At 6/10/09 01:10 AM, Podburrys wrote:
I'm supposed to do a talk on Political Correctness, and I concluded what better way to learn more than to ask how it affects people and how they feel about it? So if you could give me a minute of your time and talk about your thoughts on Political Correctness and how it's affected you, I'd be most appreciative. :P
I think the only aspect of political correctness that we should keep is self-censorship with our language. Like, we shouldn't go around referring to black people as "n/ggas" and homosexuals as "faggots" because that's just disrespectful. We can talk about offensive words and the situations that they're used in, but we shouldn't actually use them to address people or to describe people.
But the rest of it is just, like sen said, bullshit. All those people that get upset over jokes, games, movies, shows, etc that are even mildly offensive are acting ridiculously. It doesn't matter if a show is offensive. Grow up and learn to laugh at yourself.
In the end, jokes are just jokes. Opinions are just opinions. We shouldn't have to censor ourselves as long as, when approached seriously, we be respectful.
At 6/10/09 02:09 AM, Sawdust wrote:
I've aspired for a long time to be a part of a normal family and live a normal raise and raise normal kids and whatnot. I've been planning for a long time how to raise my children and how to handle a family, but having a man as a partner and adoption never crossed my mind.
I understand where you're coming from, but my advice is to keep an open mind to the possibilities.
There's more than one way to find happiness and have a full life.
Come all ye reborn, blow off my horn
I'm driving real hard; this is love, this is porn
God will forgive but I, I whip myself scorn, scorn