Comments on: New frontiers in political correctness.

By: ER

ER — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 02:49:13 +0000

Its the closest historical analogue we have to the man in the White House, the party that supports him, the people who voted for him and all those still making excuses for him.

This is Trump’s GOP, now. He owns it, and they have burned their bridges behind them.

By: RL

RL — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 02:37:33 +0000

Such as calling for oppression and genocide… doing real harm to real people…
Saying things like:

“Ripping” children from their mothers arms was a long overdue deterrent.

By: RL

RL — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 02:15:29 +0000

There really is a reason for the names… they were EARNED.

It really should have given you pause when the neo-nazis chanting ‘Jews will not replace us’ were on your side.

THAT is the voice you chose… the voice that spoke to an evil our nation fought and defeated in two wars.

The side you have chosen has flat out stated they will send Kavanaugh to the SCOTUS even if he is an attempted rapist.

You dont like being judged by the voice you chose? I have bad news for you- you will be judged and cursed for it long after you shuffle off this mortal coil.

You wallowed alongside evil, ignorance, and stupidity- don’t be surprised if we point out your stench…. and you will have to live with that the rest of your life.

By: RobVG

RobVG — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 01:40:31 +0000

Well, now when there’s a disagreement we hear: racist, xenophobe, bigot, nazi hitler n/t

By: ER

ER — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:10:34 +0000

Unlike those other terms, “Job Creators” isn’t dependent on context or usage, its just plain wrong. The “Job Creators” earn their salaries, golden parachutes and bonuses by eliminating jobs, not creating them. They are paid handsomely to find ways to NOT pay Americans, by either using technology or outsourced foreign labor or lower-skilled immigrant workers to do a particular task for less money. If possible, they will even eliminate the task altogether, creating an inferior product because its cheaper. They can always count on marketing to push the resulting inferior product. Paying employees is the most uncontrollable business expense, and the one whose reduction is most prized by Capital.

This is not necessarily a pejorative comment, or a critical one. Cutting back on business expenses is the main task of any manager, its their job, what they are supposed to do. If I were a boss, I would be doing it too, and I would feel no moral impediment or hesitancy to doing so.

What I find amazing is that the victims of this dynamic, displaced workers, have somehow been convinced that it isn’t their managers and executives who are eliminating their livelihoods directly, or economic and technological trends which are doing so indirectly. Somehow, they have been conned into believing that its Liberals and “elitists” who are doing this because “they hate America.”

Every child had a pretty good shot
To get at least as far as their old man got
But something happened on the way to that place
They threw an American flag in our face

Billy Joel–”Allentown”

By: RL

RL — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:01:27 +0000

Don’t forget “Job Creators”

By: ER

ER — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 17:04:25 +0000

Self-reliance.
Enterprise.
Responsibility.
Freedom.
Liberty.
Work ethic.
Faith.
Patriotism.
Hard work.
Self-respect.
Determination.
Heritage.
Family values.
Restraint.
History.
Tradition.
Respect for Law.
Self-Denial.
Judaeo-Christian.
Western values.
Deferred gratification.
.
.

There is nothing wrong with any of those terms, or with the sentiments they refer to, UNLESS they are used in a way that implies those who disagree with you lack those qualities.

Language is a weapon. The difference between then and now is that your opponents are now armed too. Dismissing it as “political correctness” does not make it go away. You’d better get used to it.

By: RobVG

RobVG — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:12:15 +0000

Soon to become nomenclature I’m sure. n/t