Political Correctness thread

[connor_in]

 

[woolybug25]

Agreed, but I'm all for her getting throttled by the Twitter mob. It's insane, but you can't have it both ways. You can't prop yourself as superior to boorish masses based on some silly code that is disconnected from reality, and then demand special treatment from your irrational mob when you break the rules for a split second.

She's obviously not racist, but PCness has nothing to do with actual racism. It has everything to do with moral posturing. Pridefully identifying yourself as part of a superior, enlightened group.

It's like the riots in Milwaukee. I'm perfectly happy with someone saying that they have nothing to do with the BLM movement, and don't represent black people in general. I agree 100%--at least with the second part. But if that is the case, the same has to be applied to other groups. Not every ass-clown white guy who gets on TV represents the tea party, or Trump, or whatever it happens to be. You can't have it both ways.

Give me an example of how Ellen "propped herself up to the boorish masses"?

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Give me an example of how Ellen "propped herself up to the boorish masses"?

Yeah. I'd like to hear this one, too.

 

[ACamp1900]

South Park episode, 'Pee' is on right now... The famous episode where Cartmans song about minorities and the ensuing struggle against them is a side story.... Except Comedy Central has basically blurred out every bit of speech from Cartman related to this story line... Smh.

If you're offended, don't watch the damned show
If you're CC and cave to complaints, then don't air the episode

Geez

 

[Bishop2b5]

South Park episode, 'Pee' is on right now... The famous episode where Cartmans song about minorities and the ensuing struggle against them is a side story.... Except Comedy Central has basically blurred out every bit of speech from Cartman related to this story line... Smh.

If you're offended, don't watch the damned show
If you're CC and cave to complaints, then don't air the episode

Geez

Remember when networks began cutting out the "violent" scenes from Tom & Jerry, The Roadrunner, and The Three Stooges several years ago? Thankfully most of them stopped doing that, but it was ridiculous.

 

[connor_in]

 

[phgreek]

The conservative PC crowd strikes.

Gabby Douglas Apologizes For USA National Anthem | TMZ.com

Agreed, thats shitty. She is engaged in the moment...I can't imagine the emotional roller coaster...pride of accomplishment, sadness for her coach, happiness for her team, among a million other things...She was fine...SMH.

 

[phgreek]

Remember when networks began cutting out the "violent" scenes from Tom & Jerry, The Roadrunner, and The Three Stooges several years ago? Thankfully most of them stopped doing that, but it was ridiculous.

...Tom & Jerry, Bugs Bunny, Road Runner Three Stooges....it makes no damned sense unless someone is getting an appendage crushed. The old Pink Panther cartoon fall noise when he hits the ground...still makes me laugh.

I know Low Brow, for the poors, blah, blah...I still LMAO at a good stooges, and can not avoid laughing until tears at Home Alone.

I don't trust a man who can't laugh with the poors...just sayin.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Remember when networks began cutting out the "violent" scenes from Tom & Jerry, The Roadrunner, and The Three Stooges several years ago? Thankfully most of them stopped doing that, but it was ridiculous.

I'm a Tom and Jerry survivor. My older sister hit me on the head with a hammer one day after she saw Jerry do it to Tom. Good times.

 

[tussin]

ESPN Argues Ryan Lochte Is White Privilege, Fails Miserably | Outkick The Coverage

Not a fan of Clay Travis but this is spot on.

 

[ACamp1900]

Message: I am not racist and neither are my children, who like a black athlete.

What the fuck does this even mean: "it filled me with more joy than I can ever explain to see them fall so hard for Biles."

Did you doubt that your six and four year old girls could like a person who wasn't white? That's the only way this sentence makes sense.

LOL at this part: reminds me of when we hear about how minorities can't get gov IDs or can't make ends meet on their own, or whatever other struggle of the day that the SJWs are harping on, I really don't think they hear themselves when they state everyone else has a race problem.

 

[wizards8507]

Univ. of Chicago pushes back on trigger warnings, safe spaces | Intellectual Takeout

 

[Bishop2b5]

Univ. of Chicago pushes back on trigger warnings, safe spaces | Intellectual Takeout

Excellent! It's about time universities returned to the notion that being exposed to other ideas, differing opinions, and tough realities is a huge part of a student's growth and education, and stopped encouraging the little snowflakes to be so delicate and perpetually offended by everything.

 

[phgreek]

Univ. of Chicago pushes back on trigger warnings, safe spaces | Intellectual Takeout

I knew someone had it in them....Thank God! Adding that to schools my kid can look at attending...

