...drags up her soapbox and takes a deep breath.
Oh, God, where to even begin? These particular rants originated, well, for some of them it was years ago to be honest and it's ebbed and flowed with the tides of my moods and irritations since then. Sometimes finding voice over casual conversation, given eloquence beyond my means by other authors, and sometimes bitten back down to save myself the headache of ramming my head into my desk so hard I see stars. These won't be the most organized posts, or the prettiest, they mainly serve as a brain-dump so I can stop dwelling on this, say my pieces and move on.
This is not a single post, but a collection of grievances - all linked here with the topics and a blurb on what touched each of them off. Each in some way expresses my frustration with the over-the-top PCness, touchiness, and over-protectiveness we have come to expect from everything. Even things that existed long before the advent of the CONCEPT of PC was ever uttered aloud.
This is also prime example of what happens when I don't blog for too long. I get real preachy.
You Can't Please All the People All the Time
...but if you try, you might just make them all mad.
Yesterday, a tweet from @yaatheart pointed me in the direction of THIS POST and the comments are a textbook example of how an apparent knee-jerk reaction to please one upset person turned into a cavalcade of ticked-off readers and authors. It's also a great example of another peeve - know what you you're talking about before you post and be able to defend it - because you will have to defend it.
It's Called Parenting, Dumb-ass
...you might want to try it instead of crusading once in awhile.
If I ever have children, it will take me longer to explain the cultural relevance and proper usage of the word "phat" than it will for me to tell them that while common at the time Huck Finn was written, "nigger" is not an appropriate term to use now. Thank you NewSouth for making it even easier to be a lazy, disengaged parent. I will also relate how a similarly offensive child's toy taught me the importance of treating people like people and not mocking their challenges, a lesson that is lost every time someone bans something they don't like, or refuse to take the time to present it properly.
I am Not Charles Fucking Xavier
...and neither are you.
There are examples too numerous to list, and they mainly come from my RP life, but this one really breaks down into two categories. First - e-mail, IM, blogging - they're all terrible venues with which to express things like sarcasm (not that I'm letting it stop me) and the easiest in the world to misconstrue intent and assume the worst. Mostly because thought travels infinitely slower then the mouse click over the publish button. Second - You can't hold bloggers and RPers responsible for all of your emotional damage. It should be accommodated where and when it can be - common courtesy should still be, well, common after all, but people have to cut each other some slack once in awhile.
So sit back and let the defriending begin, okay? Consider this one of those amnesties. If I piss you off, don't worry about it. Everything here is opinion borne of frustration so make of that what you will.
This is not a single post, but a collection of grievances - all linked here with the topics and a blurb on what touched each of them off. Each in some way expresses my frustration with the over-the-top PCness, touchiness, and over-protectiveness we have come to expect from everything. Even things that existed long before the advent of the CONCEPT of PC was ever uttered aloud.
This is also prime example of what happens when I don't blog for too long. I get real preachy.
You Can't Please All the People All the Time
...but if you try, you might just make them all mad.
Yesterday, a tweet from @yaatheart pointed me in the direction of THIS POST and the comments are a textbook example of how an apparent knee-jerk reaction to please one upset person turned into a cavalcade of ticked-off readers and authors. It's also a great example of another peeve - know what you you're talking about before you post and be able to defend it - because you will have to defend it.
It's Called Parenting, Dumb-ass
...you might want to try it instead of crusading once in awhile.
If I ever have children, it will take me longer to explain the cultural relevance and proper usage of the word "phat" than it will for me to tell them that while common at the time Huck Finn was written, "nigger" is not an appropriate term to use now. Thank you NewSouth for making it even easier to be a lazy, disengaged parent. I will also relate how a similarly offensive child's toy taught me the importance of treating people like people and not mocking their challenges, a lesson that is lost every time someone bans something they don't like, or refuse to take the time to present it properly.
I am Not Charles Fucking Xavier
...and neither are you.
There are examples too numerous to list, and they mainly come from my RP life, but this one really breaks down into two categories. First - e-mail, IM, blogging - they're all terrible venues with which to express things like sarcasm (not that I'm letting it stop me) and the easiest in the world to misconstrue intent and assume the worst. Mostly because thought travels infinitely slower then the mouse click over the publish button. Second - You can't hold bloggers and RPers responsible for all of your emotional damage. It should be accommodated where and when it can be - common courtesy should still be, well, common after all, but people have to cut each other some slack once in awhile.
So sit back and let the defriending begin, okay? Consider this one of those amnesties. If I piss you off, don't worry about it. Everything here is opinion borne of frustration so make of that what you will.