The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #106024 Message #2188792
Posted By: GUEST,PMB
08-Nov-07 - 04:15 AM
Thread Name: BS: Are we becoming too politically correct
Subject: RE: BS: Are we becoming too politically correct
Now this isn't directed at Victor- I know now that he isn't BNP or even anything worse than what he said himself, becoming an old fart, like many of us. But this story reminds me of many car journeys out to work on site in the company of other, normally perfectly respectable, engineers. If anyone crossed the road in front of the car, someone would count the "points" for running them down; 1 point for a little kid, 5 points for a woman, 10 pints for an OAP... and 100 points for a "Paki". Harmless non-PC fun? Or an indicator of hidden rage? Or somewhere inbetween.
As I've said elsewhere before, when PC is used to defend the vulnerable, it's just plain common sense. When it's used as a method of attack, playing the game that nothing you say can be right, it's just another part of the fight to dominate, and is a form of bullying. But when the Daily Mail attacks the use of "melanin enhanced" or "differently able", you can bet that what that vile rag really wants is to be able to print "wogs out" and "xxx is queer".