Mad props on this response. I want to go even further, though -- why should it have to require a majority opinion? Why is someone's "right" to say whatever they want without consequences greater than someone else's right to feel safe and human?
Gordon On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:52 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) <[email protected]> wrote: > Political correctness is synonymous with respect for other people. > > Anytime someone says they're sick of being politically correct, it means they > want to be disrespectful of other people, without any backlash. > > The white man in the room doesn't get to tell us what's racist and what's not > racist. If the majority of black people would feel that's a racist term, then > by definition, it is. > > Cotton pickin isn't racist, just like the confederate flag isn't racist. > Meaning - they both are. Because the majority of African Americans feel they > are. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
