Out of Hand Political Correctness

[k69atie]

Nursey Rhyme slaughted

that is true, you don't

 

[Dave D]

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yeah, this is political correctness gone mad. Whats wrong with being a black sheep anyway?

 

[Valeoz]

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What pisses me off is how these white people can tell us black folk what offends us and what doesn't, as if we can't speak for ourselves... Now here is the opinion about the nursery rhyme from a black man in a black community... I don't give a fuck.

I'm going to email Stuart Chamberlain and tell him how racist him and his organization is.

 

[DJ Harris]

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omfg! wat a crock of shit!

 

[Chronic]

Nursey Rhyme slaughted

I think you guys are forgetting that this is a nursery rhyme, this isn't about being politically correct it's, like the article says, about alienating young black kids. A grown person taking offense to that rhyme is retarded but I can see how it could have a negative effect on some kids. Can't you?

 

[Valeoz]

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^^
Hell no. I just asked my little sister who is 11 about that rhyme without telling her about the controversy... She said she don't care either, it means absolutely nothing to her even when she was younger, people are just trying to make it into something. It is the people who are trying to fight this Blac Sheep that are creating the alienation.

 

[Cooper]

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I think you guys are forgetting that this is a nursery rhyme, this isn't about being politically correct it's, like the article says, about alienating young black kids. A grown person taking offense to that rhyme is retarded but I can see how it could have a negative effect on some kids. Can't you?

No not at all. It's fucking stupid

 

[not really ken]

I don't care about baa baa black sheep. But chronic said what I was going to say to some extent and I quite like Christmas, people seem to interact more and the public that I come into contact with at work seem to be more friendly. I think that the essential spirit of Christmas has to be recognised by everyone for the positivity it brings to the community. I 'aint got problems with that.

 

[Jokerman]

Also, "No way, Jose" should be changed so as not to offend Hispanic people. We don't want them feeling rejected by the phrase.

Something like "No way, John and Jane Doe" would be more appropriate.

 

[S O F I]

Nursey Rhyme slaughted

What pisses me off is how these white people can tell us black folk what offends us and what doesn't, as if we can't speak for ourselves... Now here is the opinion about the nursery rhyme from a black man in a black community... I don't give a fuck.

I'm going to email Stuart Chamberlain and tell him how racist him and his organization is.

Patronizing. One of the problems of Political Correctness.

 

[Valeoz]

^^

yeah, i know

 

[Dave D]

Bottom line is, no matter what race you are, if you find a nursery rhyme offensive there is something seriously wrong with you.

 

[HitEmUp21]

Nursey Rhyme slaughted

What pisses me off is how these white people can tell us black folk what offends us and what doesn't, as if we can't speak for ourselves... Now here is the opinion about the nursery rhyme from a black man in a black community... I don't give a fuck.

I'm going to email Stuart Chamberlain and tell him how racist him and his organization is.

The problem with this is that everyone is different, and it is a racist thing in itself to say "this offends black people", because (surprisingly to white people?) black people are not all the same. So, me being white, I go and ask my black friend whether this nursery rhyme offends him. He, being uptight, says it should be banned. Now, this is where the problem is: do I now say that it should also be banned because a black person is offended? Where is the line drawn between trying to be sensitive, and being patronizing?

(Sorry if I made next to no sense.)

 

[ill-matic]

your views on political correctnes is it out of hand

And if you're born in a so-called "Christian country"?

The idea that you either have to agree with everything about a country or leave it is absurd. Just because I live here doesn't mean I have to agree with the way the country operates.

"You can't move to a politically correct country and then get offended by political correctness"

that's a silly argument. there are no legitimate and sensical grounds to be offended by something as minute as "merry christmas". your argument would be valid in situations like corruption or crime, for example, and not for petty shit like "ba ba black sheep" nursery rhymes..

and i DO agree. political correctness is just getting too overwhelming these days. In Australia, NSW, Sydney, they banned the Australian flag from being raised in some area (on a goverment building) as it would possibly "offend facets of the ethnic community". what i don't understand is how they gathered it would 'offend' when raising the nation's flag doesn't provoke, incite, or insinuate anything racist. it actually sickens me.