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originally posted by: crazyewok
If that opinion is so unpopular then there is obviously something wrong with it.
originally posted by: OpenMindedRealist
originally posted by: crazyewok
If that opinion is so unpopular then there is obviously something wrong with it.
Strongly disagree there. Look at history; one of the patterns you see is that good ideas are often unpopular...right up until they become popular.
Sharing of unpopular ideas can only be beneficial. Open discourse is beneficial. Do you belong to the school of thought that believes bad ideas can 'infect' people?
originally posted by: crazyewok
originally posted by: woodwardjnr
a reply to: crazyewok where have they banned carol singers. It used to be organised by, churches, but seeing as religion is waning in the uk not as many go to church instead choosing to spend their Sunday's differently these days. I don't think carol singers have been banned. Just a sign of the times, when less and less people are going to church. No one stops people saying merry Xmas. Unless you are referring to that hoax thread from a few days ago, which was posted from a satire website. I think maybe these things are worse in the USA, but then everything is. Where liberals are to blame for everything and half the PC nonsense is made up to produce the knee jerk reactions you speak of.
Im talking about petty bureaucratic council crap like this and this.
originally posted by: OpenMindedRealist
Does a free society shun people who don't exercise "good manners?" Should such people be shouted down, or silenced by force? Should they be villified by the MSM and SJW's to the point that they lose their jobs or their businesses fail?
Because that is what modern political correctness has become, and that's why it flies in the face of the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution.
I assume that's also why everyone I talk to in the real world is sick of the PC nonsense.
originally posted by: Urantia1111
originally posted by: crazyewok
originally posted by: woodwardjnr
a reply to: crazyewok where have they banned carol singers. It used to be organised by, churches, but seeing as religion is waning in the uk not as many go to church instead choosing to spend their Sunday's differently these days. I don't think carol singers have been banned. Just a sign of the times, when less and less people are going to church. No one stops people saying merry Xmas. Unless you are referring to that hoax thread from a few days ago, which was posted from a satire website. I think maybe these things are worse in the USA, but then everything is. Where liberals are to blame for everything and half the PC nonsense is made up to produce the knee jerk reactions you speak of.
Im talking about petty bureaucratic council crap like this and this.
You don't think it's petty for a municipality to promote one religion over all others? Would you want Muslim carollers showing up uninvited to sing Allah-related tunes you have no interest in?
originally posted by: 123143
Americans never used to be such wimps. We were tough and resilient. We didn't buckle at the knees because we heard something we didn't like. We shook it off as free speech and moved on.
America is emotionally retarded. GROW UP.
From what I've seen and experienced, it's those who think they are being PC (and therefore forcing their own views on others because of PC) that are the rudest and ill-mannered
originally posted by: boymonkey74
a reply to: crazyewok
We could burn them!!.
What happened to a good ole fashioned burning eh?
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But a polite burning of course my dear chap .
originally posted by: berenike
originally posted by: boymonkey74
a reply to: crazyewok
We could burn them!!.
What happened to a good ole fashioned burning eh?
.
But a polite burning of course my dear chap .
Er... what fuel would you propose to use for such a burning ?
I mean, climate change, global warming and all. Who knows who you could end up offending?
PC Nuts roasting on an open fire tra la la
Or
Non-Pc Nuts roasting on an open fire tra la la
Got to be inclusive