 

[ulukinatme]

Univ. of Chicago pushes back on trigger warnings, safe spaces | Intellectual Takeout

Man, just saw this finally and was coming to post it. Good for Chicago, screw the millennials and their trigger warning/safe space bullshit. It officially went overboard when colleges were offering safe spaces for students that were traumatized by seeing Trump ads. I'm all for protecting victims, but we're going too far in some areas and creating a culture of fear that we'll offend anyone and everyone.

 

[IrishLax]

Kaepernick sits during national anthem | ProFootballTalk

Money quote from the article:

It’s unclear why Kaepernick sat. However, Kaepernick retweeted the following message on Thursday, which accompanied images of the American and Confederate flags: “The fact that you really believe that there is difference in these flags means that your [sic] ignoring history.”

This made me go look at Kolin's twitter feed and it's absurd. The irony of this whole thing is that Kolin's birth mother is white, and after his black dad ran out on his teenage mom she gave him up for adoption... to two white parents that took him in and raised him very comfortably. And he has made millions of dollars as an athlete/entertainer in an industry that only exists in this country. So I'm confused why he hates America and white people so much when they afforded him so much in this life, and he's half white.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Political Correctness thread

Kaepernick sits during national anthem | ProFootballTalk

Money quote from the article:

This made me go look at Kolin's twitter feed and it's absurd. The irony of this whole thing is that Kolin's birth mother is white, and after his black dad ran out on his teenage mom she gave him up for adoption... to two white parents that took him in and raised him very comfortably. And he has made millions of dollars as an athlete/entertainer in an industry that only exists in this country. So I'm confused why he hates America and white people so much when they afforded him so much in this life, and he's half white.

Not to mention his once promising career is completely flatlining. If I'm in danger of losing my job, the last thing I'm thinking about is societal issues. Dude needs a mirror, not "ideals."

 

[kmoose]

I think one of the biggest problems in society today is this growing notion that, if you support something, then you must support EVERYTHING about it. It's probably most clearly evidenced in how liberals portray Republicans (if you are a Republican, there's no doubt you must be a racist, sexist, greedy corporate whore) and in how conservatives portray those who support Planned Parenthood (if you support Planned Parenthood, you must be a baby killer who wants to get rich by selling body parts). It's really disappointing that we have become so intellectually lazy and weak, that we can't take the time to consider that people can support one aspect of a cause or an organization, while simultaneously disliking some other part of it.

This whole way of thinking forces people to be enemies. It encourages an all out "us vs. them" mentality. It's hard to shake that kind of thinking, because that kind of thinking is black and white, and is easier for us to process. We have so many other cognitive demands on us, that this line of reasoning eases our daily workload leaving more mental energy for us to focus on our kids, or our jobs, our spouses, or our hobbies. But it is destructive to our social structure, and ultimately to ourselves since we are such social creatures.

 

[irishff1014]

Kaepernick sits during national anthem | ProFootballTalk

Money quote from the article:

This made me go look at Kolin's twitter feed and it's absurd. The irony of this whole thing is that Kolin's birth mother is white, and after his black dad ran out on his teenage mom she gave him up for adoption... to two white parents that took him in and raised him very comfortably. And he has made millions of dollars as an athlete/entertainer in an industry that only exists in this country. So I'm confused why he hates America and white people so much when they afforded him so much in this life, and he's half white.

He is stupid dude. Last time i checked a lot of nationalities died defending this flag not just white people.

 

[IrishLax]

He is stupid dude. Last time i checked a lot of nationalities died defending this flag not just white people.

Yup, not to mention the fact that him equating the American flag to the Confederate flag is not only ignorant but an insane slap in the face to the hundreds of thousands of white Americans that died to abolish slavery.

 

[ulukinatme]

Kaepernick sits during national anthem | ProFootballTalk

Money quote from the article:

This made me go look at Kolin's twitter feed and it's absurd. The irony of this whole thing is that Kolin's birth mother is white, and after his black dad ran out on his teenage mom she gave him up for adoption... to two white parents that took him in and raised him very comfortably. And he has made millions of dollars as an athlete/entertainer in an industry that only exists in this country. So I'm confused why he hates America and white people so much when they afforded him so much in this life, and he's half white.

What an idiot. Hope he gets demoted and doesn't get an opportunity to start for an NFL team again.

