[Jack Hammer]

Imbecility run riot and spreading around the globe. Don't try ordering black coffee in Scotland!

[davisfh]

I'm amazed that anyone or any group would have the unmitigated gall to erect such a website dedicated to telling people what they can or can't say. Stunning arrogance!!

[HOTTIEBOY]

Thats not the stupidest website I've ever seen, but its in the top ten.

[TomGuy]

"In 2006, the Political Correctness movement continued to gain momentum to the effect that many were unaware of the extent that it had inserted itself into ordinary English-language conversations,”

Liberal censorship movement would be more accurate a description.

It isn't just happening in the US:

Australia bans the word 'mate'

GLM'S Language Police suggest these others: 'No Worries', 'Down Under', 'Barbie', etc.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

4. Flip Chart. The term can be offensive to Filipinos, please use ‘writing block’.

Hey, I'm offended because the Tagalog word for a Power Point Presentation is "maddafakka."

[Dick Vomer]

that was a rather niggardly list of words and should have included many others....

[TomGuy]

Our vocabulary will soon consist of:

a-word
a-word1
a-word2
b-word
b-word1
b-word2
b-word3
c-word
c-word1
etc.


Ironically, no matter what 'they' try to rename the x-word to, it still conveys the original intent.

A rose by any other name .... isn't a PC football team mascot, even in San Francisco, California.

[rightinthemiddle]

I am deeply offended by the lack of diversity on the Global Language Monitor staff:

http://www.languagemonitor.com/About_GLM.html

[TomGuy]

Similar thread:

More campus thought police

Posted by Unam Sanctam On 12/18/2006 9:31:32 AM CST · 1 reply · 19+ views Las Vegas Review-Journal ^ | 12/18/06 | Editors The agents of political correctness who police the nation's college and university campuses generally use shame and scorn to beat down free expression deemed offensive by the tiniest minority. But sometimes, institutions aren't content to merely marginalize those who fail to embrace a worldview that emphasizes the rights of groups over those of individuals. Rather than engage these free spirits in open debate in a classroom setting -- isn't that what college is all about? -- administrators seek to re-educate these malefactors on the proper way to think. Michigan State University has taken the multicultural mantra of indoctrination to a...

[fredhead]

From the 60 Minutes interview last night with Dan Whitney, aka Larry the Cable Guy:

Asked if he thinks political correctness in this country has gotten out of control, the comedian tells Simon, "It's gotten way outta control. You know. I really think that we're at a point in this country where people really need to take the thumb outta their mouth and grow up a little bit and realize there's a lot bigger problems out there than what a comedian did a joke about."

[LiteKeeper]

read again later

[debboo]

What a sad commentary on the state of things.

[paulcissa]

I'm offended by people that are easily offended.

Grow some skin, fer' cryin out loud.