# Fuck Political Correctness. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 19, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957 "2004-02-19T04:56:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/62 "2004-02-19T15:55:32Z")
> [@](#): > > So called “white” males are among the MOST discriminated group against in the US. Ignoring your oddly German sentence structure, I thought your rant was _about_ people who complain because they consider themselves victims of discrimination? ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/63 "2004-02-19T16:00:37Z")
> [@mouthbreather](#): > > Your “major” differences: > > One: I don’t give a shit if you are an albino from Bangladesh with 3 legs and a thumb growing out of your forehead – If you posted a gross generalization about them then, you should be called on it. Call away. I stand by my statements. > [@](#): > > Two: Please answer my last question about where I can go to add a healthy dose of white guilt to my day-to-day routine. How do I answer a semantically meaningless rhetorical question? Oh, I know: [look here](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060528370/qid=1077206229//ref=pd_ka_1/103-3164414-6144623?v=glance&s=books&n=507846). ---
**Author:** ![byter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@byter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/byter)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/64 "2004-02-19T16:06:08Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > Nah. I wanna know about guns and the right to carry 'em. Oh, and which is better: the Mac or the PC? > > I’ll wait. Neither, I prefer an Uzi. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/65 "2004-02-19T16:06:34Z")
1. White American male = Put upon drama queen psuedo victim 2. Skutir = White American male 3. Skutir = Put upon drama queen psuedo victim Is that the statement you stand by **Skutir**? - Rune ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/66 "2004-02-19T16:07:33Z")
> [@skutir](#): > > In fact, I see PC as a reversed bigotry, like saying someone is “differently abled”, it´s like one wouldn´t touch the persons issues with a 10 foot stick; or that thing some months ago of people lobbying to change the computer terms [Slave/Master drives](http://mysite.verizon.net/vze793eu/mstr_slave.htm) , which assumes that the terms are related to slavery, so then who´s the bigot there?. I´m not by any means a bigot in any sense of the word, but PC IMO it´s like putting a glove to handshake someone, one says is to protect the other person, the other person will probably take it as being treated like a someone undesirable. I think it’s unfair and stupid to lump Political Homosexuals and people who want to rename computer drives. If this were a rant about extreme political correctness like people who say “herstory”, I’d be right with the OP. But basic respect for the equality of human beings (i.e. equal rights for homosexuals and women) is not ridiculous or reversed bigotry…it’s progress. Just like anything else, lumping mainstream in with extreme is a big mistake. ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/67 "2004-02-19T16:07:38Z")
> [@WinstonSmith](#): > > 1. White American male = Put upon drama queen psuedo victim > 2. Skutir = White American male > 3. Skutir = Put upon drama queen psuedo victim > > Is that the statement you stand by **Skutir**? > > - Rune Why not, Winston. Dig the username, BTW. I love George Orwell. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/68 "2004-02-19T16:10:54Z")
> [@skutir](#): > > Why not, Winston. > > Dig the username, BTW. I love George Orwell. Well ok then. Any pal of ole George is a pal of mine. - Rune ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/69 "2004-02-19T16:13:13Z")
> [@jarbabyj](#): > > I think it’s unfair and stupid to lump Political Homosexuals and people who want to rename computer drives. If this were a rant about extreme political correctness like people who say “herstory”, I’d be right with the OP. But basic respect for the equality of human beings (i.e. equal rights for homosexuals and women) is not ridiculous or reversed bigotry…it’s progress. > > Just like anything else, lumping mainstream in with extreme is a big mistake. I think it’s unfair to put my name on quotes that aren’t mine! ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/70 "2004-02-19T16:15:49Z")
I too hate political correctness. I also hate having to be civil, respectful, and concerned about other human beings. God, that pisses me off. Almost as much as I hate albinos from Bangladesh with 3 legs and a thumb growing out of your forehead. All of 'em are rat bastards. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/71 "2004-02-19T16:17:03Z")
eep! sorry skutir. direct all of my ire in **Ale’s** direction. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/72 "2004-02-19T16:23:59Z")
[QUOTE=jarbabyj] I think it’s unfair and stupid to lump Political Homosexuals and people who want to rename computer drives.QUOTE] Huh? I mean, Eh? I mean, WHAT THE FUCK!?? Where did I lump those thing togheter??? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/73 "2004-02-19T16:31:40Z")
