Political Correctness - Confronting Attempts To Control of Our Speech

[momonkey]

Originally Posted by AADAD

I think we are a nation of laws and as long as a person does not violate those they should have the right to say what they wish unless it is intended to hurt or offend.

Who decides what another's intentions are?

Why should speech that offends be illegal when the speaker has no control over who is or is not offended?

[kidkaos2]

Originally Posted by Ringo1

See how you twisted yourself in a pretzel there ~ and ended up saying absolutely nothing?

No, I understood perfectly what he said.

A person says something supposedly impartial but only includes a reference to conservatives in their point and by doing so they end up getting to take a partisan shot while claiming to be fair and reasonable.

Just because you didn't understand that, doesn't mean he didn't make a valid point.

[elan]

Originally Posted by Tom Dempsey's Left Foot

Ya know, this reminds me of a time that my brother and I were hanging out with my uncle at a family reunion. We were looking at a bunch of people across the park from us, not knowing what exactly they were doing (lining up for a photo? Impromptu football game?), and my uncle said to us that it looks like "they were doing a Chinese circlejerk." Now, I have no idea what this means, or if this was one of those phrases that was said by people in the 1930's who'd never met a minority before, like "jewed down" or "indian giver," and neither did my brother. We just kinda stared at our uncle for a little while..

That reminds me of the first time I went out with some friends from the UK. I uncomfortably stared at the floor a couple of times when they said f a g. You see, I didn't know they were talking about cigarettes.