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Re: PCisms (was :Re: Yet Another Episode 1 Question)
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Sat, 15 Apr 2000 06:11:06 GMT
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Christopher Weeks wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> > > Well, I AM going to say it - you're too damned uptight.
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> For the record, I got a chuckle out of Tom's post.
Actually, I did too. :) I'm a very un-uptight (downtight?) person, so it was
surprising to see such a visceral indictment of a post I made in a completely
neutral mood--I think (and correct me on this if I'm wrong) that Tom believed I was
saying people should never say such things; but I use "welsh" all the time, and I
feel it's OK for the same reason Tom does, Welsh relatives and ancestry (heck, even
my first name is Welsh). That doesn't change the fact that its origin was a slur.
What I was saying is that people don't think about it, and then act indignant if
others think they're a cad for using a term like that.
However, it's extremely troubling to see a made-up example of 1990s PC doublespeak
("Extremely Young Persons of the Crying Persuasion") put on par with ethnic slurs.
They're not the same thing--a humorous descriptive moniker like that one doesn't
have a built-in negative connotation, aside from the one the creator ascribes to it
with the caveat tag "PC." And yes, I think PC is a bad thing--but avoiding
offensive slurs (again, the practitioner decides what's offensive and the listener
decides whether or not to be offended, as Larry I believe pointed out) is to me
just a matter of common human courtesy.
best
Lindsay
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