick story, many years back, a member contacted me through my direct email.  They asked e how to change the oil on a Valk., I thought it was a member messing with me,  or a prank.  We went back and forth with email, realizing they were for real,   I went through step by step, and in the end they thanked me.  Through our discussions I got the impression this person was intimidated and scared chitless to ask the question on the board.  Sometimes members can be cruel and arrogant but I don’t think it is their intention on the most part.

 I have only been pisses only two time on this board, one time I got made fun of, because I used the word  “pheasant” for the word “peasant”, I got drilled for it, I have thick skin, but I understand that members position.  Point is I am retired, my days of being  concerned about my spelling and grammar is in the past, many people get the gist of my intentions, but I will try better and slow down a little.

Most of all, Thank You for your Honesty

I don't remember if that was me that pissed you off about the pheasant. But if it was, I apologize . You've got to admit a story with peasant replaced by pheasant changes things dramatically. I find humor in strange and unusual places.

[dreamaker]

That all water under the bridge, No apologizes necessary, I don't live in the past.  It was just for example purposes.

[JimmyG]

dreamaker, I understood your post just fine, as well.   G-man is right, it is a pain wading through negative comments and grammar corrections, and spelling corrections.  I actually get a kick out of some of the misspelled words. Like you, I could care less about what someone says about my posts. To old for that, seen enough of peoples crapola in my life.

Anyhow, I agree. It undermines our society.  Good thoughts you had, and said. Be cool

[MaverickValk]

dreamaker, I understood your post just fine, as well.   G-man is right, it is a pain wading through negative comments and grammar corrections, and spelling corrections.  I actually get a kick out of some of the misspelled words. Like you, I could care less about what someone says about my posts. To old for that, seen enough of peoples crapola in my life.

Anyhow, I agree. It undermines our society.  Good thoughts you had, and said. Be cool

i agree, except unlike you, I couldn't care less.

[JimmyG]

 

[Black Dog]

Attacking one's spelling, or punctuation, is, in my opinion, one of the most rude things you can do to someone trying to make a point here.   Who cares?  Why do you care?  Especially if after reading the post and you actually agree with it!

Did those who do this get anything out of it?  Was there a reward for pointing out grammatical errors?  Is someone keeping score?

Gary, well said 

Black Dog

[DirtyDan]

Most rude ?

Dan

[Roadog]

Attacking one's spelling, or punctuation, is, in my opinion, one of the most rude things you can do to someone trying to make a point here.   Who cares?  Why do you care?  Especially if after reading the post and you actually agree with it!

Did those who do this get anything out of it?  Was there a reward for pointing out grammatical errors?  Is someone keeping score?

Gary, well said 

Black Dog

 I agree totally .  I recently miss-spelled a word and I was pounced upon faster than you can spell the word losing.   I feel that they are  showing their character, very rude behavior indeed  JMHO .  If I live long enough, I might possibly do that again,  sometime.   Maybe...but I am watching that more closely now.  It's all good.

Everybody ride safe. Another biker killed here, please be careful out there. They are NOT looking out for you.   

Roadog

[hubcapsc]

I recently miss-spelled a word and I was pounced upon faster than you can spell the word losing.

Me too, but it was a good natured pounce... I'm glad to be aware that I was mixing up  lose and loose, something
spell check won't help with... some people just can't resist when they see something like that... they're
there their...

When someone jumps in with spelling complaints on a question someone just
asked, it amounts to a hi-jack and can screw over the person asking the question.

But when the spelling jab comes 15 posts after the question has been answered,
and the jab is not smug or judgmental, it doesn't seem so out of place to me... all our
threads that go for a long time drift around a bit eventually...

-Mike "at first I misspelled judgemental... "

[G-Man]

Most rude ?

Dan

One of the ........ most rude.

[baldo]

Attacking one's spelling, or punctuation, is, in my opinion, one of the most rude things you can do to someone trying to make a point here.   Who cares?  Why do you care?  Especially if after reading the post and you actually agree with it!

Did those who do this get anything out of it?  Was there a reward for pointing out grammatical errors?  Is someone keeping score?

