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Gun o' the Pants ([info]gun) wrote,
@ 2008-05-21 17:54:00


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true fucking fax
1. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS =/= JARGON AND BAD ENGLISH.
2. If I hear you complaining about political correctness, I just assume that
i) you've been raised by bears,
ii) you're pathologically incapable of being polite and courteous, and
iii) you're just annoyed that you can't scream the N word at the top of your lungs without criticism.
3. That was our term for making fun of ourselves. GTFO n00bs.
4. I do think less of people who complain about "political correctness". I do think I'm better than you if I hear you use that term without irony. Of course, I don't mean when people shriek "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD" for lols, in which case I think you're a bit of all right.
5. No, the boys aren't going to respect you any more if you slag off your own gender. Serena Joy didn't get let outside for selling her own kind out, bitches.
5a. I hereby propose the Serena Joy Internets Law, by which females who say misogynistic shit to get brownie points with the dudes automatically fail at life and need their internet taken off them.

End communication.
***

The lj-deletion was a long-standing consideration of about... six months now. It's just convenient that people I once respected shat me off enough. And JF is hotter anyway.

pps. ILU shaggy &hearts


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[info]ecchaniz0r
2008-05-21 01:08 pm UTC (link)
5. No, the boys aren't going to respect you any more if you slag off your own gender. Serena Joy didn't get let outside for selling her own kind out, bitches.

THIS. Oh lord. I really cannot abide the I'M NOT LIKE THOSE FRIGID WHORES type of nonsense.

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[info]notjo
2008-05-21 04:25 pm UTC (link)
I've got the "I'm not like those worthelss sluts" going on with my flist.

*headdesk* I have a special dislike for women who insist they just... aren't like other women. They think like men, and thus can't stand being around women.

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[info]gun
2008-05-21 09:48 pm UTC (link)
Oh yeah - the ones who loudly and proudly proclaim that they don't have any female friends and then think this makes them SO COOL!!!11 rather than actually making them seem like weird anti-social chair-sniffers.

Which is inherently creepy - any person who cannot be friends with someone of the same gender sets my alarm bells off whether it's male or female.

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[info]ecchaniz0r
2008-05-21 10:26 pm UTC (link)
I'll admit that I've said I don't talk like most girls I know, but then again - I don't talk like most guys I know, either, I'm just tactless (and working on it) XD;

Also fgjfd chair sniffers XD

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[info]notjo
2008-05-21 04:23 pm UTC (link)
I love the Serena Joy Internets Law. But not as much as I love you. I'm glad you went ahead with the LJ-deletion, but are still here.

<3

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(Anonymous)
2008-05-21 09:48 pm UTC (link)
It means I'll miss a lot of your awesome posts - I've bookmarked your lj but still not the same :(

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[info]zyna_kat
2008-05-21 06:39 pm UTC (link)
The term "political correctness" has lost most its meaning for me, since so many people (especially at work) have co-opted it to mean... well, who knows what they mean. I tend to use words like "inappropriate" for minor to moderate stuff, and for major stuff, I'll go right out and say "misogynistic" or "racist" or "bigoted".

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[info]gun
2008-05-21 09:52 pm UTC (link)
Is it meant to make things sound sinister, as if the government is going to turn you into a pile of dust for daring utter anything against its policies? I mean, COME ON, if people actually used it in the correct context, it would be used by people like me right now about Australia, up until last November. And the states, of course.

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[info]zyna_kat
2008-05-21 10:48 pm UTC (link)
The tone is more, "Awww, do you need protecting, little girl?" Where I am, calling someone out for "political incorrectness" is a sign of weakness. Once you utter those words, you're either made fun of, or completely dismissed.

Do you think there's an advantage o using "politically incorrect" vs something like "inappropriate"?

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[info]emiweebee
2008-05-21 11:04 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, they seem to treat it like, "Won't SOMEBODY think of the CHILDREN??"

Only they always think that when it's something like, people actually thinking about the children. Like, free lunch for the impoverished? That is SO politically correct/lame!

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[info]pyratejenni
2008-05-21 11:39 pm UTC (link)
What's funny is it originated with leftists who used it to mean people who talked the talk, but didn't walk the walk, as well as people who were careful to only voice thoughts the people in charge would like.

By that definition, the people who whine about not being able to use racial or sexual slurs are being politically correct.

They blow a gasket when you point that out to them. It's entertaining.

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flightstothesea
2008-05-21 07:42 pm UTC (link)
iii) you're just annoyed that you can't scream the N word at the top of your lungs without criticism.

I feel this is usually the most accurate explanation (substitute "bitch" or "whore" or whatever slur for whatever group aforementioned asshat is talking about).

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[info]gun
2008-05-21 09:50 pm UTC (link)
Yeah. I'm a pretty sweary person, but even I'll think someone's a troglodyte if they complain "BUT BLACK PEOPLE GET TO SAY IT!!!!!" Honestly, people like that shouldn't be let outside until they've been hosed, deloused and soundly smacked until they get the hint.

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[info]shaggydogstail
2008-05-21 08:35 pm UTC (link)
Hey, stop oppressing me and papa bear. If we minded our language all PC-like, people might think we were civilised human-beings, entitled to respect and allowed to use indoor plumbing.

ILU, BB.

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[info]gun
2008-05-21 09:51 pm UTC (link)
I know - that pesky language of respect and it making you look like your parents cared about your wellbeing and personal development, and all. &hearts

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[info]magic_at_mungos
2008-06-02 02:03 pm UTC (link)
I'm going to miss you over at LJ :)

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(Anonymous)
2008-06-03 02:53 am UTC (link)
Man, I always enjoyed your posts on lj.

I'm glad you're still around. :-)

-BellonaB

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[info]jenifer
2012-02-07 01:27 pm UTC (link)
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That is not such a problem if you manage to clean the stain as soon as it occurred. It is much easier to clean red wine before it has dried on the carpet.

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