02-02-20, 08:38 AM
(31-01-20, 02:37 AM)Grahamm link Wrote: [quote author=Slaninar link=topic=25900.msg308758#msg308758 date=1580408662]
Anyway, that's what happens when political correctness overcomes the common sense.
"I started imagining a world in which we replaced the phrase 'politically correct' wherever we could with 'treating other people with respect' "
- Neil Gaiman.
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Respect is not the same as doublespeak. Recently I came across this:
https://hbr.org/2015/10/what-to-do-and-s...ganization
Suppose now people don't get fired, they get "affected by reorganization"?!
When US kills women and children, it's "collateral damage".
To me such things look like adding insult to injury, not showing any respect. Not really.
I may be conservative, but find it hard to see how a person's gender can be "other". Pick one for God sake!
Can imagine a white guy from South Africa, getting a US citizenship and getting insulted when not referred to as "African American". Might make a decent Monty Python sketch.
Most things done in a hurry need to be done again - patiently.