Gary, well said 

Black Dog

 I agree totally .  I recently miss-spelled a word and I was pounced upon faster than you can spell the word losing.   I feel that they are  showing their character, very rude behavior indeed  JMHO .  If I live long enough, I might possibly do that again,  sometime.   Maybe...but I am watching that more closely now.  It's all good.

Everybody ride safe. Another biker killed here, please be careful out there. They are NOT looking out for you.   

Roadog

Lol....RD, I'm assuming you're referring to our recent conversation. I'll put it into context for our readers. I posted a tongue in cheek comment related to the thread, and it went on for a while with some good natured ribbing which was positively received.

That is until you decided to come in with a taunt that was uncalled for.  "Loosing sure does hurt, don't it .  ". To which I responded "Slamming someone usually gets a better result when it's spelled properly......just sayin'....."

I responded in kind, to which you replied... "I am an engineer baldo not an english major that is my wife's dept.  Seems like I remember you saying something about even a stopped clock being right twice a day.  You will just have to overlook my spelling  I do have a tendency to type too fast .  Actually they call me FF (Phat Fingered) I have big hands .  As usual you side step the point.   How about this, losing sure does suck for the losing side,...don't it .   2008 and 2012  sure was no fun for us deplorable's  So suck it up princess .  2funny

Roadog  


So let's not play the game here that someone took it upon themselves to simply correct a common spelling error. As is usually the case, there's more to the story....

[DarkSideR]

"The term political correctness (adjectivally: politically correct; commonly abbreviated to PC[1] or P.C.) in modern usage, is used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society. In mainstream political discourse and media, the term is generally used as a pejorative, implying that these policies are excessive."

This is a doctrine established by those without religion creating lawlessness. The Bible is the Christian, and Catholic doctrine which has established rules, and morals in which to live by. The Bible however is offensive because is defines what sin is (Romans 7:12-14 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+7:12-14). The Bible says follow Christ's example and go to heaven, don't and go to hell (Revelation 21:8 - http://biblehub.com/revelation/21-8.htm).

P.C. is entirely against the Bible. Where the Bible says teach and reproof, P.C. says it is wrong to tell anyone what is right and what is wrong. People do not like to be told right from wrong. People don't like to be corrected (pride). People do not like being told if they sin they will go to hell.

The Bible is set in stone and the teachings of the Bible have not changed. P.C. is ever changing creating lawlessness (1 John 3:4 - http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-4.htm).

I have thought long and hard about the P.C. movement and I have concluded it is and will be the downfall of society. Where the Bible is structure, and good. P.C. is lawlessness, and evil.

The P.C. movement was started in the 90's and nothing good has ever come from it. P.C. is overbearing in our country today. It wants you to feel overwhelmed and confused, second guess everything, not knowing right from wrong.

You want to put your foot down? Share the Truth of The Holy Bible. It is the only way to fight P.C.

[Jess from VA]

Excellent and accurate analysis D.   

[Willow]

I read your post, quite easily and it made perfect sense to me.   And I agree.      But as I continued down the thread, I got pissed off.

Attacking one's spelling, or punctuation, is, in my opinion, one of the most rude things you can do to someone trying to make a point here.   Who cares?  Why do you care?  Especially if after reading the post and you actually agree with it!

Did those who do this get anything out of it?  Was there a reward for pointing out grammatical errors?  Is someone keeping score?

I regret, Gary, that I pissed you off but not so much as to change anything about myself.  By the way I didn't comment on a few misspelled (I always have trouble with how many s's to put in misspelled) words or an occasional misapplied punctuation.  It was to me one more example of completely butchering the English language and it is difficult for me to decipher. I expressed it as a passing comment.  I don't think it is most rude.  I can be a lot more rude by a great number of degrees.

What caught my eye in your response was that you may have thought I agreed with the original post.  I don't.  My point was that the language and use of words is constantly being changed by the changing culture.  The P.C. movement is simply a recent (thirty years?) attempt to accelerate and identify the changing.  Our problem isn't with the language.  Our problem is with the changing culture.  If we focus on the push for Political Correctness we miss the issue.

