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30 Jan 2010

I'm not angry, I'm disappointed 5: Neutral zones



Political correctness is the new racism. This joke is right on the nose concerning the problem with political correctness, it's really just as bad to overcompensate. And we're right in the middle of it. Race should for all intents and purposes be over, except it's really not, nor is sexism, homophobia or really any kind of bigotry. And it's not going to go away by pretending there's a neutral way to address the issue, because those just don't last. Remember when it was progressive to call African-Americans negroes? There's no point in trying to forbid people to use any kind of word, the word disappears from polite conversation, but that doesn't mean it's gone. There isn't an easy answer for this, aside from subtly making sure racists or sexists ore otherwise feel like their idiots for thinking these things. The ridiculously heavy-handed measures in place these days are not only condescending, but counterproductive. They only feed into already overripe persecution complexes.

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