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Political Correctness
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Political Correctness
(December 9, 2015 at 9:03 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:
(December 9, 2015 at 1:10 pm)paulpablo Wrote: In those situations it isn't the word that dehumanises them, the word is interchangeable to the dehumanisation.
The word can help a person dehumanise another person, or it could be used to flirt with that person, or joke with them.  I've been called a Brit before by American girls on chat rooms who are flirting, and I might called a Scottish person I like a Scotty, but if I use the word paki in work id get fired because people say this word is racist.  
I got called honkey by my ex girlfriend who was Bengali and I called her chocolate cheeks, the word negro is considered racist but it's derived from a word that means black.
I get your point words can be used to dehumanise and antagonise but the individual words don't make a difference.
The words nigger paki or honkey might not even exist in 1000 years time and it's not important if they do or don't but attitudes are important.
And I don't think it would be easy to harm random homosexuals, black people or Koreans no matter what name you give them and I don't think you would either.
Did you know that "Negro" is the only race mentioned in the original US Constitution?

Was that in reference to antique farm equipment?
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Political Correctness - by Shining_Finger - December 8, 2015 at 8:04 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by abaris - December 8, 2015 at 8:13 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Wyrd of Gawd - December 9, 2015 at 4:40 am
RE: Political Correctness - by paulpablo - December 9, 2015 at 6:57 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Wyrd of Gawd - December 9, 2015 at 8:55 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Neo-Scholastic - December 14, 2015 at 9:55 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Jenny A - December 8, 2015 at 8:25 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Heat - December 8, 2015 at 8:33 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Thumpalumpacus - December 8, 2015 at 8:44 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by bennyboy - December 9, 2015 at 1:05 am
RE: Political Correctness - by c172 - December 9, 2015 at 8:22 am
RE: Political Correctness - by paulpablo - December 9, 2015 at 9:08 am
RE: Political Correctness - by bennyboy - December 9, 2015 at 11:30 am
RE: Political Correctness - by paulpablo - December 9, 2015 at 1:10 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Wyrd of Gawd - December 9, 2015 at 9:03 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by paulpablo - December 9, 2015 at 1:10 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Thumpalumpacus - December 9, 2015 at 12:37 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Clueless Morgan - December 9, 2015 at 1:35 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Thumpalumpacus - December 9, 2015 at 2:58 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by BrokenQuill92 - December 9, 2015 at 3:58 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Thumpalumpacus - December 9, 2015 at 5:10 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Edwardo Piet - December 9, 2015 at 5:39 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by BrokenQuill92 - December 9, 2015 at 7:35 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Cato - December 9, 2015 at 7:09 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by BrokenQuill92 - December 9, 2015 at 7:37 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Cato - December 9, 2015 at 8:05 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Clueless Morgan - December 9, 2015 at 4:06 pm
Political Correctness - by KUSA - December 9, 2015 at 8:29 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Burns - December 9, 2015 at 8:45 am
RE: Political Correctness - by brewer - December 9, 2015 at 8:40 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Edwardo Piet - December 9, 2015 at 9:00 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Catholic_Lady - December 9, 2015 at 9:47 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Edwardo Piet - December 9, 2015 at 9:50 am
RE: Political Correctness - by BrokenQuill92 - December 9, 2015 at 11:45 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Kingpin - December 9, 2015 at 12:25 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Clueless Morgan - December 9, 2015 at 1:08 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Wyrd of Gawd - December 9, 2015 at 11:43 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by c172 - December 9, 2015 at 12:26 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by paulpablo - December 9, 2015 at 1:12 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Tiberius - December 9, 2015 at 1:16 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Kingpin - December 9, 2015 at 1:19 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by dyresand - December 9, 2015 at 1:49 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Edwardo Piet - December 9, 2015 at 2:43 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by CapnAwesome - December 9, 2015 at 2:48 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by bennyboy - December 9, 2015 at 7:35 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by BrokenQuill92 - December 9, 2015 at 7:42 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Clueless Morgan - December 9, 2015 at 8:08 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by bennyboy - December 9, 2015 at 11:06 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Edwardo Piet - December 9, 2015 at 8:08 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Edwardo Piet - December 9, 2015 at 8:10 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by CapnAwesome - December 9, 2015 at 8:29 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Thumpalumpacus - December 9, 2015 at 8:14 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Edwardo Piet - December 9, 2015 at 8:15 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by CapnAwesome - December 9, 2015 at 8:28 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 9, 2015 at 8:44 pm
