Political Correctness...

[RatBastard]

I have no idea in hell if there is already a thread about the totally absurd concept of political correctness, but this story just goes to show how damn stupid some people get.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/parents-outraged-over-teacher-removing-word-gay-deck-164802191.html

Really???

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Are you saying the teacher was stupid, or the parents for objecting?

FYI the term "politically correct" is almost never used except as a bogeyman by the right wing.

[RatBastard]

Are you saying the teacher was stupid, or the parents for objecting?

FYI the term "politically correct" is almost never used except as a bogeyman by the right wing.

1) The former.
2) It is a concept contrived by the libtards to 'protect' us' thus allowing them to become the thought police.

[chaz]

Just put it in a bag of rice.

[Justin Tonation]

2) It is a concept contrived by the libtards to 'protect' us' thus allowing them to become the thought police.

Job creators

[RatBastard]

2) It is a concept contrived by the libtards to 'protect' us' thus allowing them to become the thought police.

Job creators

The gummint paying people, no matter what for, is not job creation.

[azaghal1981]

2) It is a concept contrived by the libtards to 'protect' us' thus allowing them to become the thought police.

Job creators

pro-life

[RatBastard]

2) It is a concept contrived by the libtards to 'protect' us' thus allowing them to become the thought police.

Job creators

pro-life

Or is that anti-choice?  Ain't words wonderful! 

[RatBastard]

But seriously folks, back to the OP.  Have we really gotten to the point in society that we are so afraid of words that we have to start changing the lyrics to songs?

[azaghal1981]

Pretty sure liberals and conservatives alike would agree with you there.
But if you want to turn this into a liberal V. conservative thing, I would say that conservatives have the liberals beat as far as removing/changing/banning written/recorded work in order to "protect" the public.

[kosmo vinyl]

The real problem here isn't the changing of the lyrics it's the mountain making out of a molehill due to 24/7 cable news, the internet newsophere and the idiots who opine via blogs and comments.  The amount of words and that are sure to be wasted over this will be staggering.  In the past it would have never gotten past the local news outlets, the anger would have subsided in a week and 1st and 2nd graders everywhere would still giggle at singing gay....

[RatBastard]

In the past it would not have been changed in order to be sure we don't offend anyone by using certain 'non-sensative' words.

[kosmo vinyl]

oh right, because in the past books and record weren't burned, preachers didn't rail against the evils of rock and roll, lennon didn't say the Beatles were bigger than Jesus and the FBI didn't keep files on subversive rock musicians.. please censorship has been alive and well since the dawn of time....

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