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Political Correctness - comedian Stewart Lee nails it (Original Post)
redqueen
Oct 2012
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zbdent
(35,392 posts)1. The ultimate irony of political correctness is
that nobody was allowed to make fun of George W Bush ... that wasn't "politically correct" ...
redqueen
(115,103 posts)2. When I saw your subject line...
I thought you were going to mention the last line in this bit (which just goes to show how far we still have to go).
kenfrequed
(7,865 posts)3. Actually that was another form of PC
"Patriotic Correctness"
svpadgham
(670 posts)4. I get really annoyed with people who complain about P-C.
I find that many people complain about political correctness until you offend them. It's like Libertarians complaining that they can't legally fuck you over, then getting all pissy and claim "there ought to be a law" when they feel they have been slighted in some way. Generally it's over minor annoyances like someone driving "only" 5 mph over the speed limit in the fast lane.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)5. Richard Little John sounds like the equivalent of Rush Limbaugh.