Political Correctness - by KUSA - December 9, 2015 at 9:06 pm
Political Correctness - by KUSA - December 9, 2015 at 9:14 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Cinjin - December 9, 2015 at 9:17 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Athene - December 9, 2015 at 10:18 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Regina - December 13, 2015 at 5:23 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Neo-Scholastic - December 14, 2015 at 10:04 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Wyrd of Gawd - December 14, 2015 at 12:44 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by BrokenQuill92 - December 14, 2015 at 12:49 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Athene - December 14, 2015 at 3:15 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Neo-Scholastic - December 14, 2015 at 5:49 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Alex K - December 14, 2015 at 5:55 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by paulpablo - December 14, 2015 at 3:05 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Neo-Scholastic - December 14, 2015 at 5:45 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Athene - December 14, 2015 at 6:15 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Neo-Scholastic - December 15, 2015 at 10:08 am
RE: Political Correctness - by bennyboy - December 14, 2015 at 6:57 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by paulpablo - December 15, 2015 at 3:01 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Athene - December 15, 2015 at 5:19 am
RE: Political Correctness - by paulpablo - December 15, 2015 at 6:36 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Homeless Nutter - December 15, 2015 at 7:08 am
RE: Political Correctness - by paulpablo - December 15, 2015 at 8:13 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Homeless Nutter - December 15, 2015 at 8:27 am
RE: Political Correctness - by paulpablo - December 15, 2015 at 8:38 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Homeless Nutter - December 15, 2015 at 8:49 am
RE: Political Correctness - by SofaKingHigh - December 14, 2015 at 1:01 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by bennyboy - December 15, 2015 at 7:19 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Reforged - December 15, 2015 at 9:01 am
RE: Political Correctness - by bennyboy - December 15, 2015 at 9:58 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Neo-Scholastic - December 15, 2015 at 10:14 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Thumpalumpacus - December 15, 2015 at 12:51 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Faith No More - December 15, 2015 at 11:44 am
RE: Political Correctness - by bennyboy - December 15, 2015 at 11:48 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Thumpalumpacus - December 15, 2015 at 12:46 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by DespondentFishdeathMasochismo - December 15, 2015 at 10:51 am
RE: Political Correctness - by TheRealJoeFish - December 15, 2015 at 1:22 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Thumpalumpacus - December 15, 2015 at 2:41 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by TheRealJoeFish - December 15, 2015 at 3:21 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Neo-Scholastic - December 15, 2015 at 3:44 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by BrokenQuill92 - December 15, 2015 at 4:34 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Neo-Scholastic - December 15, 2015 at 5:11 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Thumpalumpacus - December 15, 2015 at 3:22 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by TheRealJoeFish - December 15, 2015 at 3:30 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Thumpalumpacus - December 15, 2015 at 3:53 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by bennyboy - December 15, 2015 at 7:55 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Athene - December 16, 2015 at 7:45 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by paulpablo - December 16, 2015 at 8:58 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by bennyboy - December 16, 2015 at 7:54 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Athene - December 16, 2015 at 8:07 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by bennyboy - December 16, 2015 at 9:13 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Athene - December 16, 2015 at 11:00 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by God of Mr. Hanky - December 17, 2015 at 12:06 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Bob Kelso - December 18, 2015 at 5:43 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Neo-Scholastic - December 18, 2015 at 9:44 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Heat - December 28, 2015 at 5:24 am
RE: Political Correctness - by J.S.C. - December 29, 2015 at 3:11 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Thumpalumpacus - December 29, 2015 at 1:23 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Fidel_Castronaut - December 29, 2015 at 4:57 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Homeless Nutter - December 29, 2015 at 5:57 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Thumpalumpacus - December 29, 2015 at 1:30 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Excited Penguin - December 29, 2015 at 5:01 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Fidel_Castronaut - December 29, 2015 at 8:39 am
RE: Political Correctness - by Thumpalumpacus - December 29, 2015 at 1:32 pm
RE: Political Correctness - by Edwardo Piet - December 29, 2015 at 11:23 am
RE: Political Correctness - by henryp - December 29, 2015 at 5:14 pm

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