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Dec 03, 2013 15:18


I posted this originally to the SMOF list but I feel like it might be useful in a broader context as well. I'm certainly not the first person to say these things, but maybe I'm the first one saying it where certain people will hear it?

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ildrinn December 3 2013, 21:38:28 UTC
But you people are allowed to use those words! That's just reverse bigot-ism!

*cue 400-page thread*

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onefishonly December 3 2013, 23:11:52 UTC
Oh man, this is such a great "here is why people may roll their eyes when you say 'politically correct'" post. It's easier to ignore that than address it anew each time I hear it, even for people I'd like to bother to have that conversation with, and 101-level copy/pastable like this is sometimes actually a bit hard to come by. But this is perfect and not at all convention/"SMOF"-specific! I know some people in my life who may see it, next time they use that particular phrase as part of some questionable argument. Thanks for taking the time/effort to write it up.

Oh, and ALSO bravo on actually confronting it there on the list!

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parrismcb December 3 2013, 23:27:43 UTC
it is of no comfort to me to know that there's still a high percentage of absolute jerks who mock and belittle the long-standing problems of hostility towards people who are not WSM in the sub-culture I have lived in most of my adult life.

times shoulda changed along frackin' time ago.

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regina_of_york December 4 2013, 01:44:31 UTC
"times shoulda changed along frackin' time ago"

What Parris said.

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kylecassidy December 7 2013, 05:44:07 UTC
I have hopes that they are being boiled out of the mainstream and as the steam rises and condenses and gets bled off into some jar of collected jerk things will get better for everyone else.

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mme_hardy December 3 2013, 23:37:25 UTC
Well said.

I always translate "Not to be politically incorrect, but" as "I am about to be extremely rude, and I want to preempt your complaining about it."

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pinkhairedcyn December 4 2013, 00:04:32 UTC
Yes this times one million.

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