Posts by LoveUniHateExams

Are you saying none (or few) of those complaining about political correctness are racist? - nope. You 're the one making a claim without evidence (see below).

There is a minority of people today who are racist, is that not so? - but you call many people who complain about PC 'racist'. Sorry, you don't get to do that without providing some kind of evidence in support (opinion polls or other data).

And why are you trying to lump ordinary people together with the minority of racists?

Who have I called racist? - in your own words: The problem is many of those complaining about political correctness are in fact racist or harbor some other harmful ideology - you have no data to back this claim up. Therefore, you'd do well to retract this assertion.

Ironically, someone who is chaffing at being wrongly accused of racism has some small taste of what racism feels like - but why should those who are wrongly accused of racism suffer for what actual racists say and do?

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Are You Happy With The Country You Live In?

by minimus in

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i live in the usa.

is it perfect!

nope.

LoveUniHateExams

Hi jhine, I have an aunt who lives in Kidderminster. It's quite nice where she lives.

I have to travel through Staffs to visit her. I haven't visited for two years, tho, plus I'm a bit poor at the moment so I'm not sure when I'll have enough money to see her.

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If You Criticize A Person of Color Are You A Racist?

by minimus in

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seriously, it’s getting to a point that you can’t make a negative comment about someone without being charged as a racist, homophobe or sexist!

if you criticize a female, you are obviously sexist.

if you criticize someone who happens to be gay, you must hate homosexuals.

LoveUniHateExams

The problem is many of those complaining about political correctness are in fact racist or harbor some other harmful ideology - how do you know this without linking data or poll responses to back it up?

Are you a freaking mind-reader?

And what about persons of colour who complain about political correctness? (don't fool yourself, there are people of colour out there who complain about PC culture.)

Y'see, this is a big part of the problem. People like Peaceful Pete here can call others racist, and that's it - there's no apparent need to back up these claims?!

Calling racism is the modern equivalent of a witch hunt.

And this goes against Western principles of justice. Innocent until proven guilty.

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Why are they still so obsessed with Dr Spock?

by purrpurr in

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comment in today's wt, was about dr spock, and his book "that every parent in the world read" apparently (!).

if it wasn't for the wt's obsessions with the guy i would have no idea who he was, neither i suspect would the vast majority of the congregation.

there has been a mass of parenting books written since and yet they keep harking back to this one.. do they have no idea how out of touch this makes them seem?.

LoveUniHateExams

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If You Criticize A Person of Color Are You A Racist?

by minimus in

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seriously, it’s getting to a point that you can’t make a negative comment about someone without being charged as a racist, homophobe or sexist!

if you criticize a female, you are obviously sexist.

if you criticize someone who happens to be gay, you must hate homosexuals.

LoveUniHateExams

Seriously, this PC crap don't work on me.

If I want to praise a person of colour, I will.

If I want to criticise a PoC, I will.

If I want to criticise or praise a white person, I will.

Ditto queers.

Ditto Lezzer-bians.

Ditto trannies.

Individual identity is more important than group identity.

We are all individuals first, and then we're the boxes we tick on job application forms.

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Are You Happy With The Country You Live In?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i live in the usa.

is it perfect!

nope.

LoveUniHateExams

I want to visit England! Not just London, either. I want to see Liverpool, Cornwall, and any suggestions from any of you UK people - Liverpool is a multi-ethnic city. There are some nice parts, there are some poor parts, like many other cities, I guess.

Cornwall is a county in the extreme south west of England (officially it's the Duchy of Cornwall, I think). It's very nice, I've been to a place called Lostwithiel.

Whatever you do, don't call Cornish people English - they're not. They used to have their own language that died out a century or two ago and it's currently being revived. The Cornish language (Kernow) is kinda related to the Welsh language. Before the English people came over, much of Britain, including what was to become England, was populated by tribes of people that were related to Cornish and Welsh people.

^^^ I've never been to Penzance (Pensans), Cornwall but I'd like to visit.

The Lake District is another place that's worth a visit. It is in north west England in a county called Cumbria.

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Are You Happy With The Country You Live In?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i live in the usa.

is it perfect!

nope.

LoveUniHateExams

I live in England, the UK.

Overall, I suppose I'd say I'm happy living here. I'm glad I got free state education when I was a kid - that was pretty decent.

I was ill in 2013 and had to go to hospital for 2 weeks. The NHS was brilliant.

I would seriously consider moving abroad if the opportunity came up, tho. Maybe to Canada, the US, Australia or New Zealand.

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The "Good Old Days" - what made em' good?

by Terry in

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have you ever heard the phrase:.

well, since i can't sleep tonight - you're gonna hear my version of what it means.. .

so, just suck it up and deal.. .

LoveUniHateExams

Good OP, Terry.

We tend to remember only the best parts of the past, whilst at the same time being neophobic (meaning: fear of change or anything new).

So, for me, 70s and 80s films are better than the crap Hollywood serves us today. I don't know how true that sentiment is but it's definitely my feeling.

I also think Diego Maradona, Eric Cantona and Zinedine Zidane are better soccer players than Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for the same reason.