Anybody else tired of hearing about political correctness?

[Glamrock]

Here's what I hear when conservatives start bashing political correctness:
I can't call African Americans n***** anymore?
I can't call gays f*** anymore?
I can't grab my secratary's ass anymore?
GODDAMN IT! I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!

[a kennedy]

1. YES, YES, YES,

[Throd]

2. No, I'm just tired of it.

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. White men complaining about having to treat other people with respect is very tiresome, yes.

[2naSalit]

21. +1

[Nye Bevan]

4. Minnesota considers renaming Asian carp to 'invasive carp'

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The troublesome fish currently known as Asian carp may get a new name in Minnesota over concern that the current one casts people from Asian cultures in a negative light.

Proposals advancing in the Legislature would require the Department of Natural Resources to refer to the fish as "invasive carp," a reference to the threat the non-native fish pose to Mississippi River-area ecosystems.

Sen. John Hoffman, the Champlin Democrat sponsoring a bill in the Senate, said some people of Asian descent have complained about the name. "Caucasians brought them to America," Hoffman, the bill's primary Senate sponsor, said Thursday. "Should we call them 'Caucasian carp?' They have names. Let's call them what they are."

Asian carp actually describes two closely related fish, the bighead carp and silver carp, that are native to a region of Asia spanning China, part of Siberia and North Korea, said Cindy Kolar, a fish biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Va. Since their introduction to the United States about 30 years ago, they have become a threat to native fish including those in the Great Lakes, Minnesota and elsewhere.

http://m.startribune.com/minnesota-lawmakers-consider-renaming-asian-carp/252700111/

[Yorktown]

5. ^^^ this is a good example of the PC inflation gone mad ^^^nt

[kcr]

10. What an outrage. How will society recover.

Changing the name of a fish from a name they didn't even have in the first place. How will we ever remember not to call them Asian Carp anymore in our day to day lives.

[Nye Bevan]

6. Students: Rename building called 'Lynch' after ex-president

ANNVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Students at a small Pennsylvania college are demanding that administrators rename a building called "Lynch Memorial Hall" because of the racial overtones of the word "lynch."

The building is named after Clyde A. Lynch, who was president of Lebanon Valley College from 1932 until his death in 1950.

Students want school officials to either rename the building entirely or add Lynch's first name and middle initial, saying the word recalls the public executions of black men by white mobs in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

It was included on a list of demands that students presented to the school on Friday. Other demands include a more diverse curriculum, more sensitivity training for staff and regular surveys of the racial climate on campus.

http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20151208_ap_6d12912e4b50492b9a3cbf68d9e7f0c7.html#r8EwoXCuW7PfMVk7.99

[Glamrock]

8. Don't get me wrong

There is definitely overreach, but I still think my assertion is correct.

[kcr]

12. And they're only asking to add the first name and middle initial.

I think the posts are actually proving your point.

[Throd]

13. I think your assertion is a strawman to blunt any criticism of political correctness.

Yeah, I know there is a dying breed of white guys who lament that they can't talk like it's 1955 anymore, but the whole "campus safe zone" silliness is what most people are reacting to.

[Glamrock]

16. Yeah, I know there is a dying breed of white guys who lament that they can't talk like it's 1955

anymore.

Which is why I said what I said about hearing it from conservatives

[wildeyed]

7. Look! A new GOP dog whistle!

Is it new? Or did I just miss this one.

[steve2470]

9. yep, I can't say any nasty thing I want any more! Woe is me! nt

[Nye Bevan]

11. Will the Term "Master Bedroom" No Longer Exist?

Some designers, architects, developers are moving towards a more politically-correct term for the largest room in the house.

Would you ever call your master bedroom, an "Owner's Suite"? Or what about "Owner's Bedroom?" An article on Gawker cited a survey from the Washington Business Journal that found some real estate developers in the Washington, D.C. area no longer use the term "Master Bedroom" in their floor plans. Some people believe that there are negative connotations to the term, gender-wise and historically. Of the survey of 10 homebuilders in the D.C. area, six no longer use the word. Instead, they're using "Owner's suite," "Owner's bedroom," or "Mastre Bedroom." In fact, some in the industry, such as Brian Block, managing broker for McLean's RE/Max Allegiance, told the Washington Business Journal that he prefers those terms because they imply a luxurious space with a lavish bath and custom closets.

http://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/fun-at-home/a1087/master-bedroom-politically-incorrect/

[Bigmack]

14. "Political correctness"..? You mean like "treating people with respect"?

