Political Correctness

[cloggypop]

I think there are somewhere in the region of 70-odd pronouns now.

I can't be arsed learning all of them. I'll stick to not being too much of a cunt instead.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I can't be arsed learning all of them. I'll stick to not being too much of a cunt instead.

I think that's all there is to it.  Treat people as people.  The only time any of us need to fret about who's shagging whom is when we're worrying "Why is nobody shagging me?"

[Rico1304]

 

I can't be arsed learning all of them. I'll stick to not being too much of a cunt instead.[/quote

 

That's the answer. You have 100% control on how you refer to your yourself but none about how others refer to you.

[Hades]

I know the names of 5000 footballers and minor celebrities but learning a few pronouns to be respectful to struggling people is too hard.

[RedKnight]

I think they could lose the 'Queer' tag, they're just repeating themselves at that point.

[Carvalho Diablo]

So a woman can't be gay now ?

 

Confused.

[Rico1304]

I know the names of 5000 footballers and minor celebrities but learning a few pronouns to be respectful to struggling people is too hard.

How do you know I was referring to pronouns?

 

Anyway, all these pronouns are self determined. They can change at any time, you could be xcis when we first meet and ycis the next time. 99.9% of the population will be he or she. It's mental.

[Rico1304]

Channel 4 now.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Channel 4 now.

What?

[Rico1304]

What?

Programme about PC. Pretty good, worth catching up certainly.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Programme about PC. Pretty good, worth catching up certainly.

Trevor fucking Phillips?  I think I'll pass.

 

 

Is this a fair critique?

Has Political Correctness Gone Mad? 

9pm, Channel 4

Trevor Phillips delivers another unhelpful polemic. He rehearses the canard that stopping minority groups being demonised has infringed ordinary people’s freedoms; trivial instances of uncertainty or ambiguity are held up as evidence that the effort to curb hate speech has overreached. This mythical suppression is then blamed, to the exclusion of other factors, for Brexit/Trump: he says we gave anti-immigrant views too little attention, not too much. Jack Seale

[skend04]

Trevor fucking Phillips? I think I'll pass.

 

 

Is this a fair critique?

Has Political Correctness Gone Mad? 9pm, Channel 4

Trevor Phillips delivers another unhelpful polemic. He rehearses the canard that stopping minority groups being demonised has infringed ordinary people’s freedoms; trivial instances of uncertainty or ambiguity are held up as evidence that the effort to curb hate speech has overreached. This mythical suppression is then blamed, to the exclusion of other factors, for Brexit/Trump: he says we gave anti-immigrant views too little attention, not too much. Jack Seale

 

"It's political correctness gone mad I tell you!"

[Sputnik1]

I need an app on my iPhone that updates me each week with the new words I cannot use and the replacements for them if necessary because I just cannot keep up.

 

I was raised to respect people no matter their gender, colour or race etc. It was a pretty simple formula, treat me ok and I will treat you ok. Now I am often left confused (not in that way) as to what to say or do in case I offend some 'minority majority' it's fucking stupid. 

 

So until I get the PC App I need so dearly I will just treat everyone with disdain, yeah I mean everyone no matter what or who they are. Well obviously not attractive women, I mean I'm not that daft. 

[Rico1304]

Trevor fucking Phillips? I think I'll pass.

 

 

Is this a fair critique?

Has Political Correctness Gone Mad? 9pm, Channel 4

Trevor Phillips delivers another unhelpful polemic. He rehearses the canard that stopping minority groups being demonised has infringed ordinary people’s freedoms; trivial instances of uncertainty or ambiguity are held up as evidence that the effort to curb hate speech has overreached. This mythical suppression is then blamed, to the exclusion of other factors, for Brexit/Trump: he says we gave anti-immigrant views too little attention, not too much. Jack Seale

From the Guardian?

 

I didn't know Trevor Philips was heavily involved in the Remain campaign.

 

The section with the uni students was good, as was the artist depicting 'MICIS'.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I'm just a bit put off by that half-arsed, intellectually dishonest hatchet job he did on British Muslims last time he was given a documentary to make.

 

I'm disinclined to give him another hour of my life to waste; "fool me once" and all that.

[Mook]

LGBTQIA?

 

Let's be honest, if it's a full Scrabble hand, it's not really an acronym any more.

https://www.socialworkhelper.com/2013/07/25/alphabet-soup-the-story-of-lgbtqia/

 

Lesbian: A female- identified person who is attracted romantically, physically, or emotionally to another female-identified person.

 

Gay: A male-identified person who is attracted romantically, physically, or emotionally to another male-identified person.

 

Bisexual: Individuals who are attracted to both men and women romantically, physically, or emotionally.

 

Transgender: Individuals whose biological sex is different than the gender with which they identify. Sometimes the term “born in the wrong body” is used, however this depends on the individual’s preference.

