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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:37 AM Original message |
PC-ness is a reflection of where we are in our civilization. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. I bet you're wrong. I bet the earliest fights between hunters and gatherers |
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Phredicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 01:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Besides, there's plenty of PC-ness on the Right; |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 01:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The Right is all about their brand of "PC." |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. "PC" was invented by the RW in the 90s as a talking point |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Well said n/t |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Correct me if I'm wrong. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 05:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I see that as exactly the same as what Comopero and I said. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 06:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. It started off in China, probably came to the west via far left parties |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 08:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Or, like, those people who didn't like being called niggers |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. You know, I never considered that word as being a part of poltical correctness |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. I've always seen the term as "being used by racists/biggots/sexists" |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I have always liked you, ComerPerro. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 08:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Precisely. Thank you, CP. nt |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
44. You've got it. nt |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. I've read that people in hunter-gatherer societies work about 2 hours a day |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Gossiping and back-biting probably are human nature. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 08:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. along with industralization came the rule of a specialized class, |
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Unrepentant Fenian (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's so simple..... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
8. Yup. It's "The Empire Strikes Back" stage.... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
12. Point is, some people are still there |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. I am just amazed at how far some here go to defend insulting people |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 08:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. insult to who? |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. The terminology is insulting to many including myself |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. How come it's insulting to some and not to others? |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Hmm the same could be said for the Confederate Flag |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. I'm pretty sure the issue with smoking in public is not that it's insulting to some, |
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ms liberty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. A word only has the power YOU give it... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I love how stupid people unthinkingly assume that everyone else.... |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Is that a politically correct thing to say? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Sigh. The very concept of "politically correct" is intrinsically a bigot's concept.... |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I'm not saying you're wrong about your view on the concept. |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. If we continue to accept offensive behavior then we are indeed all nuts |
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ms liberty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. A question... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Just in case one day the truth is of passing interest to you... |
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ms liberty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Thank you... |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
23. If you say so |
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Crandor (320 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. And before civilization... |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I think environmental regulations |
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Crandor (320 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Do I even need to mention the utter hypocrisy of your using a computer to post this crap? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Actually, no, you don't have to point that out |
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Crandor (320 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. If what you say is true then it doesn't even matter what we do |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Yes, I do tend to have a pessimistic outlook |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
40. so are antibiotics. if we didnt have time to sit around and think no progress would be made. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
43. That's a good thing. |
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