bettyellen
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Sat Oct-18-08 09:35 AM
Response to Reply #14 |
| 19. all negative words are equivelent? |
| -Political correctness is the downfall of many liberals. |
renie408 |
Oct-18-08 08:00 AM |
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'Political correctness' is a RW, not progressive, conceit |
Tallison |
Oct-18-08 08:19 AM |
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Language represents ideas. |
renie408 |
Oct-18-08 08:30 AM |
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You can't generalize about specific words, only words in context |
Tallison |
Oct-18-08 08:54 AM |
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That's kind of my point. |
renie408 |
Oct-18-08 09:23 AM |
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Well, I'd have to refer to the post in question to evaluate it |
Tallison |
Oct-18-08 09:43 AM |
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But what about intent? |
renie408 |
Oct-18-08 09:45 AM |
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Sure, intent counts, but it's incumbent on the speaker |
Tallison |
Oct-18-08 10:06 AM |
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I'm kind of in the middle here. I think this board goes too far in sanitizing this kind of stuff... |
Elrond Hubbard |
Oct-18-08 08:24 AM |
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I don't think words are unimportant. |
renie408 |
Oct-18-08 08:34 AM |
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i see false equivalencies, lack of context- in short, bullshit. and not much thought. |
bettyellen |
Oct-18-08 09:10 AM |
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False equivalencies, yep |
Tallison |
Oct-18-08 09:14 AM |
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We are even, because there is no thought at all in your one line response. |
renie408 |
Oct-18-08 09:26 AM |
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on the basis of what i had read, concluded it was completely pointless to engage you. |
bettyellen |
Oct-18-08 09:32 AM |
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Really? |
renie408 |
Oct-18-08 09:41 AM |
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Everyone draws a different line somewhere |
Indenturedebtor |
Oct-18-08 08:28 AM |
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That's not a bad rule of thumb |
Tallison |
Oct-18-08 09:17 AM |
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I guess I am just not sure that 'bitch', in itself, is misogynistic. |
renie408 |
Oct-18-08 09:30 AM |
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all negative words are equivelent? |
bettyellen |
Oct-18-08 09:35 AM |
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Sorry, I didn't see where I said that...n/t |
renie408 |
Oct-18-08 09:44 AM |
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don't see anywhere an acknowledgement that some words are more loaded |
bettyellen |
Oct-18-08 12:13 PM |
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I don't think that "bitch" is misogynistic either |
Indenturedebtor |
Oct-18-08 10:50 PM |
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"Political Correctness" is RIGHTWING CONSTRUCT so don't be suckered |
Lex |
Oct-18-08 09:27 AM |
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What do you call it when people castigate others for questionable language? |
renie408 |
Oct-18-08 09:33 AM |
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I would be outraged at the "Ben Affleck is a dick head" thread |
CreekDog |
Oct-18-08 09:28 AM |
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Well, there you go. |
renie408 |
Oct-18-08 09:31 AM |
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Thank goodness no irony is lost on you! |
CreekDog |
Oct-18-08 09:33 AM |
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Fuck You! |
ResetButton |
Oct-18-08 09:48 AM |
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I think its massive hypocrisy myself...just like their counterparts on the far right. nt. |
IndianaJones |
Oct-18-08 10:06 AM |
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