Comments | cannon_in_d: from heeb magazine.

cannon_in_d

from heeb magazine.

Jun 13, 2004 01:51

Invoking this phrase ["pc"] somehow lends a veneer of heroism to even the most un-heroic of expressions. Say, “Maybe this is un-PC, but the problem with this country is too many immigrants,” and your listeners will applaud your courage. The irony is that being “un-PC” is itself merely the politically correct term for what, in more honest times, was ( Read more... )

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oneswoledude June 12 2004, 23:55:04 UTC

we just have a better sense of reality. thats all. oh yea, and we're smarter and cooler.
did you steal a heeb magazine from me?
~geoff

cannon_in_d June 12 2004, 23:56:32 UTC

nope, i got it from the website. mmhmm, i'm THAT jewish.
and whoa, the new "reply to this" box is different and its freaking me out.
big time.

oneswoledude June 12 2004, 23:59:13 UTC

The magazine is SO expensive. It's probably a lot smarter to get it off the computer.

Re: Not Jeff~ anonymous June 13 2004, 01:06:18 UTC

I don't think that is true at all. To make your statements PC is to soften the meaning of them, and in some cases, take away the point entirely. I think many people would agree that using the term "black," instead of, say, "African-American" is far from being a mean-spirited bastard. And yet, it's still not being PC. Telling someone who speaks "Ebonics" to learn proper English is, by many, considered not caring for the person's situation, and being un-PC. Also, following PC rules can limit many people's thoughts. It may be targeting a certain group of people, but to say "Maybe this is un-PC, but the problem with this country is that there are too many immigrants" isn't necessarily making a mean-spirited remark if one has reasons to believe this that are based off of more than their foreign nature. Many people try to pass off being un-PC as an excuse to just flat-out be obnoxious, but that isn't the rule, so much as the vocal, and therefore more noticeable, exception to it. Plus naming yourself "un-PC" is by no means a "PC term," since ( ... )

Re: Not Jeff~ cannon_in_d June 13 2004, 09:28:05 UTC

oh you're just a big party pooper.
mmhmm, a big one.

Re: Not Jeff~ petitfour June 13 2004, 10:25:02 UTC

which in turn could be another term for un-pc, "big party pooper."

Re: Not Jeff~ Bitches anonymous June 13 2004, 21:18:41 UTC

To Becca: At least I party poop with logic and reason.

To Recent Peon: Hm. No. No, not at all.

To Anon below: Psh. A cool jew is one that has achieved social merit DESPITE their jewdom. There isn't a jew who became cool BECAUSE OF their jewdom.

PS: Becca is such a melvin.

anonymous June 13 2004, 17:34:20 UTC

un-PC or not... jews ARE the coolest!