Visla Eraclaire
04-07-09, 04:57 PM
http://www.r-word.org/
So, nothing new. People are offended at how other people speak. There was that Special Olympics gaffe by Obama on the Tonight Show, which I guess some people still watch.
I think the most satisfying thing about this campaign is that it didn't rise to my attention except by me running across it on the internet. Political correctness is a subject for mockery these days and movements like this just don't gain traction.
Do you remember those TV spots with "Don't say gay"? The ones with Wanda Sykes were particularly hilarious and really brought on nothing more than mockery. My friends, homosexual and not, would randomly say "gay" in the allegedly offensive context and then dart our heads around, wondering what celebrity might arrive to chastise us.
The whole thing strikes me as an all grown up version of the No Cussin Club (http://www.nocussing.com/), but with a more sympathetic front group. Retarded people make a better sell than some puritanical kid who thinks he can rap. Still, it's not much different in my eyes.
Maybe I just live in a particularly jaded and offensive enclave of it, but I just don't think the world cares anymore. People are on the internet and they're learning a valuable lesson from it. Grow thicker skin or gtfo. I can't wait for the day when most of the population grew up with that valuable bit of wisdom and the days of being a unique little snowflake are gone.
Slightly different topic, but I think sufficiently related to bring up in the same thread. When in public, I know some people who censor themselves for the benefit of oh... children, the elderly, and other innocent/easily offended saps. I virtually never do this. One because I think sheltering children is an abysmally stupid idea that is destined to fail and may as well fail fast and hard. Two, because nine times out of then, the place where these people are whispering and watching their tongues... is somewhere kids have no right being in. Nice restaurants, R-rated movies, bars, college campuses...
Polite company is one thing, but stifling oneself for the benefit of anonymous strangers who brought their kids out in the world? Fah, you assumed the risk that I might say fuck.
So, nothing new. People are offended at how other people speak. There was that Special Olympics gaffe by Obama on the Tonight Show, which I guess some people still watch.
I think the most satisfying thing about this campaign is that it didn't rise to my attention except by me running across it on the internet. Political correctness is a subject for mockery these days and movements like this just don't gain traction.
Do you remember those TV spots with "Don't say gay"? The ones with Wanda Sykes were particularly hilarious and really brought on nothing more than mockery. My friends, homosexual and not, would randomly say "gay" in the allegedly offensive context and then dart our heads around, wondering what celebrity might arrive to chastise us.
The whole thing strikes me as an all grown up version of the No Cussin Club (http://www.nocussing.com/), but with a more sympathetic front group. Retarded people make a better sell than some puritanical kid who thinks he can rap. Still, it's not much different in my eyes.
Maybe I just live in a particularly jaded and offensive enclave of it, but I just don't think the world cares anymore. People are on the internet and they're learning a valuable lesson from it. Grow thicker skin or gtfo. I can't wait for the day when most of the population grew up with that valuable bit of wisdom and the days of being a unique little snowflake are gone.
Slightly different topic, but I think sufficiently related to bring up in the same thread. When in public, I know some people who censor themselves for the benefit of oh... children, the elderly, and other innocent/easily offended saps. I virtually never do this. One because I think sheltering children is an abysmally stupid idea that is destined to fail and may as well fail fast and hard. Two, because nine times out of then, the place where these people are whispering and watching their tongues... is somewhere kids have no right being in. Nice restaurants, R-rated movies, bars, college campuses...
Polite company is one thing, but stifling oneself for the benefit of anonymous strangers who brought their kids out in the world? Fah, you assumed the risk that I might say fuck.