"Election cycle coverage just got a little more palatable thanks to a new Google Chrome extension.

New Zealander Byron Clark set up his web browser to replace the words “political correctness” with the phrase “treating people with respect” -- a move inspired, in part, by a Neil Gaiman quote.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-google-chrome-extension-replaces-political-correctness-with-something-more-accurate_55c82605e4b0923c12bd4a91

[Nye Bevan]

15. Authors told not to write about sausages or pigs in children's books to 'avoid offence'

Authors of UK-published school books have been asked to take other cultures into account when writing in order to allow their texts to be exported to foreign countries.

Suggested guidelines for authors published by Oxford University Press (OUP) include not portraying the consumption of pork or bacon, which is not eaten in the Muslim world.

A spokesperson for Oxford University Press explained that books needed to be applicable to other cultures in order for them to be exported.

“Many of the educational materials we publish in the UK are sold in more than 150 countries, and as such they need to consider a range of cultural differences and sensitivities,” the spokesperson said.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/authors-of-school-books-advised-not-to-write-about-pork-9976620.html

[Nye Bevan]

17. Realistic statue of man in his underwear at Wellesley College sparks controversy

A realistic-looking statue of a man sleepwalking in his underwear near the center of Wellesley College has created a stir among the women on campus, especially as more than 100 students at the all-women's college signed a petition asking administrators to remove it.

The statue, called Sleepwalker, is part of an art exhibit featuring sculptor Tony Matelli at the college's Davis Museum. The exhibit, New Gravity, features sculptures that are often reversed, upended or atomized.
However, the statue of the sleepwalker -- which is hard to miss in a high-traffic area by both pedestrians and drivers near the campus center -- has caused outrage among some students in just one day after its Feb. 3 installation. Zoe Magid, a Wellesley College junior majoring in political science, started a petition on Change.org with other students asking college president H. Kim Bottomly to have the statue removed.

"This highly lifelike sculpture has, within just a few hours of its outdoor installation, become a source of apprehension, fear, and triggering thoughts regarding sexual assault for many members of our campus community," says the petition. "While it may appear humorous, or thought-provoking to some, it has already become a source of undue stress for many Wellesley College students, the majority of whom live, study, and work in this space."

...

“I think art’s intention is to confront, but not assault, and people can see this as assaulting,” Wang said. “Wellesley is a place where we’re supposed to feel safe. I think place and a context matters, and I don’t think this is the place to put it.”

http://www.boston.com/yourcampus/news/wellesley/2014/02/realistic_statue_of_man_in_his_underwear_at_wellesley_college_sparks_controversy.html

[romanic]

18. Stop triggering DU's PC police with these stories Nye!

[Nye Bevan]

19. Word "Brainstorming" banned as offensive to people with epilepsy

'Brainstorming', the buzzword used by executives to generate ideas among their staff, has been deemed politically incorrect by civil servants because it is thought to be offensive to people with brain disorders.

Instead staff at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) in Belfast will use the term 'thought-showers' when they get together to think creatively. A spokeswoman said: 'The DETI does not use the term brainstorming on its training courses on the grounds that it may be deemed pejorative.'

Sources inside the department said there was concern that the term would cause offence to people with epilepsy as well those with brain tumours or brain injuries.

But the Campaign for Plain English complained that the decision had 'reached the point of real ridicule'. 'You do sometimes wonder if some people haven't got anything better to do with their time,' said spokesman John Wild. 'Do they just sit down and search out enough words until eventually they can say: "I can make that out to be politically incorrect"?

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jun/26/uk.politicalnews

[lpbk2713]

20. *I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!* ... They should tell Homeland Security.

[NobodyHere]

22. You're not PC?

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