Are YOU politically correct ?

**James Deuce** · 21st January 2008, 21:32

You asked the question so by definition YOU are. The only PC I have a hope of understanding is a Personal Computer. I only use that to browse for porn and taunt social workers.

**howdamnhard** · 21st January 2008, 22:36

No I'm not politically correct and have often been accused as being blunt and tactless.

**Bikernereid** · 21st January 2008, 22:40

Only spoken by people who can't handle the truth or don't have the gutts to speak it!! At least if you are blunt what you see is what you get, nowt wrong with that!!

Originally Posted by howdamnhard

No I'm not politically correct and have often been accused as being blunt and tactless.

**howdamnhard** · 21st January 2008, 23:07

Thanks,thats me,always the one asking the questions others are to polite or afraid to ask.Two friends of mine are now married (hope thats a good thing) because I bluntly asked them if they were an item or not having noticed them spending a lot oftime with each other.They were both to shy to tell the other that they secretly liked each other until I forced the topic,ooops.

Originally Posted by Bikern1mpho

Only spoken by people who can't handle the truth or don't have the gutts to speak it!! At least if you are blunt what you see is what you get, nowt wrong with that!!

**Donut** · 21st January 2008, 23:08

Originally Posted by howdamnhard

No I'm not politically correct and have often been accused as being blunt and tactless.

better then been sneaky, spitefull and back stabbing i say

**Bikernereid** · 22nd January 2008, 03:36

Where as I nowadays always seem to ask people about their partner/ spouse to find out they just split or are getting divorced!!

Sometimes you do have to be a little sneaky, that is how I got my Kiwi man (just don't tell him)!! I think being too blunt would have had him running for the hills

He is used to it now and seems to rather appreciate it.

Asking questions is how we learn and progress so you keep asking those questions and challenging others, you never know they might actually learn something too!!

Originally Posted by howdamnhard

Thanks,thats me,always the one asking the questions others are to polite or afraid to ask.Two friends of mine are now married (hope thats a good thing) because I bluntly asked them if they were an item or not having noticed them spending a lot oftime with each other.They were both to shy to tell the other that they secretly liked each other until I forced the topic,ooops.

**Usarka** · 22nd January 2008, 07:19

Too many know-it-alls and bigmouths use anti-PC as an excuse for being annoying arrogant syphillis infected toe rags.

Like a one legged tight rope walker its all about balance.

**MSTRS:Me** · 22nd January 2008, 07:27

Originally Posted by Bikern1mpho

Why talk to them anyhoo if they are easily offended, talk to someone with balls n a brain.

Well, that's you and your gender out of the equation as well. Back to your kitchen.
PC? Me? No, not really.

**007XX** · 22nd January 2008, 08:07

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Well, that's you and your gender out of the equation as well. Back to your kitchen.
PC? Me? No, not really.

Wanna come here and say that again?

And no, you can't cope a feel to check if I'm telling the truth...But trust me, I got balls...and so does Str8Jacket, Flame, Keystone19, Youngatart, Mrs kendog, Janno, and the list goes on...

So don't you give me any of that gender BS, or I'll come over and give you a wedgy you'll remember for quite some time...

Me, PC?...don't be so farkin' stoopid!

**MSTRS:Me** · 22nd January 2008, 08:13

Originally Posted by 007XX

And no, you can't cope....

Who can't cope?

**007XX** · 22nd January 2008, 08:18

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Who can't cope?

*mutter,mutter*...still:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9nptjUs9FM

**Drunken Monkey** · 22nd January 2008, 08:26

Politeness and political correctness aren't the same thing. You can avoid the use of PC terminology (which is most often identified by the use of 'excessive' gender neutral terms) without having to resort to being blunt. So if you use terms like "flight attendant" instead of Steward/Stewardess or use this new annoying habit of referring to all male and female stars of the screen as "actors" instead of actors/actresses, then you're basically being PC. Gender and race neutral terms are the most obvious terms, but I imagine there are many others.

Granted, it's not limited to linguistics, but that is a significant part of PC. There are also PC ideals, for example toeing the "eco-friendly" line just for "eco-friendly" sake. To me the differentiating factor would be the motivation; someone who has adopted "eco-friendly" after a solid education in sciences then years of experience working with the results of "non-eco-friendly" messes would, to me, have taken that stand from personal experience and rationalisation. Someone who is "eco-friendly" because the TV says everyone should be is swaying towards PC.

Well, that's my take anyway.

**Hitcher** · 22nd January 2008, 08:33

Am I politically correct? Let me open my personnel access hatch and find out...

I remember being at a conference some years ago where keynote speaker Guy Chapman introduced himself as Person Personperson. That brought the house down.

**jrandom** · 22nd January 2008, 08:37

Originally Posted by Bikern1mpho

I am not PC at all and will never be so. I think that everyone has the right to say what they think not matter how offensive. How can we possibly change and challenge the beliefs of others if we don't know what they really think cos they daren't say anything.

Wow!

You are a progressive thinker.

You just keep right on challenging those beliefs, sunshine. Word!