As a side note, many of us seem to jump too quickly whenever we are challenged on what we say or how we say it to the claim of being attacked by political correctness.  There are terms and phrases that were always inconsiderate and disrespectful.  P.C. did not change that.  It's almost like someone has determined that it's politically incorrect to comment on someone's misuse of the English language.  

[The emperor has no clothes]

Damn, it's getting hard to converse around here. I had no idea finding humor in misspelled words was the most rude thing one could do. I guess I'm going to have to start using "hildabeast", "liberal", "obummer" more in my dialog. 

[baldo]

Damn, it's getting hard to converse around here. I had no idea finding humor in misspelled words was the most rude thing one could do. I guess I'm going to have to start using "hildabeast", "liberal", "obummer" more in my dialog. 

[The emperor has no clothes]

The Bible is set in stone and the teachings of the Bible have not changed.

I thought the Bible was a collection of stories written by his disciples ? And the Ten Commandments were written in stone by God and given to man as a guide to live by ?

[Roadog]

Attacking one's spelling, or punctuation, is, in my opinion, one of the most rude things you can do to someone trying to make a point here.   Who cares?  Why do you care?  Especially if after reading the post and you actually agree with it!

Did those who do this get anything out of it?  Was there a reward for pointing out grammatical errors?  Is someone keeping score?

Gary, well said 

Black Dog

 I agree totally .  I recently miss-spelled a word and I was pounced upon faster than you can spell the word losing.   I feel that they are  showing their character, very rude behavior indeed  JMHO .  If I live long enough, I might possibly do that again,  sometime.   Maybe...but I am watching that more closely now.  It's all good.

Everybody ride safe. Another biker killed here, please be careful out there. They are NOT looking out for you.   

Roadog

Lol....RD, I'm assuming you're referring to our recent conversation. I'll put it into context for our readers. I posted a tongue in cheek comment related to the thread, and it went on for a while with some good natured ribbing which was positively received.

That is until you decided to come in with a taunt that was uncalled for.  "Loosing sure does hurt, don't it .  ". To which I responded "Slamming someone usually gets a better result when it's spelled properly......just sayin'....."

I responded in kind, to which you replied... "I am an engineer baldo not an english major that is my wife's dept.  Seems like I remember you saying something about even a stopped clock being right twice a day.  You will just have to overlook my spelling  I do have a tendency to type too fast .  Actually they call me FF (Phat Fingered) I have big hands .  As usual you side step the point.   How about this, losing sure does suck for the losing side,...don't it .   2008 and 2012  sure was no fun for us deplorable's  So suck it up princess .  2funny

Roadog  


So let's not play the game here that someone took it upon themselves to simply correct a common spelling error. As is usually the case, there's more to the story....

          Baldo,
So you feel I was being rude when I said "so suck it up princess " . Maybe so but I was responding to your poking fun at me for my spelling error.  You know what they say about 'poking the bear' .   I felt like you were 'poking the bear'.  To show  disrespect over a miss spelling of a word.   So I responded in kind.  I felt like the miss spelling confused you so I was just making sure you understood what I was trying to say in my post , because you said nothing at all about the content  .  Not to worry. like I said  "it's all good" ,  we all have our passions and our politics .  We disagree most the time but that's ok ,  because we can .  Just say'in .   

Ride safe
Roadog

[Skinhead]

The Bible is set in stone and the teachings of the Bible have not changed.

I thought the Bible was a collection of stories written by his disciples ? And the Ten Commandments were written in stone by God and given to man as a guide to live by ?

That was a grammatical error.

[DarkSideR]

The Bible is set in stone and the teachings of the Bible have not changed.

I thought the Bible was a collection of stories written by his disciples ? And the Ten Commandments were written in stone by God and given to man as a guide to live by ?

Not quite. 1st - The bible has 40 authors (not just disciples). 2nd - You are correct that the 10 commandment were actually written in stone. The point I was making however was that the teachings of the bible have not changed in 3,500 years (like it was set in stone). I guess it would be confusing if I had written "the bible is actually set in stone".

Lastly - This however is missing the entire point of the post. Think big picture Mr. Nitpicker  .

[The emperor has no clothes]

The Bible is set in stone and the teachings of the Bible have not changed.

