A Word on Political Correctness VS Free Speech

[Thief]

I think offense will be taken by the same catch phrase in various circles.
it simply depends on the territory.

and if you made a list of things not offensive....how short the list
and realizing this is not the religious debate section....allow me to demonstrate.....
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

and the Pharisees sought to kill Him from that hour......

 

[Revoltingest]

Political correctness in the news....
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2016/11/professors-ask-sullivan-to-stop-quoting-jefferson
Don't quote Jefferson because he was imperfect?
Well, that also rules out MLK (a pliagarist who cheated on the Mrs).
We might reach a point where only Mister Rogers can be quoted.

 

[Revoltingest]

I welcome such a utopia
Joke alert for the alt right

Ugh.....we need rascals.
They include some of our best thinkers.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

We might reach a point where only Mister Rogers can be quoted.

Just as long as the only quotes that can counter Mr. Rogers are from Hunter S. Thompson.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Political correctness in the news....
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2016/11/professors-ask-sullivan-to-stop-quoting-jefferson
Don't quote Jefferson because he was imperfect?
Well, that also rules out MLK (a pliagarist who cheated on the Mrs).
We might reach a point where only Mister Rogers can be quoted.

I could've understood it if it was to complain that such a quote is ridiculously elitist, but that does seem ridiculous.

 

[Revoltingest]

Just as long as the only quotes that can counter Mr. Rogers are from Hunter S. Thompson.

No, HST was a very very bad boy.
But perhaps not by the standards of the very leftish PC police.
He must be investigated!

 

[Shadow Wolf]

No, HST was a very very bad boy.
But perhaps not by the standards of the very leftish PC police.
He must be investigated!

Thompson was so far Left, like me, that he is simply beyond the jurisdiction of the "PC Police." Could they complain? Yes. Would he have cared? He would've had an elaborate and visually vivid (even if powerfully awkward) metaphor to say no.

 

[SomeRandom]

Thompson was so far Left, like me, that he is simply beyond the jurisdiction of the "PC Police." Could they complain? Yes. Would he have cared? He would've had an elaborate and visually vivid (even if powerfully awkward) metaphor to say no.

That's because Hunter S Thompson was a legend!!!

Well that and he'd probably be far too stoned to even notice.... But still.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Well that and he'd probably be far too stoned to even notice.... But still.

That I doubt. Though he did do "rock star" amounts of drugs, he was still nevertheless an astute social and political observer. He was, afterall, a "doctor" of journalism. And despite doing that while super-ultra-f'ed up wasted, he still gave us glimpses into strange and unusual worlds that other journalists dare not tread.

 

[SomeRandom]

That I doubt. Though he did do "rock star" amounts of drugs, he was still nevertheless an astute social and political observer. He was, afterall, a "doctor" of journalism. And despite doing that while super-ultra-f'ed up wasted, he still gave us glimpses into strange and unusual worlds that other journalists dare not tread.

Chill man, don't read too much into it. I was just being flippant, jeez.