Ames, not that i give a crap about someone who thinks Political correctness is anything more than a hypocritical ideology spouted by the dumbest do gooders and fascists ... all I said was that the homeless guys were "obviously mentally retarded".
that sounds allot nicer than calling them mental or retards.
I might of called them handicapped but is that even PC. I dont know. It probably isnt.
Look at it this way, in a debate about racism you drop the n-word -there is an outcry. Do you still defend your use of the word or do you try and find out why the outcry and refrain from using the word in future? The r-word can be compared to the n-word on a few different levels too, but most obviously the r-word is used in a derogitory sense most of the time, so it doesn't take a genius to figure out why someone would find it offensive. personally i wouldn't use "handicapped" either for the same reason. It's just as easy to say 'xxx appears to have a disability'.
white people can't say nigga, black people can say it allll they like.. i always get the "they can say it, and say it to eachother, but we can't say it or use it in any way"
How is an asthmatic person any different to a 'normal' person? I doubt an asthmatic person wouldnt be friends with someone who is 'judgemental' or whatever, just because they're asthmatic?
Perhaps I miscommunicated my point because you didn't get it, but the emphasis was not placed on asthmatic. In fact, its irrelevant.
oh but you see, it doesn't matter what disabled people actually think, it only matters what the privileged uni students demand is offensive.
Well I've never been to uni... dropped out of tafe a few weeks in lol
rottweiler said:
My friend who is aborigional always pays himself out also for being aborigional. Hes the first person to say aborigional jokes and all of that. I think it's good when someone can have humour about something that usually they would take offence to
that's great, good for him. But it doesn't make someone else's offense at the same thing any less valid.
ok you tell me what i'm allowed to say and I'll say it
Perhaps we could just go back to the topic of homelessness but without the air of superiority and nonchalance to others?
... your saying to get rid of superiority? read this conversation, im pretty sure the 'superior' one is you..
I try to only talk about what I actually know and I know that what he was saying was offensive to many people regardless of their abilities.
That doesn't take away the fact you like to think of yourself as superior.
To someone who thinks its socially acceptable to speak negatively about people with disabilities? Yes, I was raised better than that but that's only a behaviour. People learn and they change their ways. So, in answer to your comment - I'm better than that behaviour, yes.
ok you tell me what i'm allowed to say and I'll say it
Perhaps we could just go back to the topic of homelessness but without the air of superiority and nonchalance to others?
... your saying to get rid of superiority? read this conversation, im pretty sure the 'superior' one is you..
I try to only talk about what I actually know and I know that what he was saying was offensive to many people regardless of their abilities.
That doesn't take away the fact you like to think of yourself as superior.
To someone who thinks its socially acceptable to speak negatively about people with disabilities? Yes, I was raised better than that but that's only a behaviour. People learn and they change their ways. So, in answer to your comment - I'm better than that behaviour, yes.
If your talking about me.. . Then i was just asking if retard was acceptable or not, cos it's hard to know these days cos people are so sensative. You might be better than that behaviour, but are you better than him? No..
