What is the most politically correct thing you have heard?

BOHtox

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Oh the irony......

Whenever I see the term Political Correctness being used in an online context......its usually a precursor to a bunch of racists, homophobes and misogynists giving vent to their discriminatory outlook.

The irony indeed...
You're by far the most prejudice on the thread, making those completely incorrect assumptions and trying to derail the thread. Have you even read it?

Femme_Fatale

I wonder how true some of these claims are. And if true, how are they implemented? So staff are told they can't say "manhole", teachers told they can't say "blackboard"... and if they do, what happens? Disciplinary? A HR department obviously has far more important things to be concerned about.

I'd be inclined to believe that these things are made up as a demonstration of how "oppressive" political correctness has become. The "baa baa rainbow sheep" one was debunked.

kylith

wuzziwig wrote: »

My kids say "catch a finger by the toe". That's just wrong.

But it's tiger. Catch a tiger by the toe.

Tombo2001

BOHtox wrote: »

The irony indeed...
You're by far the most prejudice on the thread, making those completely incorrect assumptions and trying to derail the thread. Have you even read it?

I'm prejudiced against prejudiced people.......so who is the victim here?

I'm confused.

PS

I cant read. Please stop scorning me for it. Its not PC. Illegitimate people have rights!!:pac:

Czarcasm

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I wonder how true some of these claims are. And if true, how are they implemented? So staff are told they can't say "manhole", teachers told they can't say "blackboard"... and if they do, what happens? Disciplinary? A HR department obviously has far more important things to be concerned about.

I'd be inclined to believe that these things are made up as a demonstration of how "oppressive" political correctness has become. The "baa baa rainbow sheep" one was debunked.

You'd be surprised... Actually, would you? I don't know. But certainly I've seen people being pulled up for similar, such as a manager in my previous employment who was cautioned by HR when a member of his team asked to go away five minutes before everyone was due to leave the office.

The manager said "Can you not wait five minutes like everybody else?"

The guy then came out with "Is it because I'm black?"

The manager replied, and this is why he was cautioned-

"I couldn't care less if you were purple with yellow spots, you can wait five minutes!"


Implied racism is worse than actual racism in my opinion as it detracts from the serious issue that actually IS racism.

Karl Stein

Not allowed to call 'rice field' 'paddy field' anymore in case an Irish person is within earshot.

It's health and safety gone mad.

Funkfield

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

WTF is a 'rainbow sheep'?

Rainbow Sheep

Czarcasm

Tombo2001 wrote: »

I'm prejudiced against prejudiced people.......so who is the victim here?

I'm confused.

PS

I cant read. Please stop scorning me for it. Its not PC. Illegitimate people have rights!!:pac:

Illiterate. The word is illiterate. I wouldn't call you a bastard for an easy mistake though

Oh. Can't say illegitimate any more either btw when referring to a person whose parents are not married. That's one I'm actually glad has gone out of everyday language.

Tombo2001

Czarcasm wrote: »

Illiterate. The word is illiterate. I wouldn't call you a bastard for an easy mistake though
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if I could read i would have knowinit but I cant now just back off.......

Aglomerado

Cavehill Red wrote: »

Feckin patriarchal sexist.

It's wymyn*, I'll have you know.


*This one word is the single most ludicrous PC term I've yet encountered.

Viz had the ultimate in PC a good few years back.

I give you Millie Tant. (couldn't find one with "wimmin")

wonderfulname

07Lapierre wrote: »

Every morning when i go into the coffee shop i ask for a "black coffee". They always give me an "Americano"!!

An Americano is an espresso based drink, a black coffee is not. Interestingly enough Americano is a dig at wimpy Americans for having to top up their coffee with water, so it's not exactly PC.

Czarcasm

Tombo2001 wrote: »

if I could read i would have knowinit but I cant now just back off.......

If you couldn't read, you wouldn't have been able to read my post.

People claiming dyslexia as an excuse to be offended, trying to imply someone is discriminating against them because they're dyslexic.

More implied discrimination that does nothing for people who actually ARE dyslexic.

I am pie

Cydoniac wrote: »

Myths.

Yup. Never happened.

Truley

"Disabled" is wrong because it places too much emphasis on on the person's weakness and not on all the great things they are capable of.

"Special Needs" is wrong because it implies that a person should be treated differently. Also it's often used in a slagging way "Duuuh you're special..."

The correct term is Additional Needs

Doesn't matter if you're missing both your arms, can't talk, can't go to the toilet yourself. You don't have a disability, you have additional needs

tommyboy2222

http://www.digitalspy.ie/odd/news/a387535/swedish-politicians-want-men-to-pee-sitting-down.html

Femme_Fatale

Oh yeh I was in a restaurant once and asked where the toilets were. The guy said, with a straight face, that the ladies' toilet was undergoing repairs so I could use the "Differently abled" one. :pac:
But really, how widespread is this? And I doubt the guy would have been fired for saying "disabled". He may just have been really PC himself.

Hoop66

Deise Vu wrote: »

Didnt some Midlands UK Council ban the use of the word Christmas?

