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[GirlinContempt]

But sometimes being PC comes to a point where it becomes nonsensical. We end up in a glut of being fake, being false, even to ourselves. If we must watch every single word out of our mouths every single minute, every single day, the barriers will be put back up and left there with no way to ever break them down again.
I'm hearing a lot of selfishness in this. *I* don't want to watch what I say, *I* haven't done anything wrong, it's *YOU* thats too sensitive, no problem with *ME*. If you don't want to be fake or false, don't say things you don't mean. If people are offended, explain it to them and respect their feelings. You seem to expect people to respect YOURS.

A few words, a few phrases uttered in anger should not be worthy of a condemnation. If we can not give each other the benefit of the doubt without reaming them for something said that might offend someone sometime, then we are no better than those on the right.
Sometimes things DO deserve condemnation, no matter how angry the person is at the time. However, if we can accept your basic premise, why can't YOU accept that YOU may have made someone feel hurt or angry with your statements, and what you're reading is their reaction?



In the future, I will not apologize for comments I make that someone here might disagree with or take umbrage at. If I can't speak my mind, if I can't make a statement without worrying that someone will be offended, then I might as well leave here now. Because those who try to be PC Nazis are as bad as anyone on the right who tries to control someone else's life. And we certainly don't need people like that around.

A refusal to apologize is pretty childish. It's ok to admit that you're wrong sometimes, cause we all are. There is no shame in it. It's ok to apologize for saying something that hurts someones feelings, even if you aren't sorry for the statement. Unless you don't feel badly about making others feel like crap, it isn't a falsehood. It's pretty arrogant to go through life unconcerned about the feelings of others. And it's really rude to dismiss peoples statements as 'pc nazism' because you don't agree with it. If I am supposed to accept your statements of X why can't you accept mine of Y? Sounds like a nasty double standard.

Frankly this post sounds like juvenile whining about having to deal with other people who don't agree with you, and a childish refusal to meet anyone halfway, and an infantile dismissal of any responsibility you should hold.