I thought the Bible was a collection of stories written by his disciples ? And the Ten Commandments were written in stone by God and given to man as a guide to live by ?

Not quite. 1st - The bible has 40 authors (not just disciples). 2nd - You are correct that the 10 commandment were actually written in stone. The point I was making however was that the teachings of the bible have not changed in 3,500 years (like it was set in stone). I guess it would be confusing if I had written "the bible is actually set in stone".

Lastly - This however is missing the entire point of the post. Think big picture Mr. Nitpicker  .

Just trying to understand. Sorry for the trouble.  ???

[G-Man]

I read your post, quite easily and it made perfect sense to me.   And I agree.      But as I continued down the thread, I got pissed off.

Attacking one's spelling, or punctuation, is, in my opinion, one of the most rude things you can do to someone trying to make a point here.   Who cares?  Why do you care?  Especially if after reading the post and you actually agree with it!

Did those who do this get anything out of it?  Was there a reward for pointing out grammatical errors?  Is someone keeping score?

I regret, Gary, that I pissed you off but not so much as to change anything about myself.  By the way I didn't comment on a few misspelled (I always have trouble with how many s's to put in misspelled) words or an occasional misapplied punctuation.  It was to me one more example of completely butchering the English language and it is difficult for me to decipher. I expressed it as a passing comment.  I don't think it is most rude.  I can be a lot more rude by a great number of degrees.

What caught my eye in your response was that you may have thought I agreed with the original post.  I don't.  My point was that the language and use of words is constantly being changed by the changing culture.  The P.C. movement is simply a recent (thirty years?) attempt to accelerate and identify the changing.  Our problem isn't with the language.  Our problem is with the changing culture.  If we focus on the push for Political Correctness we miss the issue.

As a side note, many of us seem to jump too quickly whenever we are challenged on what we say or how we say it to the claim of being attacked by political correctness.  There are terms and phrases that were always inconsiderate and disrespectful.  P.C. did not change that.  It's almost like someone has determined that it's politically incorrect to comment on someone's misuse of the English language.  

Not actually pissed off.  Just pointing out the irony in a PC discussion that I thought was rude and always wondered why people felt the need to correct spelling since typing is a 4th language to many of us.  And I wasn't just referring to your reply in my reply, and please, don't go changing, to try and please me, you never have to work that hard, you'll always have my unspoken passion, I'll take you just the way you are!  Don't go tryin' some new fashion...........

[The emperor has no clothes]

   
   
Re: Political Correctness (PC)
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Quote from: Willow on Today at 08:35:14 AM
Quote from: G-Man on Yesterday at 06:59:12 AM
I read your post, quite easily and it made perfect sense to me.   And I agree.      But as I continued down the thread, I got pissed off.

"Not actually pissed off"

So confusing.

[G-Man]

Damn, it's getting hard to converse around here. I had no idea finding humor in misspelled words was the most rude thing one could do. I guess I'm going to have to start using "hildabeast", "liberal", "obummer" more in my dialog. 

But it's usually NOT done with humor.  It's usually, from what I've seen, done to disparage someone.  To make them look bad.  "I disagree with you and I'm better than you because you can't spell" is how many of those types of posts read to me.  I'm not seeing humor.

And you can use those terms if you like, if they fit in the conversation.  Has nothing to do with correcting someone's spelling when you know exactly what they're saying.  

[DirtyDan]

Damn, it's getting hard to converse around here. I had no idea finding humor in misspelled words was the most rude thing one could do. I guess I'm going to have to start using "hildabeast", "liberal", "obummer" more in my dialog. 

Please do

 

Dan

[G-Man]

   
   
Re: Political Correctness (PC)
« Reply #35 on: Today at 11:10:59 AM »
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Quote from: Willow on Today at 08:35:14 AM
Quote from: G-Man on Yesterday at 06:59:12 AM
I read your post, quite easily and it made perfect sense to me.   And I agree.      But as I continued down the thread, I got pissed off.

"Not actually pissed off"

So confusing.

You got me.  I hope it makes your day.

Sorry, it's been a day and I've gotten over being pissed off at someone I really, really like.