In practice it usually means they use non-offensive meaningless euphemisms lest someone object.
Joel Send a noteboard - 24/11/2010 08:25:24 PM
Not that they were actually more tolerant.
So if you're paralyzed from the neck down you aren't "handicapped" or "disabled" you're "differently abled". See, 'cos someone who can't move their limbs can still do everything you or I can, drive a car, walk to the store, tie their shoes, etc. and even SUGGESTING otherwise is no more than rank bigotry. It's quite tolerant, but also quite inane, especially when you can get accused of intolerance for saying people in wheelchairs should have a ramp to get into a building: They don't NEED your HELP, and stop demeaning them by implying otherwise!
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Slightly better than chocolate.
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UN votes to allow discrimination against sexual minorities (i.e. homosexuals)
- 24/11/2010 02:11:44 AM
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Pretty appalling, but also rather unsurprising on who voted which way. *NM*
- 24/11/2010 02:32:37 AM
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Some surprises, though.
- 24/11/2010 02:52:17 AM
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I agree about South Africa - they have legal gay marriage!
- 24/11/2010 11:04:10 AM
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Yeah, but when they brought that in they didn't have Jacob Zuma for president. *NM*
- 24/11/2010 02:35:56 PM
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I was surprised to see China there. *NM*
- 24/11/2010 03:06:12 AM
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Why? Their exemplary record on Civil Rights?
- 24/11/2010 08:08:57 PM
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When you return from vacationing in the land of False Dichotomy, let me know.
- 24/11/2010 11:36:08 PM
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Re: Oh yeah.
- 25/11/2010 12:13:28 AM
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As noted, the difference is we don't execute people for it, nor condone those who do.
- 25/11/2010 01:01:47 PM
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When I don't have to explain the Fourth Amendment to you, lecture me on your lectures.
- 25/11/2010 12:56:35 PM
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- 25/11/2010 12:56:35 PM
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Very sad if not a shock. Democracy doesn't work people!
- 24/11/2010 11:23:42 AM
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The Law and Justice isn't in power anymore on any level, remember?
- 24/11/2010 02:29:41 PM
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Very simplistic generalisation here, perhaps you should correct it *NM*
- 24/11/2010 07:08:54 PM
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He said "tend to", not "are". *NM*
- 24/11/2010 07:11:47 PM
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It was the inference at a continent level, that I felt was very simplistic.
- 24/11/2010 07:17:28 PM
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Generalizations are inherently simplified; that doesn't make them inaccurate.
- 24/11/2010 09:07:24 PM
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It is correct, thank you for your concern though
*NM*
- 24/11/2010 07:58:46 PM
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*NM*
- 24/11/2010 07:58:46 PM
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I disagree
- 24/11/2010 08:10:11 PM
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Then you are wrong
- 24/11/2010 08:19:51 PM
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Am I wrong, or are you?
- 24/11/2010 08:28:26 PM
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You are
- 24/11/2010 08:41:35 PM
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You did not read my post completely
- 24/11/2010 08:47:07 PM
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I did
- 24/11/2010 08:56:39 PM
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Chiming in ONLY because I've gotten so much crap for generalizations over the years.
- 24/11/2010 09:07:12 PM
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How can such tiny stupid cow states have the same amount of votes we do? Disgusting. *NM*
- 24/11/2010 02:50:10 PM
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Suddenly "Political Correctness" isn't such a dirty word.
- 24/11/2010 06:50:06 PM
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I always thought that political correctness was where people used euphemisms
- 24/11/2010 07:15:16 PM
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In practice it usually means they use non-offensive meaningless euphemisms lest someone object.
- 24/11/2010 08:25:24 PM
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Implying that people are acceptable the way they seems to be politically correct.
- 24/11/2010 09:22:58 PM
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definitely. So many people are plain rude and try to justify it with being "more honest"
- 25/11/2010 03:00:42 AM
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Pretty sad, and surprising that so many nations abstained when they could've swung the vote.
- 24/11/2010 08:34:58 PM
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Do you ever get tired of your hyperbole?
- 24/11/2010 09:48:21 PM
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Of course not, it's a legitimate rhetorical device if not used (or taken) literally.
- 25/11/2010 12:38:55 PM
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Biggest surprise is Chavez. Going against Ahmadinejad, Hu, and Putin? Guess he didn't get the memo. *NM*
- 25/11/2010 03:36:04 AM
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it is? I didn't see it as a big suprise
- 25/11/2010 11:03:40 AM
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If you don't stop saying things with which I agree I'm going to think one of us is sick.
- 25/11/2010 01:10:27 PM
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- 25/11/2010 01:10:27 PM
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