Political Correctness Gone Mad?

[bozo]

You do surprise me. I expected you to hotly deny my suggestion that based on the evidence to hand you are possibly a racist in denial. You don't.
Would you like to?

Erm...I was under the impression I did:

"Yet another ad hominem, and a completely baseless one."

"It's pretty pathetic."

No it's not. Adrian has his own definition of racism and labels anti-racists ( such as me ) racist.
Is that not an attack?

Firstly, I have not got my own definition of racism. Racism is the belief that certain races are superior to others. I hold no such views. Racism promotes discrimination of certain races, as well as intolerance to them. I promote equality between all races. I have nothing to gain from being a racist, and I find the position of racism to be disgusting and shameful.

Also, before you attempt to claim an "ad-hominem" on me (although you certainly like using them yourself), please note the difference between calling a group or movement "racist" and calling an individual racist. I have never called you racist, and I have never implied it of you. I call the anti-racist movement racist because all they have done is make it "ok" for some races to say certain things whilst other races cannot. I sincerely doubt a white person could let their child carry a golliwog around in public without getting harassed, but the same could not be said if the child was of black parents.

I'm advocating an either/or strategy. Either something is wrong for all or it is not wrong at all. If a black person can have a golliwog, so should the rest of us. If a black person can say "nigger" then so should the rest of us. An atheist activist last year was criticized for using the word "Negro" in a speech, and people started throwing all kinds of "racist" accusations at him, conveniently forgetting the existence of the "United Negro College Fund". Either the word "negro" is unacceptable for everyone, or it is acceptable for everyone. There is no in-between that one can logically support.

OK you claim not to be racist, so do I.
I think further debate is pointless.
Back to what the thread was originally about, political correctness, this is a quote from today's Guardian newspaper from a feature by Polly Toynbee. She is no favourite of mine but on this issue we agree:-

" The politically corect society is the civilised society, however much some may squirm at the more inelegant official circumlocution designed to avoid offence. Inelegance is better than bile. "

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Please point out exactly where I have done that or withdraw the fucking assertion.

I didn't think I had to go into such detail about Love Thy Neighbour, being the age you are ( a few years younger than me ). When I did, you didnt even bother to agree or disagree, just rudely stated I should have offered that detail in the first place and then you would have listened! Who the fuck do you think you are?

And only a tosser would interpret that as someone "cutting and running" ... fuckwit (and feel free to report me, you fucking deserve it)!

Kyu

No need to report your philistinism...it is permanently on show.