to speak as he will

[omni_videns]

The movements around PC language...well, they fascinate me. As any English major will tell you, there is not a piece of work we consider "literature" that would meet with 21st century standards of political correctness. Or more recently, the lyrics of most pop music (the bubblegum pop of the 50's and 60's is notoriously bad for this). 100 years

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[quetz]

Don't say that; You're not Fat.

my 2 cents and stuff

[matertiamat]

I do think that political correctness has gone too far, but only because that opened the door to it being made fun of. Trying to make the world less harsh is a good thing, I think. Don't forget - 100 years ago we also practiced legally enforced segregation, women still couldn't own property in some states, and men could be sent to prison for being gay. We evolve and our awareness of language should too.

You're points about classicism are interesting, I see the same thing - don't know why, worth thinking about though. I think there's also a lot of classicism going on when people tell other groups they 'shouldn't' object to a word or phrase. The implication being that the majority will do what it wants and the minority should stop being annoying about it.

[ihateswine]

all the honky cunts who blab about PC fail to realize that PC was totally a 90's thing - once Bush stole the election, our politics weren't correct so fuck trying to talk like they are.

since im on a roll lemme just say that obama is a Tom and women shouldn't be firefighters and it is OK to compliment coworkers and professors on their cleavage. and oh yeah somalians smell weird WTF spice do they cook with that makes them smell like old quilts?

[ihateswine]

BTW this paragraph is great:

However, something that has always bugged me about people who insist on the most PC language possible is the element of classism involved. Generally speaking (and this is on my own experience, YMMV), the people who crowed loudest about being politically correct were college-educated, Caucasian, and generally came from one or more levels of privilege. People who didn't have their opportunities and were thus less likely to be aware of the need for political correctness (or too busy working three jobs to keep their babies fed) were looked down upon as a result. Classist much? Hell, I've had days where I envy people whose lives are so perfect and easy that they have the time and mental bandwidth to nitpick about language.I totally agree with you like ten million percent. Part of social justice for whites is rejecting white privilege in all forms so perhaps the elitist "PC" mode of speech should go too. I mean, who is funnier than Dave Chappelle? Bill Maher? Sarah Palin? Those three professional comedians