Above Political Correctness

[Fenris]

Originally Posted by Token

Fenny. Bro. I love you and everything, but what. Pretty much everyone on this forum is a jerk. Some more than others NIKOSE, but through the years I've spent on this forum, it's become apparent that we're all essentially douchebags.

As for the whole "oh no Nonsy's offended" thing, he's always had a habit of blowing up and being self-righteous when it's really not necessary. Dunno why people are surprised this time.

Nah, y'all are by and large asses, not jerks. There's a difference.

[Nikose Tyris]

ITT: conversation's keep on truckin'.

[TDK]

Don't suppose it would help if I clarified that the person I told Fuck You to for telling me to be PC was not the target of the Non-PC term I used? We have a non-hermaphrodite being insulted by the use of the term hermaphrodite being told Fuck You for telling someone not to use that word.

Also this is not at ALL what I was banned for.

[Nikose Tyris]

TDK, as explained- don't use that word. It's offensive for a number of reasons, and offensive to people I associate with.

[Magus]

Like if I was around a midget I'd probably say "little person" instead of purposefully going out of my way to say midget as a point of some kind. In fact I probably wouldn't call any attention to the person's height or lack thereof at all if possible. If the little person started a conversation on discussing dwarfism I probably wouldn't go out of my way to point out that I don't care that people are offended by the term midget and that I purposefully go out of my way to not say little person, since the actual topic was more related to talking about dwarfism and not how people refer to dwarfism, like totally out of the blue.

I also wouldn't act like there's absolutely no reason to have scientific terms for a person of average height when such terms are probably required in the fields of people who study people of various heights, whether they are considered "the norm" or not.

But that's just me.

Discuss your stance on this pressing issue and whether or not you are politically correct if it just seems like it's not really too inconvenient to be and in fact seems to take more effort to not be politically correct.

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by Magus

Like if I was around a midget I'd probably say "little person" instead of purposefully going out of my way to say midget as a point of some kind

While we're on the subject here, is it just me or does the preferred term in this situation actually seem more demeaning than the patently offensive alternative? Granted, there doesn't seem to be anything that actually sounds nice to choose from here but I gotta believe we as a society could have come up with something by now.

[Osterbaum]

Everyone just needs to get over themselves and their own perceived righteousness. Every. One.

Originally Posted by Nikose

TDK, as explained- don't use that word. It's offensive for a number of reasons, and offensive to people I associate with.

Hermaphrodite? Or what word do you mean?

e: 'cause

Originally Posted by Kerensky

It is literally a scientific word that refers to a being that has both sets of sexual organs.

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e2: I mean, if someone does find the term offensive then I'm perfectly happy to use a non-offensive alternative infront of them, but in realation to my studies for example I'm going to keep using the very much clinical, scientific term I've been using up until now.

[Kerensky287]

Originally Posted by TDK

Don't suppose it would help if I clarified that the person I told Fuck You to for telling me to be PC was not the target of the Non-PC term I used? We have a non-hermaphrodite being insulted by the use of the term hermaphrodite being told Fuck You for telling someone not to use that word.

Also this is not at ALL what I was banned for.

Originally Posted by Nikose Tyris

TDK, as explained- don't use that word. It's offensive for a number of reasons, and offensive to people I associate with.

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You know what? I think this is honestly something we can discuss. Maybe we can change the subject finally from a 3-thread-old misadventure. Hell, it's actually somewhat related to the original topic.

Nikose - and believe me when I say this is meant as politely as possible - what could possibly be offensive about the term hermaphrodite? It's a standard word in the english language. It isn't a slur of any kind. Hell, it doesn't even carry any connotation. It is literally a scientific word that refers to a being that has both sets of sexual organs.

So here's what I ask: to what extent are people allowed to gain sympathy for being offended? If someone is a hermaphrodite - that is, they have both sets of sexual organs - and they dislike the word, should we be forced to stop calling them that? What about if someone's a narcissist? If they dislike being referred to as "normal" or "average", and prefer the term "ideal", do people have to stop saying that?

(Note that I am not saying that the majority is in any way ideal. This imaginary narcissist is of nonspecific race, gender/gender identity, and sexual orientation.)

I'm not trying to trivialize anyone's beliefs or anyone's personal identities. But there has to be a line drawn somewhere, and I don't understand why "popular opinion" has to be it. If enough Canadians wanted it to be so, could we force the world to stop calling us "North Americans" so as to avoid association with the USA?

[Fenris]

Y'alls.

Don't call them hermaphrodites.

[Nikose Tyris]

Thanks Fen.