 

[phgreek]

I think one of the biggest problems in society today is this growing notion that, if you support something, then you must support EVERYTHING about it. It's probably most clearly evidenced in how liberals portray Republicans (if you are a Republican, there's no doubt you must be a racist, sexist, greedy corporate whore) and in how conservatives portray those who support Planned Parenthood (if you support Planned Parenthood, you must be a baby killer who wants to get rich by selling body parts). It's really disappointing that we have become so intellectually lazy and weak, that we can't take the time to consider that people can support one aspect of a cause or an organization, while simultaneously disliking some other part of it.

This whole way of thinking forces people to be enemies. It encourages an all out "us vs. them" mentality. It's hard to shake that kind of thinking, because that kind of thinking is black and white, and is easier for us to process. We have so many other cognitive demands on us, that this line of reasoning eases our daily workload leaving more mental energy for us to focus on our kids, or our jobs, our spouses, or our hobbies. But it is destructive to our social structure, and ultimately to ourselves since we are such social creatures.

Team Sport...my guys are always right...I hate the other guys...winning isn't enough...I must crush them because they are my enemy...

Sad part is...nobody on Merka's team.

 

[phgreek]

Yup, not to mention the fact that him equating the American flag to the Confederate flag is not only ignorant but an insane slap in the face to the hundreds of thousands of white Americans that died to abolish slavery.

This is exactly the part that pisses me off.

I think he reflexively conflates many things to fuel his hate, and frankly I'm not sure he wasn't taught in school, that those white folks who died freeing slaves...meh,just a wash, because others who shared their white skin color owned slaves. Whitey is racist, all symbols of this country are from whitey, and must be equally racist.

I thought the point was each man's "content of character" and all. Guess not...when there are angry white privilege and social justice lenses through which to see EVERYTHING.

BTW: I'm ok with him sitting...but I get to think he is a douche, and a product of douchy, ignorant views.

 

[connor_in]

 

[gkIrish]

Now my timeline is filled with people saying Kaep should be allowed to make any statement he wants because of free speech yada yada yada.

These are the same people that shame and silence those who disagree with them. It's sickening.

 

[connor_in]

Now my timeline is filled with people saying Kaep should be allowed to make any statement he wants because of free speech yada yada yada.

These are the same people that shame and silence those who disagree with them. It's sickening.

but yet not surprising

Basically, if you think similar to me, I support your use of free speech, if you think different from me I think you should shut up. This is where many people in America seem to be at now a days

 

[IrishLax]

Now my timeline is filled with people saying Kaep should be allowed to make any statement he wants because of free speech yada yada yada.

These are the same people that shame and silence those who disagree with them. It's sickening.

Right, this is my whole problem. They're the first people to jump down Roy Hibbert's throat when he makes a "no homo" joke, the first people that rage against Curt Schilling for being conservative, the first people that complain about Chris Broussard saying "this is how I read and interpret the Bible"...

...then Kaepernick gives a completely ridiculous opinion deserving of scorn, and we're supposed to "respect it." Just sheer idiocy.

 

[wizards8507]

Now my timeline is filled with people saying Kaep should be allowed to make any statement he wants because of free speech yada yada yada.

These are the same people that shame and silence those who disagree with them. It's sickening.

What are you guys complaining about, exactly? What you're describing is exactly how free speech is supposed to work. Kaepernick is allowed to make any statement he wants and we're all allowed to call him an ignorant ass clown who should shut up.

but yet not surprising

Basically, if you think similar to me, I support your use of free speech, if you think different from me I think you should shut up. This is where many people in America seem to be at now a days

That's exactly how it's supposed to work. If I disagree with you, I say "I think you should shut up." It doesn't mean I'm trying to exercise State power to make you shut up.

 

[IrishLax]

To be clear, when someone like Dwayne Wade or Carmelo Anthony speaks reasonably about social issues and change they want to see... I -- and pretty much everyone else -- does respect it. Because they're expressing a sincere opinion in a reasonable matter.

When someone speaks in idiotic platitudes and disrespects the country/people that have given him so much, then they deserve derision and to be told how stupid they are.

 

[gkIrish]

What are you guys complaining about, exactly? What you're describing is exactly how free speech is supposed to work. Kaepernick is allowed to make any statement he wants and we're all allowed to call him an ignorant ass clown who should shut up.


That's exactly how it's supposed to work. If I disagree with you, I say "I think you should shut up." It doesn't mean I'm trying to exercise State power to make you shut up.

I am complaining about people that silence and shame those who disagree with them. I think they have every right to support Kaep's action but I think they should stop telling those that disagree with them on other issues to shut up.