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The Eleven Most Ridiculously PC Moments of 2017
National Review ^ | 1/2/2018 | KATHERINE TIMPF

Posted on 01/03/2018 9:43:43 AM PST by bitt

A year in review of crazy

A lot of things happened in 2017 — including a lot of being offended.

It was hard to narrow it down, but here — in no particular order — are the eleven most politically correct moments of 2017:

1. It was declared “cultural appropriation” for a white woman to wear hoop earrings.

A resident assistant at Pitzer College sent out a campus-wide email declaring that it was unacceptable for white girls to wear hoop earrings — because wearing them was culturally offensive to “the black and brown bodies who typically wear hooped earrings.”

This did not stop me from continuing to wear hoop earrings. Why? Well, for one thing, I understand that humanity has been around for so long that there’s really no such thing as an original idea anymore, anyway. Everything goes back to someone else’s idea — including hoop earrings, which were initially worn by people in ancient cultures. For another thing, I recognize that bombarding an entire campus with your feelings on jewelry is completely bananas, and a hoop earring is literally just a piece of metal twisted into a circle. No one owns circles, kids — certainly not you.

2. Berkeley students claimed they did not have enough “privilege” to take their exam in class.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2017review; culture; education; pc; top10
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1 posted on 01/03/2018 9:43:43 AM PST by bitt
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2 posted on 01/03/2018 9:44:01 AM PST by bitt (The first to squeal gets the best deal.)
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3 posted on 01/03/2018 9:50:11 AM PST by aquila48
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Is it appropriation if non-people of color are on public assistance?


4 posted on 01/03/2018 9:53:00 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: bitt

I’m going to make a prediction. In 20 years (maybe less) these “ridiculously PC moments” won’t raise an eyebrow.

Because they will all be generally accepted behaviors.


5 posted on 01/03/2018 9:54:17 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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A Clemson University diversity training taught participants that it was offensive to expect people to be on time, because “time may be considered fluid” in some cultures.

Okay, but the United States is NOT one of those cultures.

6 posted on 01/03/2018 9:56:17 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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An online course instructed math teachers to teach their students how math has been historically used to oppress people.

In all seriousness, I would like to hear someone try to explain how math has been used to oppress people. I bet it would be hilarious.

7 posted on 01/03/2018 9:59:40 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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Is it appropriation if non-people of color are on public assistance?

Microagression Alert!!!!!! Microagression Alert!!!!!!

That term should be "people of non-color". How insensitive of you. /s

8 posted on 01/03/2018 10:00:08 AM PST by Bob (Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
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To: bitt

Well, here’s one for 2018. The Wall Street Journal has an article today about professors at the University of Northern Iowa asserting that civility on campus must be stamped out, as it is “whiteness-informed civility” and reinforces “white racial power.”


9 posted on 01/03/2018 10:02:12 AM PST by Fair Paul
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8. A British student union tried to ban clapping and cheering because it was not inclusive to deaf people.


When I first read this, I read it as clapping and cheering being not inclusive to DEAD people. Was that insensitive?


10 posted on 01/03/2018 10:03:02 AM PST by sparklite2 (Read the Sparklite Times)
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"Because they will all be generally accepted behaviors."

More likely, they'll be law!

11 posted on 01/03/2018 10:05:00 AM PST by bruin66 (Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once..)
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No wonder why these people end up living at home until they’re 30. How do they function in the corporate world, where you actually have to show up on time and perform?


12 posted on 01/03/2018 10:05:02 AM PST by TallahasseeConservative
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> I would like to hear someone try to explain how math has been used to oppress people. I bet it would be hilarious. <

Well, Ma and Pa Kettle did use math to drive some poor guy crazy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8XMeocLflc


13 posted on 01/03/2018 10:05:33 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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The epitome of absurdity.

Higher education in the US is an effing joke with a crappy punchline.


14 posted on 01/03/2018 10:06:25 AM PST by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it. MAGA!)
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“A Seattle councilman expressed concern that hosing down some filthy sidewalks that smelled of excrement might be insensitive “because it brought back images of the use of hoses against civil-rights activists.””

4 out of 5 black inferiorists would agree!


15 posted on 01/03/2018 10:07:27 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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16 posted on 01/03/2018 10:08:14 AM PST by sparklite2 (Read the Sparklite Times)
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Yes it was. Report to the nearest convenient reeducation camp immediately!


17 posted on 01/03/2018 10:11:21 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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LOL! Calvin and Hobbes were the best.


18 posted on 01/03/2018 10:12:46 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: bitt

And snowflakes are going into debt to pay for this nonsense.


19 posted on 01/03/2018 10:13:52 AM PST by monocle
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To: Fair Paul

These people need to be very careful what they ask for. My “whiteness-informed civility” is the only thing keeping me from going full-Road-Warrior on their ivory-towered a$$es..

;-)


20 posted on 01/03/2018 10:14:21 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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