tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750968775912571051.post3098375004906152564..comments2023-05-27T06:32:34.974-04:00Comments on It's Always Saturday In Suburbia: When "He's So Gay" Meant "He's So Happy" (2)G. B. Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750968775912571051.post-89813840585775203072012-04-16T18:47:28.059-04:002012-04-16T18:47:28.059-04:00Dan: So very, very true.
I think the ultimate off...Dan: So very, very true.<br /><br />I think the ultimate offensive word right now is "black".<br /><br />Calling a black person "black" is apparently the second worst thing you can all them.<br /><br />And what bothers me the most is people re-writing American history and calling all blacks, no matter what the time period, "African American".<br /><br />You simply cannot apply todays fucked up morals to yesterday's news.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750968775912571051.post-50596382477985751802012-04-16T16:40:16.422-04:002012-04-16T16:40:16.422-04:00Don't quote me on the authenticity of this cla...Don't quote me on the authenticity of this claim as it is something I heard from George Carlin. <br /><br />But during one of his stand-up performances, he says that the word fuck originally meant to strike or hit something, like with a stick. <br /><br />Easy to see how it has evolved into what it is today... with all the men and their "sticks" fucking everything. <br /><br />It seems no word is safe to use these days!Workingdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00431559781969929972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750968775912571051.post-42155036327780780472012-02-17T18:30:38.304-05:002012-02-17T18:30:38.304-05:00Pat: What really bothers me about this p.c. nonsen...Pat: What really bothers me about this p.c. nonsense is when people try to apply today's nonsensical word (African-American for example) to historical events/times.<br /><br />Lisa: If you want to read a prime example of this nonsense James Finn Garner has reissued his "Politically Correct Fairy Tales" for the Kindle/Nook. Fantastic book series that reworks classic fairy tales for the p.c. crowd.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750968775912571051.post-46919386536454303002012-02-17T15:04:48.150-05:002012-02-17T15:04:48.150-05:00One of the "PC" things that drives me nu...One of the "PC" things that drives me nuts is when people can't accept that words like "man" and "mankind" do not necessarily LITERALLY refer to only MEN. This results in words like "womankind" and "chairperson" and the reworking of Star Trek's famous "where no man has gone before" line. <br /><br />There are tons of words in the English language that have more than one meaning -- why can we accept, for example, that the word "hand" can either refer to a literal hand OR to helping someone out, but it's so hard to accept that "man" can EITHER refer to an actual man, or to human beings in general? If I say, "can I give you a hand," are you expecting me to literally chop off the end of my arm and give it to you? Of course not -- the meaning is understood from the context. And everyone UNDERSTANDS what is meant by "mankind"... but because people choose to take offense at something totally innocuous, we have to change the word. Grrrrrr...Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484146648171803628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750968775912571051.post-30439079346683349782012-02-17T07:14:31.140-05:002012-02-17T07:14:31.140-05:00So true, people have just become too fickle or som...So true, people have just become too fickle or something. You say gay or retard, no matter if it is in the happy or music context it's a shameful thing to say, you should never say that, blah blah blah. Pathetic really.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750968775912571051.post-15725830862775027802012-02-15T06:19:02.040-05:002012-02-15T06:19:02.040-05:00M: You're right, that would've been funny ...M: You're right, that would've been funny and great, not to mention sticking it to those who would try to make you feel guilty about using the word in the first place.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750968775912571051.post-58956282222654756022012-02-14T23:52:08.699-05:002012-02-14T23:52:08.699-05:00In my line of work, all of us who have a diagnosis...In my line of work, all of us who have a diagnosis embrace the word "crazy" - it's the PC people without diagnoses who want to give it the chop. Like our teenage youth group signed up a team - and the captain, who is 16 and has ADHD, wanted to call it "Insanely Awesome People." Which to me would have been funny and great! But the parents said no.Riot Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725825736285347870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750968775912571051.post-35228352898189796722012-02-14T17:34:36.769-05:002012-02-14T17:34:36.769-05:00Mama Z: We pretty much have the same problem here....Mama Z: We pretty much have the same problem here. After much heated debate that strangely enough pitted the do-good p.c. activist against parents who had children who were mentally retarded, the state agency that dealt with that segment of the population changed its name from the Department of Mental Retardation to the Department of Developemental Services.<br /><br />But people still know it by its old acronym DMR and call it by its old acronym.<br /><br />Charles: Nope, I don't think so. It creates an improper double negative.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750968775912571051.post-48265105491145833572012-02-14T11:54:36.033-05:002012-02-14T11:54:36.033-05:00If you call someone a gay retard does it cancel ou...If you call someone a gay retard does it cancel out?Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750968775912571051.post-48422049209210611802012-02-14T10:44:17.250-05:002012-02-14T10:44:17.250-05:00When I started working in the medical field, "...When I started working in the medical field, "mentally retarded" or "mental retardation" was standard. In the early 90s, I had the onerous task of retraining myself to use "persons with mental retardation."Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.com