No they didn't. Regularly churned out by little-englander Daily Mail types, that one. Utter, and complete, bollocks.

Deise Vu wrote: »

Noddy no longer has a sidekick called Big Ears either as apparently it's bullying.

Yes he does. I can find no reference at all to Big Ears being banned. The wikipedia page for the character makes no mention of it either.

kylith

Hoop66 wrote: »

Yes he does. I can find no reference at all to Big Ears being banned. The wikipedia page for the character makes no mention of it either.

The gollywogs were written out though, weren't they?

I can understand the upset over the gollywogs, but, well, my cousin had one as a child and I don't remember anything about it being representative of a race. I had a green doll with a dress, and my cousin had a black doll in stripy pants, that's all they were to us as children; dolls. They weren't supposed to be 'real' in any sense of the word, and the fact it was black never occurred to me that it could represent anything other than the colour of material they used. Maybe it's because I'd never seen a black person when I was little, but even if I had I can't see how a Golly could have influenced me negatively against them; nice doll, good smile, right size to hug, well dressed.

gramar

That saying about pots calling the kettle....that..colour will just have to go.

KingOfFairview

'No naked flames on the forecourt'

Czarcasm

Hoop66 wrote: »

Yes he does. I can find no reference at all to Big Ears being banned. The wikipedia page for the character makes no mention of it either.

You won't find any reference to their gay times in the woods either. It's all happy times in the woods now since Enid Blyton's books have been edited almost beyond all recognition. Here's at least a humorous take on the idea-

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2010/09/04/noddy-and-big-ears-deny-‘improper-relationship’/


Imagine if they tried to rewrite Shakespeare? There'd be war, and only rightly so. Leave literature as it is. Modern society should be taught to appreciate that was the way literature was written at the time.

It's like objecting to the Mona Lisa because you don't understand what she's smiling at and the thought unsettles you.

Jimmy Garlic

Czarcasm wrote: »

You won't find any reference to their gay times in the woods either. It's all happy times in the woods now since Enid Blyton's books have been edited almost beyond all recognition. Here's at least a humorous take on the idea-

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2010/09/04/noddy-and-big-ears-deny-‘improper-relationship’/


Imagine if they tried to rewrite Shakespeare? There'd be war, and only rightly so. Leave literature as it is. Modern society should be taught to appreciate that was the way literature was written at the time.

It's like objecting to the Mona Lisa because you don't understand what she's smiling at and the thought unsettles you.

There is a whole industry behind it. There are handwringing ninnys employed to spot "offensive" words and take things completely out of all context. Tabooing the word 'black' is case in point. The irony is the vast majority of black people don't get offended in the slightest by it and would refer to themselves as black.

gramar

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

There is a whole industry behind it. There are handwringing ninnys employed to spot "offensive" words and take things completely out of all context. Tabooing the word 'black' is case in point. The irony is the vast majority of black people don't get offended in the slightest by it and would refer to themselves as black.

Like Ali G...

...I'll get me coat.

discus

Hoop66 wrote: »

No they didn't. Regularly churned out by little-englander Daily Mail types, that one. Utter, and complete, bollocks.

What about British police not being allowed fly the flag of St George, or the union jack, yet on pride week the rainbow flag goes up?

Czarcasm

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

There is a whole industry behind it. There are handwringing ninnys employed to spot "offensive" words and take things completely out of all context. Tabooing the word 'black' is case in point. The irony is the vast majority of black people don't get offended in the slightest by it and would refer to themselves as black.

Exactly-

Czarcasm wrote: »

Sure I was at a party last week the only white guy among a crowd of about 100 black people (my friend is black and it was her son's communion, but tbf what I consider a "small get together of family and friends" and what she considers a small get together of family and friends, are vastly different concepts! ), but a couple of the lads were gathered around the barbecue and the chap was turning the lamb chunks with his fingers, then dipping his fingers in water to cool them.

I goes to him "Jesus man have you no tongs?"

I nearly pissed myself laughing when he replied "Tongs are for white people!"

Racist bastard! :pac:

blue note

The guns being edited out in ET and replaced with walkie-talkies.

Michael D Not Higgins

Greedo shooting first

Robbo

Czarcasm wrote: »

Imagine if they tried to rewrite Shakespeare? There'd be war, and only rightly so. Leave literature as it is. Modern society should be taught to appreciate that was the way literature was written at the time.

Yes, imagine if they did try to re-write Shakespeare...

Czarcasm

Robbo wrote: »

Yes, imagine if they did try to re-write Shakespeare...

I don't know what to say after reading that. Suffice to say that when I downloaded the complete works of Shakespeare for my eight year old son on his tablet, it wasn't that pissy watered down version!

Markcheese

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

Being an actual engineer, I hate this cheapening of the term. Places like Germnay and Italy have a protected status for using the title engineer in the same way as doctor.

Also hate this exchange
"I'm a mechanical engineer"
"Oh, so do you fix cars?"

Why do you think the word engineer came up they were guys who made engines ... (and drove trains)