Posted on 11/14/2007 8:07:28 PM PST by LdSentinal
This is getting ridiculous. People need to let things slide.
They have a right to do it, but one of the problems with Political Correctness is that is seeps into every aspect of our lives. Even in private conversations people today feel compelled to avoid certain topics.
Harvard had the right to fire Larry Summers, and the lab that employed James Watson had a right to fire him, too.
But these inquisitions are very unhealthy for our society and they chill free speech and freedom of thought.
Don’t you find it a little chilling when people are actually sent to rehab for calling someone a bad name, as happened to an actor on a TV series recently (maybe you can remember which one, I think it was a medical series)?
Extremely disturbing. but the market seems to bear it. The NBA has no competition in the United States.
Exactly. Why hide from the truth if they are so proud of it?
"Gay" - pffft.
Wait, it gets worse. Have you heard that in another country they are demanding that Santa says, "ha ha ha" instead of "ho ho ho"? Forgot which country.
In poker, a king is called a “cowboy.”
I’ve heard the term “brokeback mountain hand.” It’s where you lose with a pair of kings. Basically, you got a pair of cowboys and you still take it in the...
Ah, never mind.
"Son the only thing coming out of Texas are steers and queers!"
Yep - Australia. More lunacy.
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