Something like Having to call Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Princess and the Seven Vertically challanged people.
2007-03-18 12:09:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I was wodering because I realized how ridiculoud people can be with theis political correctness stuff. Im not sure why we cant just live with what we are called. We can't be babied anymore. Its a word. It can't do anything to hurt you.
2007-03-18 12:27:16 · update #1
The one that makes me crazy is this one: ""Domestic Engineer"
"Domestic Engineer" = Stay at home mom
See, it's soooo 1950's to be a stay at home mom, so the women who don't want to have careers don't want to be called stay at home mom's because no one respects them anymore. So they think if you call them "Domestic Engineers" it sounds like they have these really impressive jobs. Ugh, I'm so sick of all this political correctness! Why can't everyone just develope a thick skin, so we can go back to the days when we didn't have to be so careful. Gawd, every time I open my mouth I end up offending someone new - someone I didn't know was offended to be called a "secretary" (it's Executive Assistant now) - back when I worked in Corporate America - you were a secretary until you were PROMOTED to "Executive Assitant". Now, these 20 year old, entry level secretaries expect to have the same title as someone with 15-20 years of extra experience? Crazy world.
Some of these titles don't even make sense: "African American" - I think that's more offensive than calling someone "black" because you are assuming that "all black people come from Africa". What if the person you call "African American" is actually from Jamaica? Or Trinidad? Or the Middle East? Should we now start to call white people "European Americans"?
Even the deceased aren't safe from political correctness. It is now considered offensive to call someone who has died, "dead". Now you have to reffer to them as "passed away" or "crossed over". Geesh! Where does it end?!
I think it's time to just start calling people what they are - not by these crazy new "PC" titles.
2007-03-18 12:22:23 · answer #1 · answered by f w 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Surely the prime example of that, recently, is the Kirklees Council proposing to cancel the primary school's production of the Three Little Pigs for fear of offending the Muslim community!!!
Thankfully, the Council decided against it and allowed the production to go ahead, ditching what would have been the first ever performance of the Three Little Puppies...!!!
2007-03-18 19:18:50 · answer #2 · answered by her_purple_pixieness 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well shops not being able to sell nativity goods at Christmas has to be the greatest one of have seen. In Wedgwood too. Nuts!
2007-03-18 19:14:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Two male 'brides'.The overuse of words,such as 'supportive',along with several other words.Also,people wiggling their fingers-"quote,unquote",whilst speaking everyday english.'Doctor Evil' from the 'Austin Powers' films
pokes fun at this madness...
2007-03-18 19:29:43 · answer #4 · answered by mark t 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I tell people Im a Penobscot Indian and they correct me by telling me I'm a Native American.
2007-03-18 19:18:31 · answer #5 · answered by whirlwind_123 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
'if you don't support bush 100%, you hate america and the terrorists win'...'teaching kids about contraception is telling them that it's okay to have premarital sex'...'quit whining about your precious "freedom"...there's a war going on'
2007-03-18 19:28:48 · answer #6 · answered by spike missing debra m 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Calling drug abusers "chemically dependent" people
2007-03-18 19:13:47 · answer #7 · answered by Kble 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the one to piss me off the most is "Holiday" Tree
2007-03-18 19:11:31 · answer #8 · answered by wolfwagon2002 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Instead of calling a black person a black, you call them "African American"...
2007-03-18 19:12:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