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originally posted by: woodwardjnr
a reply to: highfromphoenixwhy would you want to call some a retard? Are you 14
originally posted by: Indigent
Swedish parliament removes Baroque artist's bare breasted painting for offending feminists and Muslims
originally posted by: ketsuko
I think the term you are looking for is not politically correct. It is dog whistle. You are saying that saying traditional marriage is really a dog whistle for homophobic bigot.
originally posted by: tigertatzen
a reply to: Krazysh0t
He isn't dictating anything to you. He is just giving you a statement of reality. You can't change popular opinion. If popular opinion disagrees with your using a word, then that is something YOU alone have to deal with when you use it. You can either not use it or use it defiantly. But at no point are you not ALLOWED to use that word. No one will arrest you for it or fine you for it.
Actually, that is not quite accurate...people can be arrested for using defamatory words. It is a form of harassment, under the law. If calling someone a "retard" can be proven to have caused quantifiable harm to the person it was directed at, it can be prosecuted as a criminal act. If it is a racial slur, it can technically be prosecuted as a hate crime.
A redneck told me to go back where I came from, so I put up a teepee in his back yard. — Charlie Hill, Oneida-Mohawk-Cree stand-up comedian and actor
For those of you complaining about the use of the second in place of the first ... aren't you really arguing that the second is "wrong" and the first is "right" and is preferable in light of your political beliefs?
originally posted by: RunForTheHills
a reply to: kruphix
Washington Redskins, Bacon offends Muslims, Merry Christmas, etc... Just a few of many.
originally posted by: CB328
I have two that bug me, and I'm not even a Republican,
1. If you're white you're not allowed to say anything positive about your heritage or celebrate it in any way.
2. You're not allowed to dislike immigration for any reason, in spite of all the problems it causes.
That brings up Merry Christmas and happy Holidays. I tend to use Happy Holidays on my window decorations and business stuff but personally I'll say Merry Christmas just as much...it's retarded to get upset with either one. We're celebrating Christmas, but also the new year and a major Jewish Holiday as well. Nothing wrong with Happy Holidays. Getting upset at Happy Holidays is political correctness turned around the other way. Just as wrong.
originally posted by: Ceeker63
a reply to: kruphix
When someone is arrested for committing a crime. They are caught red handed. But the news outlets say alleged so and so. If a person is caught they are just plain guilty.
originally posted by: Stormdancer777
originally posted by: CB328
I have two that bug me, and I'm not even a Republican,
1. If you're white you're not allowed to say anything positive about your heritage or celebrate it in any way.
2. You're not allowed to dislike immigration for any reason, in spite of all the problems it causes.
You know when I was a kid we went every year to this big celebration of our ethnic roots, all the Austrian dance and music dress and food, I wonder if that would be considered wrong now.
When someone is arrested for committing a crime. They are caught red handed. But the news outlets say alleged so and so. If a person is caught they are just plain guilty.
originally posted by: ketsuko
Saying something like "I support traditional marriage" is now considered hateful. Cities have threatened to ban or block businesses and people who donated privately to campaigns that backed it have been blacklisted from working.
originally posted by: kruphix
originally posted by: Greathouse
I know why you're mad. But I didn't want that thread to turn into a shouting match like this one will. So I refused to discuss examples .
But your thread your rules. I'm on my way to the dentist I will cite one and respond later .
Zero tolerance in schools in so far that you can't make a gun with your finger .
Zero tolerance is the easiest method to address the issue. It's also there as a security net on any questionable cases.
Now, some peoples execution of "zero tolerance" policies is more/less strict than others...but that is the case in all things.
What would be your policy about guns in school?