by captainbryce Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:16 pm
My take on terms:
1. Christmas: people need to call things what they are. If you are going to throw a party on Christmas Eve or Christmas day and there happens to be a Christmas tree there with presents underneath and gift-giving, then it's a fucking Christmas party! Calling it a Holiday party is useless because it doesn't specify the purpose of what you are doing. Now, if your throwing an office party with a clear mix of ethnicities and religions and it has a mix of various traditional/religious symbols and customs, or no religious specific things at all then you can call it a "Holiday party". But in my experience, Holiday parties are usually Christmas parties.
2. African American: Hopefully this term will eventually DIE, but it looks like it's more likely to die a slow and painful death than a quick and easy one. There are still people who use it (although I hear it among white people and very rarely ever hear any black person refer to themselves as this). If you were born/raised in Africa and immigrated to the US, then you are "African American" regardless of what race you are. If you are "black" and live in the US, you are NOT African America! But some people still don't like the term black because it has negative connotations. It's too bad we can't reclaim the term "colored" (which most people today see as archaic and offensive). I honestly think that colored sounds more attractive than black despite the "black is beautiful" movement. When I think "colored", I think rainbows, flowes and works of art. When I think "black" I think of darkness, night, shadows, and death. But hey, who the hell am I to complain!
*speaking of ethnicity, for some reason it seems like "Jew" and "Oriental" only became offensive within the last half of my lifetime. Go figure!
3. Stewardess: This term is archaich and sexist. Not to mention the fact that they hardly do much "serving" anymore. Since there are male flight attendents (that nobody refers to as a steward), nobody should be saying stewardess anymore. Just my opinion!
4. Like George Carlin said: Midgets and dwarves are fucking midgets and dwarves. They are not "little people". CHILDREN are little people! Fat people are not "overweight" or "heavy"! An overloaded aircraft is overweight and trucks are heavy. Obese people are fucking FAT! And mentally retarded people are not "mentally challenged". A writer who has writers block and a doctor trying to find the cure for cancer are both mentally challenged! People with an extremely low IQ are retarded!
5. Queer used to be an offensive term while nowadays, homosexuals have reclaimed it as something to celebrate. "Gay" on the other had started off as a fairly benign term and homophobes are not turning into a dengrating insult by calling everythign they don't like or agree with GAY! Once again, the actions of the ignorant/intolorant necessitate the need for political correctness.
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