Re: More Holiday Political Correctness

On 2024-12-08 10:44 PM, moviePig wrote:

On 12/8/2024 8:28 PM, Rhino wrote:

On 2024-12-08 4:29 PM, moviePig wrote:

On 12/8/2024 2:52 PM, Rhino wrote:

On 2024-12-08 1:13 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

I'm sick of the libs scolding me for wishing people "Happy Honda Days"
because I could offend families that celebrate Toyotathon.
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What do the wokies expect me to say? Am I required to just wish everyone a
Happy Generic Winter Car Sale?

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Just wish people a Merry Christmas - unless you know for a fact they don't celebrate Christmas - and be done with it. I'll bet the only people you offend are the "progressives" who THINK *other* people will be offended. Fuck the "progressives" and the horses they rode in on!

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The issue would seem to be whether potential offense was purposely ignored.  E.g., blacks say "nigger" all the time, but *you* can't, simply because you *know* you can't.  So, Mrs. Goldstein won't be offended when your 5-year-old wishes her a "Merry Christmas", or even when *you* do if she thinks you're fresh off the boat...

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I truly wish your lot would STOP taking offence on behalf of other people. The world would get dramatically better if you did. Give people their own voice and agency and let THEM express offence if THEY feel it. And if they don't, shut the fuck up and let it be.

 Because if they're offended they'll *say* so ...right?
 

You have really got a bad case of Saviour Syndrome don't you? Only YOU are "brave" enough to stand up for the (verbally) oppressed as those poor timid souls are quaking in their boots whenever someone says anything that could be construed as even vaguely negative in their presence....
Why don't you ASK THEM FIRST if they feel offended by whatever remark you heard before sticking your nose into their affairs and scolding the person who said it? You might very well be astonished to find that they were not offended at all!
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Rhino