As a follow up on the "P.C." slant . . .

Posted by JoshT (A) on August 31, 2014 at 13:36:58

In Reply to: Sigh . . . posted by JoshT on August 31, 2014 at 13:25:19:

To me the Politically Correct movement is an abomination, but I view it narrowly.

For example, it is ignorant, misguided political correctness to ban Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn because of the use of the word "nigger", or to excise it out of published copies, or to accuse me of being racist because I just wrote that word in a sentence within the context of those books.

It is not P.C., however, to lambaste anyone who calls a black person by that term. Nor is it P.C. to push for the the Cleveland Indians to change their racist logo or the Washington Redskins to change their name.

The line might not always be clear, but it seems easy enough to me when the issues arise.
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