miles away, as if re-writing this song is a platform of the Democratic Party. The question is usually stated similar to this: "Did you know that at nursery schools they can no longer sing "baa baa black sheep" Has political correctness gone too far?"
Fact: Back in March, 2 charity run nursery schools in Oxfordshire England sang the rhyme as baa baa rainbow sheep.
Fox News reports the story differently from the BBC to make this sound like a big issue, a common thing all over England.
Why is this story repeated over and over? Can you think of any political motivations?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4782856.stm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,187611,00.html
2006-09-20 09:14:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Possible political motivation - to make political correctness, a concept (unfairly) associated with Democrats seem absurdly anti-racist. Therefore, vote Republican -- Democrats will stiffle all free speech having to do with race?
2006-09-20 09:20:14 · update #1
Clearly a divisive but irrelevant bit of mind play going on here. Needless to say that American Yahoo'ers from the extreme right side will take something like this and tout it as an affront to their "perfect" America ... where everyone is greedy and mean. Luckily a majority of rational folks will receive it for what it is... nothing.
2006-09-20 09:27:44 · answer #1 · answered by hardartsystems 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well... frankly... it's about the right to do what you want, if you ask me... if you feel offended by something, you can complain about it and the company/person can change it if they want... that's all political correctness really is... a choice to not offend someone...
no one is making anyone be politically correct... it's just social pressure... and the last time I looked... social pressure was legal to apply, although it's not legally binding...
does it go too far sometimes... probably... but who's to say what offends you or me doesn't go to far in some people's eyes... it's all about the cultere you were raised in and what's acceptable...
it's not some "liberal plan to rule the world" as many seem to think... including fox news... they just don't have anything else to talk about...
2006-09-20 09:35:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 08:35:02 · answer #3 · answered by goodknight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You act like Fox News JUST repeats this one story. They cut their segments so short that it's annoying actually, they cut off good stories sometimes.
And yea, political correctness has gone WAY too far everywhere, it's so petty.
Edit: Nothing is "3,000 miles away" or "not significant" anymore.
We thought Osama was "insigifnicant" before we got planes rammed into our families.
Another small note..yes this is a hardly significant story, but it has good truths - The bad in civilization comes from these little insigifnicant but annoying stories that make you think 'Wow, that's messed up' that keep adding up and up..
And up, and up, until you get Iran or pre-WW2 Germany.
2006-09-20 09:19:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Oh dear, how will those kids survive without a nursery rhyme from hundred of years ago, with NO relevance to today !
2006-09-20 09:17:01 · answer #5 · answered by GratefulDad 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rainbow sheep is absurd and shameful.
Jim W -- you are an unclever and unwitty person. Your childish retort adds absolutely nothing to the debate.
2006-09-20 09:20:19 · answer #6 · answered by Paladin 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
BBC tells it how it is
fox like to fabricate the truth
2006-09-20 09:17:40 · answer #7 · answered by TOOL۞FAN 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Political motivations? How about it's just a story that's so unbelievable that it needs repeating.
2006-09-20 09:15:50 · answer #8 · answered by Robby216 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Bush is Right
2006-09-20 09:18:33 · answer #9 · answered by S H I R A Z 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Crappy archaic fairy tales are absurd and shameful.
2006-09-20 09:22:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