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Isn't treating people from different cultures and races as individuals, rather than using tired and lazy stereotypes to insult them all a sign of a civilised and intelligent approach. I've said before on here that I have had the honour of working with people from China, Syria, Palestine, Iran and Iraq. These were some of the most intelligent, caring, thoughtful and cultured people I have ever met. I'm sure there are plenty of nasty, vindictive, greedy and ignorant b*****ds in those countries too. Which, on balance, would make their people very much like the English, Americans, Australians, Germans, French etc, etc, etc...
BBIn what way do you HAVE "to treat people of a different race with more political correctness than you show to people of your own race"?Give us some examples? Do you mean being expected not to call Jews "greedy"? Or being expected not to call blacks "lazy niggers"?
It's not about being being too precious. It's about not accepting (and reproducing) crass stereotypes and treating people equally. I do that until I have the time or opportunity to judge them as a person."You can't even say darky anymore, you have to treat them as people apparently. Back when they first got off the boat in the 60s everyone called them darky"If standing up against this type of shite makes me a do-gooder, liberal, busy-body, pansy collector then so be it.
Wellred, please take this opportunity to leave society.Treating people with respect, as individuals rather than collective groups is what mattersA similar thing has been highlighted in the press today where a Labour MP and front bencher tweeted a picture of a white van in front of a house with several England flags hanging up. The tweet was interpreted as snobbish and out of touch. She's now been sacked/resigned as a result.And that's the point - making rash comments and assumptions based on stereotype is not acceptable in public life, and increasingly not in any walk of life. It's about decisions being made based upon intelligence and a society of equality and fairness, not the 'I'm alright Jack' attitude generated by the dead witch. And not the us and them attitude demonstrated throughout history but now increasingly challenged by society. Yes, those who choose to remain intellectually in the 1970s can whine and moan about the PC brigade, but sooner or later you'll realise that it's you who are out of touch and always have been wrong.
BBIn what way do you HAVE "to treat people of a different race with more political correctness than you show to people of your own race"?Give us some examples? Do you mean being expected not to call Jews "greedy"? Or being expected not to call blacks "lazy n**gers"?
There are a few greedy buggers at work, and there are a few lazy ones too. All of them are spoke of as such, and know peoples opinions of them. It would be taboo to speak of such if they were of a different race though.
made a statement weve all said or thought
And that is what is wrong with society today.
Quote from: Bentley Bullet on November 21, 2014, 06:04:03 pmThere are a few greedy buggers at work, and there are a few lazy ones too. All of them are spoke of as such, and know peoples opinions of them. It would be taboo to speak of such if they were of a different race though. I'm afraid you might have a some sort of paranoia complex where you think liberal do-gooders are protecting black people from being called lazy. Where have you picked this up from? It certainly doesn't exist in reality.Quote from: acko on November 21, 2014, 05:38:20 pm made a statement weve all said or thought Can safely say I've never achieved the triple crown that Mackay did whether in private or public.Quote from: Wellred on November 21, 2014, 04:34:28 pmAnd that is what is wrong with society today.Aye, equality has always been society's biggest problem. Never mind terrorism, sexual assault, inequality, environmental destruction, it's those bloody do-gooders terrorising the streets with all their respect each other nonsense.