Who decides what is politically correct at DU, and what is not?

[Cuban_Liberal]

Does the majority decide, or is it a rabidly vocal minority? Your thoughts?

[southerngirlwriter]

1. The men do.

DUH.

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7. ..lol...nt

[curse10]

13. oh please

:eyes:

[slinkerwink]

2. the minority----it's how gays and other racial minorities stopped the

use of epithets in here.

[Cuban_Liberal]

8. Isn't that antithetical to the principles of 'democracy'?

?

[slinkerwink]

9. the minority also has a

representation in our democracy.

[Cuban_Liberal]

21. The minority can also tyrannize.

Just because they're in the minority doesn't automatically enoble them.

[slinkerwink]

25. thanks to the minority, we have civil rights, women's rights, etc....

[Cuban_Liberal]

False

The majority passed all the amendmenst AND enabling legislation. Your claim is demonstrably silly, on its face.

[slinkerwink]

37. no, the majority didn't---it took the minority to wake up the majority

[Cuban_Liberal]

43. The majority most certainly DID.

That's how our system is structured. Revisionist history is not GOOD history--- it is PC history.

[Fenris]

35. Especially in terms of economics

The majority (wealthy) can and do tyrannize the majority (middle-class/poor).

[southerngirlwriter]

12. Not at all.

If the wishes of the majority are all that matters, then everyone who is non-white, non-Christian, and non-heterosexual had better get fitted for a yellow star.

[slinkerwink]

23. exactly....

[Ediacara]

14. The "b" word

Has never been in the same class as the "f" word and the "n" word, and any other word you're comparing to.

You're seeing offense where there is none.

Like it's been said over and over, 99.9999999% of times the "b" word refers to "an irritable, rude, or mean person (who may be a man or woman, and may or may not have a penis) who acts in that manner simply to bother others."

[slinkerwink]

26. in the dictionary, it's specifically woman

b : a malicious, spiteful, or domineering woman -- sometimes used as a generalized term of abuse

[Ediacara]

30. again with the dictionary

Yet you call yourself homosexual and queer when you're clearly not?

[slinkerwink]

39. I'm queer----what do you want me to do? show you pics of me

having sex with my ex-gfs? :eyes:

[freetobegay]

29. Good!

eom

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3. People who go out of their way...

...to stir up trouble and offend, should have their posts locked, imo.

[slinkerwink]

10. I'd agree

[Ediacara]

17. The way 86% of DU sees it

The people stirring up trouble are those who find offense in a word where none is even remotely implied.

[southerngirlwriter]

24. If you want to rule by polls,

then GLBT should not have any rights to marriage or equality in job benefits.

Polls really the way you want to go?

[slinkerwink]

28. and let's forget about the rights of racial minorities to have equal

access through affirmative action.

[southerngirlwriter]

34. Right. And according to polls, atheists should not be allowed

to hold public office.

[slinkerwink]

36. and according to polls of the past, women should not be allowed

to vote or to have abortions...

[southerngirlwriter]

38. And there are some here who would have no problem

with that.

Sadly.

[slinkerwink]

41. did you see that poll about whether men should have abortions?

[Ediacara]

45. That's not the question though is it?

Like I've been saying over and over and over again, there is no offense implied in the "b" word 99.999999% of the times that it's used.

As a verb it means to complain, as a noun it's a man or woman who is rude or mean or difficult only to bother people.

That's pretty clear to 86% of DUers, and I am not sure why it's NOT clear to the remaining 14%.

If someone says, "I wanna make Ben Affleck my bitch," I would ABSOFRIGGINGLUTELY be the first to alert.


But saying, "I want to bitch about Ben Affleck," or "That Ben Affleck, he can sure be a bitch sometimes.."

Isn't meant to emasculate him or compare him to a woman, nor is it meant to be offensive towards women, or even meant to be more than mildly offensive to Ben Affleck.

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31. Wow, that's a big number...

So anyone can start a thread with the word "nigger", and only the people who are offended are in the wrong?

Sorry, that doesn't quite cut it.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

4. The answer to this question is obvious...

It's the vocal minority...
Even when they're wrong.
Duckie

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[VelmaD]

19. Are you trotting that tired old tune out again?

And didn't your mother ever tell you that once you resort to calling people names that means you lost the argument? :)

[slinkerwink]

42. hahaha

;-)

[elperromagico]

6. The individual who wins the spitting contest.

[ScreamingMeemie]

So....a horse walks into a bar and the bartender looks at him and

says, "Hey, why the long face?"

***walking away whistling a "happy" tune. :hi:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

16. Yer such a sweetie, Mrs G.

:hi:

[Feanorcurufinwe]

11. The admins

[Cuban_Liberal]

15. We have a bunch of 8-cylinder PC-ers who worry about 2-cylinder probs...

I've seen the PC brown shirts at work here, and they behave no differently than the RW brown shirts do...

Think about it, people.

[freetobegay]

40. And I've seen people here in white robes...

So whats your point?

[Amaya]

18. I dunno ... but

it seems that some people here are getting a little too uptight and preachy for my taste :eyes:

[JohnKleeb]

20. they just a vocal minority

[SOteric]

22. Skinner and the Admins.

It's their site and totally at their discretion as to what to permit and what to disallow. If they chose to put it up to a vote, it's entirely up to them how to value and interpret the vote.

:hi:

[slinkerwink]

33. Skinner tried that, and he pulled it down because he didn't want

the minority to feel slighted or that their concerns weren't warranted.

[gpandas]

27. hopefully, common sense prevails nt

[Lizz612]

32. Thoughts...

The vocal minority get represented by getting threads, posted by the majority, it doesn't like locked. Thats its power. The majority has size on its side, and it can throw its weight around by posting lots of threads. The majority will be tempered in the long run by all these locked threads, but it takes a long time and dedication, and the ability of the minority to pick its fights wisely.

And the mods just fight the fires, we love the mods. :loveya: mods!

[Moderator]

44. Locking

Please bring up this concern in the Ask The Administrators section.