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Thread #16896   Message #160535
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
09-Jan-00 - 08:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Mr. Lincoln (Hank Williams Jr.)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mr.Lincoln
It's funny that "PC" label - I can see how when yiou disagree with somone'point of view yiuy can say that they are wrong, or naive or even insincere. And then you might get into an argument about the issues involved.

But throw in that label, and it turns into something else. It's a way of saying that you aren't worth arguing with, and diverting attention from the actual difference of opinion.

And it so often seems to get used in this way against minority opinions - for example I'd have thought that in America being in favour of the death penalty or the right to bear arms and so forth would be preeminently entitled to be called "PC". "Politically correct" surely should mean the things you espouse if you want to get elected.

And on that interpretation I'd have though Hank Junior's song is about as "PC" as you can get.