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Linda

Linda

Linda

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I'm starting to get very disheartened with the use of discriminative words on this forum to discribe people and associated items of ethnic origin and the non racist justifications for the use of such words.

What's more important Political Correctness or Freedom of speech and expression?

Am I being too sensitive?

Discuss...
 
Hatter The Mad said:
Words can't hurt you.
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Taking that phrase to stand alone (outside of the forum context), I disagree with it enourmously.

Words can be offensive and cause turmoil. In addition, people can be oversensitive to words.

Both exists, there is no black and white.

A common sense approach to political correctness would be people avoiding saying things that might cause obvious offence (when it is appropriate to do so), and likewise for individuals to tolerate the freedom of expression of others.

Political correctness isn't a bad thing at all, I'm quite glad that words like '****' aren't considered acceptable. It's only silly when people are oversensitive. Again, common sense should prevail.

Those that intentionally promote offence for the sake of causing that offence, whilst knowing that they are doing so, are simply jerks.
 
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Linda said:
I'm starting to get very disheartened with the use of discriminative words on this forum to discribe people and associated items of ethnic origin and the non racist justifications for the use of such words.

What's more important Political Correctness or Freedom of speech and expression?

Am I being too sensitive?

Discuss...
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please give us examples of the words that are distressing you
 
Which words in particular?

You should have been here 3 years ago. I was saying "*******" left, right and centre to hijack threads I perceived as casually racist.
 
Nix said:
Are you what?

Too sensitive?

I don't know. You tell me fatty.
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I actually had a little giggle to myself when I saw this response.

I think there should be a balance as I quoted, this was obviously not malicious and was just for a joke so perfectly okay in my eyes
 
ChrizZ said:
Wait for it. Trolls are coming.
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LOL nope just curious to peoples reactions, my my my a few sensitives in here already, I believe I heard a 'What?' somewhere...just have a think...

I'm saying that I'm a little disheartened my the use of discriminative words and you all wanna put me down by what calling me fat? young (in the head I think you mean)? Now who's being sensitive?
 
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