A quote that I like.

[Jimbo 0]

This whole 'political correctness' movement generally annoys me, I don't know who decided that we should spend our lives policing our language and actions for fear that we might offend someone.

This came across a mailing list I subscribe to, I think it sums things up nicely.

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Josh from Idaho: "If you take offense where none was intended, you're a fool. If you take offense where it was intended, you're letting the offender get his way. Or, in other words, the people who are always getting offended want to be 'treated with dignity', yet they insist on being INdignant about everything. Something seems wrong here." Yep, and it's up to us else to let the terminally afflicted know they need to grow the hell up.

This was written, I believe, in response to some government office in Michagan that published guidelines on how to have a non-offensive Christmas (or something similar)

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Jim

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If you take offense where none was intended, you're a fool

I pretty much agree with everything, except that in my opinion it's sometimes hard to know what the "intent" was. Some people say offensive things on purpose, others say offensive things without meaning harm.

Edited to add: after I thought about it, I realized that my post is dumb

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[Lee03 0]

Beautiful quote! I have to agree with it! Political correctness SUCKS! It's censorship run rampant, from the same people that brought you the now defunked (thankfully) Soviet Union!

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[Muenkel 0]

Nice quote Jimbo. I just want to add that I consider myself an equal oppurtunity offender.

Chris

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[jtval 0]

im offended that you posted this jimbo


Bwahaha! IT WOULD BE EASIER TO SLAP "THE OFFENDED" WITH A BRICK ( DAMN CAPS LOCK!. iM NOT SCREAMING JUST TOO LAZY TO HIT BACKSPACE)

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[Luv2Fall 0]

Good post......I agree with that quote 100%. I can't help but correlate political correctness with self-righteousness to some degree.........don't know why but just do.

[blazetailman 0]

" The sudden awareness of my stupidity, made me calm."

I saw this written a a brick wall as graffiti.

Its brilliant.


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[Jimbo 0]

Too late to edit the original, but here's the quote that inspired the comment.

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HE'S GONNA FIND OUT: The Affirmative Action Office at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Mich., laid down the law. In a "Christmas Warning" titled "How to celebrate Christmas without offense", the AAO suggested "It is inappropriate to decorate things with Santa Claus or reindeer or other 'Christmas' decorations. Good ideas for decorations during this time are snowflakes, snowpeople, [and] poinsettias to give a feeling of winter." The AAO did not provide "warnings" for other winter holidays, such as Hanukkah or Kwanzaa. "So if the multicultural Gestapo remove Santa, what do they do if they stumble on a Nativity scene," asked Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights President William Donahue -- "smash it with their clubs?" After Donahue complained to the university, it rescinded the advisory. (Saginaw News)

...Why is it that anyone thinks they're entitled to go through life without ever being offended?

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snowpeople

Note the political correctness of this statement. We can't call them snowMEN anymore? LMAO!

Kelly