Comments on: Another Looming Crisis! http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/06/another-looming-crisis.html Continuing conversations in the park begun in the autumn of 1969 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:22:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: P. J. Strauss http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/06/another-looming-crisis.html/comment-page-1#comment-91 P. J. Strauss Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:23:56 +0000 http://www.perkersonpark.com/?p=427#comment-91 If you go to a comedy club or even turn on the tv the comedians can and will say anything no matter how vulgar it is. They don't care at all about not offending people who don't care to hear vulgarity and obscenities. They wouldn't dare say anything to offend anybody with offensive racial or ethnic slurs, but still Letterman can say anything he wants about Gov. Palin's children. That's ok. There is a double standard to this political correctness. It's not ok to offend anybody who is liberal, gay, atheist, Muslim, black, brown or Asian. On the other hand, it is perfectly ok to say nasty things about Christians or conservatives. If you go to a comedy club or even turn on the tv the comedians can and will say anything no matter how vulgar it is. They don’t care at all about not offending people who don’t care to hear vulgarity and obscenities. They wouldn’t dare say anything to offend anybody with offensive racial or ethnic slurs, but still Letterman can say anything he wants about Gov. Palin’s children. That’s ok.

There is a double standard to this political correctness. It’s not ok to offend anybody who is liberal, gay, atheist, Muslim, black, brown or Asian. On the other hand, it is perfectly ok to say nasty things about Christians or conservatives.

]]> By: Tammy Glenn http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/06/another-looming-crisis.html/comment-page-1#comment-89 Tammy Glenn Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:19:55 +0000 http://www.perkersonpark.com/?p=427#comment-89 Political correctness has gotten to be nothing more than silliness. My daughter informed me yesterday that I am no longer to use the word "evil" because it implies a religious belief. I don't know why that's bad, exactly, but my daughter insists that Freddy Kreuger cannot be "evil" anymore. I don't know what I should call him now. "Rowdy", "unruly" or "delinquent" don't seem to capture it. Political correctness has gotten to be nothing more than silliness. My daughter informed me yesterday that I am no longer to use the word “evil” because it implies a religious belief. I don’t know why that’s bad, exactly, but my daughter insists that Freddy Kreuger cannot be “evil” anymore. I don’t know what I should call him now. “Rowdy”, “unruly” or “delinquent” don’t seem to capture it.

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