> [@skutir](#): > > How do I answer a semantically meaningless rhetorical question? Oh, I know: [look here](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060528370/qid=1077206229//ref=pd_ka_1/103-3164414-6144623?v=glance&s=books&n=507846). Thank you, I just ordered it. I’ll read up and begin realizing how evil I am, along with every other white male in America. Expect a post next week, it will be full of self loathing and generic insults towards those I share skin color and chromosome structure with. I bow to your advanced thinking, sir! ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/74 "2004-02-19T16:31:56Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I happen to like animals, so, fuck _you_. > (Incedentally. In the grand scheme of things - animals are more important because they are not fucking with the planet. Humans are a temporary disease) This is a very stupid thing for a lot of reasons. 1. Animals are fucking with the planet. Their shit poisons streams. They kill other animals. Their own grazing, according to some, has helped enlarge deserts. Their farts contribute to greenhouse gases. They strip plants of their vegetation. Animals fuck with the planet. 2. The planet can not be fucked with. The planet was once a hot ball of liquid metal and once it was just a collection of dust. People who think the planet’s optimal state is when its covered with trees and water and furry animals say that because _ **THAT’S WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY** _. That is, Lobsang calls humans a disease to the planet because we can destroy that which we like. But that just makes us a disease to our own enjoyment of the planet, BUT NOT TO THE PLANET ITSELF. The planet doesn’t give a shit if every living thing were wiped out tomorrow. 3. 1 & 2 don’t actually go hand in hand, so pick which ever one you think makes what Lobsang said stupider. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/75 "2004-02-19T16:43:18Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] > [@jarbabyj](#): > > I think it’s unfair and stupid to lump Political Homosexuals and people who want to rename computer drives.QUOTE] > > Where did I lump those thing togheter??? 😕 Umm…when you said you disliked PC because it was reverse bigotry, and then used renaming computer drives as an example. Surely you see a huge difference between being hypersensitive about names and fighting for equal rights? > [@Ale](#): > > I see PC as a reversed bigotry Is what you said exactly. The OP didn’t say fuck “extreme political correctness”, it said FUCK PC, and then listed very NON extreme examples. You listed very extreme examples as being the same thing. That’s not fair. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/76 "2004-02-19T16:48:02Z")
> [@DeaganTheWolf](#): > > Riiiiiiiiiight. Let me make a little clarification for you. So called “white” males are among the MOST discriminated group against in the US. May I just point out how hilarious I find it that you got offended by a broad generalization about white males in a thread you started about how political correctness is all bullshit? ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/77 "2004-02-19T16:51:56Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I happen to like animals, so, fuck _you_. > (Incedentally. In the grand scheme of things - animals are more important because they are not fucking with the planet. Humans are a temporary disease) This is a very stupid thing for a lot of reasons. 1. Animals are fucking with the planet. Their shit poisons streams. They kill other animals. Their own grazing, according to some, has helped enlarge deserts. Their farts contribute to greenhouse gases. They strip plants of their vegetation. Animals fuck with the planet. 2. The planet can not be fucked with. The planet was once a hot ball of liquid metal and once it was just a collection of dust. People who think the planet’s optimal state is when its covered with trees and water and furry animals say that because _ **THAT’S WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY** _. That is, Lobsang calls humans a disease to the planet because we can destroy that which we like. But that just makes us a disease to our own enjoyment of the planet, BUT NOT TO THE PLANET ITSELF. The planet doesn’t give a shit if every living thing were wiped out tomorrow. 3. 1 & 2 don’t actually go hand in hand, so pick which ever one you think makes what Lobsang said stupider. ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/78 "2004-02-19T17:01:26Z")
> [@mouthbreather](#): > > Thank you, I just ordered it. I’ll read up and begin realizing how evil I am, along with every other white male in America. Expect a post next week, it will be full of self loathing and generic insults towards those I share skin color and chromosome structure with. > > I bow to your advanced thinking, sir! Sarcasm is _so witty_ and you do it _so well_!!! ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/79 "2004-02-19T17:06:05Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > May I just point out how hilarious I find it that you got offended by a broad generalization about white males in a thread you started about how political correctness is all bullshit? YES! POINT IT OUT POINT IT OUT! :: clapping, squealing :: ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/80 "2004-02-19T17:08:49Z")
I’m a little reluctant to get into this car wreck, but: > [@Trunk](#): > > Animals are fucking with the planet. Their shit poisons streams. They kill other animals. **Their own grazing, according to some, has helped enlarge deserts. Their farts contribute to greenhouse gases. They strip plants of their vegetation. Animals fuck with the planet.** The deforestation, desertification, and greenhouse gases caused by farm animal populations is hardly the _animals_’ fault, as I’m sure you must know. It’s not like a bunch of wantonly destructive cows got together and decided to overpopulate themselves so they could be killed and eaten by humans, with reckless regard for the consequences. Selfish, naughty cows! This comment is like responding to one of those stories about a crazy old women who has 70 malnoursihed cats in her house and faulting the cats! ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957/81 "2004-02-19T17:09:15Z")
All right, then. With a big shout out to **jarbabyj** : :: takes a deep breath :: I find it _quite_ hilarious. Thank you! Peace out! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-political-correctness/229957.md?page=5)