Posted by
BECOLBY on Thursday, April 09, 2009 1:57:55 PM
Everyone (on the right) knows that politically correct speech knows no bounds. However, I recently ran across an article that expounds upon the limits of politically correct speech.
In Dallas, during a meeting about the sluggishness of processing traffic tickets, one commissioner, (who was white) stated “It sounds like central collections as become a black hole.” Immediately another commissioner (who was of course black) jumped up and cried “RACISM!!!”
Let’s not even discuss that the comment made total sense in the scientific realm, but let’s consider the ramifications of putting innocuous words such as black off limits. Its bad enough that the common racial slur for blacks, or Afro-Americans, or African-Americans, or the pigmentally over compensated, or what ever, has become so unacceptable that it is now in the mythical realm of the un-nameable. Only great mythical evil doers such as Tolkien’s Sauron were so bad that the common man was in fear of even vocalizing the name. So now we have the “n” word. Even I don’t dare use the actual word for fear of being censored by Townhall due to the screaming that would erupt by the use of the word. Let’s understand that I don’t condone calling anyone by the word. But to make even the reporting of it a bad thing is ridiculous.
Even other insults have become letter words. I read a piece a while ago where a politician used the “f” word. No not that “f” word, but the derogative term for homosexual. It is beginning to sound like a kindergarten room.
So now we have the “b” word. To be used in situations such as I would like a regular coffee “b” word or in casinos you could get a “b” word Jack for the win. How about history? Let’s never forget the “b” word plague that wiped out millions in Europe. Or how about less obvious situations? Do we now refer to the radical (or revolutionaries) in the 1960s as the “b” word panthers? Can other “b” words refer to them as black panthers as when ghetto speaking “b” words call each other the “n” word? How far does this go?
If all minorities are allowed to re-label themselves and place the original reference off limits, then as a male (an unacknowledged minority) I want to be known as Native Humans as we were here first. Also the word male is hereto off limits and will be now referred to as the “m” word or I will be offended. I am not sure how the majority of fe-“m” words will react, but hey, the majority is always wrong.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/07/11/texas-county-official-sees-race-term-black-hole/