 

Transsexual: Transsexual individuals have physically altered their body in order to better match their gender identity. It is a term that refers to biology, not to identity necessarily, and it is indicative of a change in one’s physiology.

 

Queer: queer is an all-inclusive term referencing lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transpeople, and intersex persons.

*It was previously a derogatory term in the 1980s, however, it has currently been reclaimed when referring to the LGBTQIA community. Queer attempts to reject the idea that the labels of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender are able to explain any one person’s identity.

 

Intersex: Someone whose physical sex characteristics are not categorized as exclusively male or exclusively female.

 

Asexual: A person who is not attracted to anyone or does not have sexual orientation.

 

 

 

It's reaching the point where it might just be easier to drop the labels and address to people by their names.

 

I've found a way of circumnavigating this issue by referring to everyone as a 'big fucking poof'.

 

Problem solved although my Mother in Law isn't over the moon about it.

[Jim MM]

I've found a way of circumnavigating this issue by referring to everyone as a 'big fucking poof'.

 

Problem solved although my Mother in Law isn't over the moon about it.

It might be that she's a big fucking poof, they get very odd when normal people try to help, but her problem is most likely that she's a woman.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Political correctness is for puffs

[Bjornebye]

I need an app on my iPhone that updates me each week with the new words I cannot use and the replacements for them if necessary because I just cannot keep up.

 

I was raised to respect people no matter their gender, colour or race etc. It was a pretty simple formula, treat me ok and I will treat you ok. Now I am often left confused (not in that way) as to what to say or do in case I offend some 'minority majority' it's fucking stupid.

 

So until I get the PC App I need so dearly I will just treat everyone with disdain, yeah I mean everyone no matter what or who they are. Well obviously not attractive women, I mean I'm not that daft.

You've managed to offend 43 million people there. Bravo

[Sugar Ape]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45899784

 

Kleenex bins 'Mansize' tissues

 

 

 

Kleenex is scrapping "Mansize" branding from its tissue boxes after 60 years on the shelves as consumers called it out for being sexist.

 

The company said the tissues would now be called "Extra Large".

 

The change comes as one customer questioned the firm after her four-year-old son asked if "girls, boys and mummies" can use them.

 

Kleenex didn't confirm a release date but told shoppers to "keep an eye out" for the new boxes.

 

Kleenex For Men first launched in 1956, offering an alternative to large cotton handkerchiefs that were still popular at the time, and claiming to "stay strong when wet".

 

Online critics tweeted Kleenex to ask them why its products still used the term "Mansize", saying "the world is changing" and that "it is 2018".

 

 

Hi @Kleenex_UK. My 4yo son asked me what was written here. Then he asked, why are they called mansize? Can girls, boys & mummies use them? I said: I don’t know & yes of course. He suggests you should call them “very large tissues”. It is 2018 pic.twitter.com/SeOg32RsDV

— Lisa Hancox (@LisaMHancox) October 10, 2018

Really @Kleenex ? Do women have different colds to men which mean they have different tissues? pic.twitter.com/fbwv3ZrTBp

— Douglas Butt (@dougpeterbutt) October 7, 2018

In this day and age, is it right for @Kleenex_UK to have a product that is MANsized? The world is changing maybe they should too? #BOUCRY

— Waseem (@Bennydiction6) October 1, 2018

 

Kleenex thanked customers for their concern and confirmed the new "Extra Large" labelling.

The BBC has approached Kleenex for comment, but the company has yet to respond.

 

However, in a statement given to the Daily Telegraph, a spokesman for its parent company, Kimberly-Clark, said the firm was registering "a consistent increase of complaints on gender concern".

 

He added: "Kimberly-Clark in no way suggests that being both soft and strong is an exclusively masculine trait, nor do we believe that the Mansize branding suggests or endorses gender inequality.

 

"Nevertheless, as we remain committed to developing the best possible products for our consumers and take any feedback extremely seriously, we decided to renovate our current product and update the product subbrand as Kleenex Extra Large."

 

Stronger regulation

 

The Advertising Standards Authority - which regulates adverts in the UK - told the BBC it had not received any complaints about the product, but it was carrying out "a significant amount of work around gender stereotypes in ads".

 

Plans include setting new standards on adverts that feature stereotypical gender roles or characteristics, and cracking down on those which mock people for not conforming to stereotypes.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Quite right too.

I've always been offended by the suggestion that just because I'm a man I've got a massive snotty conk.

[cloggypop]

I've used up all my tissues 'cause there's more serious of issues

[chris71]

Thought they were for catching spunk ? 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

They should just call them Paper Mucus Tissues.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

I look forward to the marketing campaign for the newly rebranded Kleenex Jizz Rags.