CNN: Political correctness leads to idiotic statement

regardless I think they were Muslims. That would explain everything.

Yes, evidently it was enough to explain that you are an idiot.

Oh go torch a car

Luv2Run wrote:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0511/06/snn.01.html

Scroll down and read carefully and you will see:

LIN: Hard to say because it's been 11 days since two African- American teenagers were killed, electrocuted during a police chase, which prompted all of this.

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Now, I had not heard the two teens were Americans. Shouldn't they be called "African-French" or were they Africans or were they French?

hey, i found your post enlightening. i mean, all this PC garbage is a waste, and organizations like CNN are trying to bring down the USA with all their PC mumbo jumbo.

word.

There is no such thing as political correctness. CAlling groups what they want to be called is not political correctness, it is basic respect. IF your name was fred but we all called you a****** it would bother you. That's all it comes down to.

KUFI wrote:

IF your name was fred but we all called you a****** it would bother you.

that was awesome

My name is Tom but I want you to call me your Daddy. Better yet I want to be call English-Irish-French-Scottish-American and if you don't call me this then you are a racist. I also will move to your town, speak a completely different language, refuse to teach my children your language, I will demand you teach class at your school in our language, I will also not work or look for work and you will pay me, then I will proceed to burn your car, beat you to death when you try to put out the fire, burn down your schools and you will apologize to me (before you die).

Tom AKA your Daddy

KUFI wrote:

There is no such thing as political correctness. CAlling groups what they want to be called is not political correctness, it is basic respect. IF your name was fred but we all called you a****** it would bother you. That's all it comes down to.

100% Agree. Your analogy certainly deserves post of the month award or something!

But I think it is rather amusing that we use "African-American" interchangably with "black," with the former being the more polite version used in formal situations. So when we see any "blacks," they're immediately "African-American," no matter where they reside...

I always did wonder one thing though. Why is it offensive to African-Americans to be called black when Caucasians are called white all the time? Just didn't know if there was any historical reasoning for that.

Tom Jenks wrote:

My name is Tom but I want you to call me your Daddy. Better yet I want to be call English-Irish-French-Scottish-American and if you don't call me this then you are a racist. I also will move to your town, speak a completely different language, refuse to teach my children your language, I will demand you teach class at your school in our language, I will also not work or look for work and you will pay me, then I will proceed to burn your car, beat you to death when you try to put out the fire, burn down your schools and you will apologize to me (before you die).

Tom AKA your Daddy

Come to Amerika!!! You will fit right in.

Tom Jenks wrote:

Better yet I want to be call English-Irish-French-Scottish-American and if you don't call me this then you are a racist.

Whoa. You're still caucasian either way so that would not classify as racist. But to the larger point:

African-Americans do not wish to be called Nigerian-Ethiopian-Kenyan-Sudanese-American (just made this up). Africa is a continent, not a country.

Wishing to be called African-American is the equivalent of you wishing to be called European-American, which I think is a perfectly reasonable request. However, since American culture is so euro-centric, most of us are European-American and it becomes unneccessary to label ourselves as such.

I want to be called what I said! You are racist. I am not Spanish or Italian. I do not want to be EUROPEAN!!!!! You are trampling my rights. I will burn your car too.

KUFI wrote:

There is no such thing as political correctness. CAlling groups what they want to be called is not political correctness, it is basic respect. IF your name was fred but we all called you a****** it would bother you. That's all it comes down to.

I'm guessing most French Arabs do not want to be called African Americans, for the simple reason that they are not African Americans. I'm white but have no desire to be called European American because my ancestors came from there 150 years ago - caucasian (I'm not sure why this word is used) or just white is fine. I have seldom seen blacks get upset over being called black, because it is not a derogatory word, whereas "yellow" or "red" do have negative connotations. It has been used in our vernacular for ages, but it is only recently that peopled have been getting weird about it. Most languages describe race by skin color, I mean bluntly put it is the most logical way.

What is really ridiculous is lumping "hispanics" into one racial group, because it lumps together whites of primarily Spanish ancestry, blacks of African ancestry via the Caribbean, and native American ancestry.

Easy everybody! get it together man! You are black, you are white, you are whatever and chill. Nobody gets the African/european BS monikers. Go home and cry in your pillow if you think you are being discriminated against. the damn uber liberals should go f themselves and the far right should as well. tell some honky jokes and tell some black jokes and laugh. relax you losers.

Clinton was not the antichrist, Bush is not either.

Anyone who vehemently hates either is a jackass.

Dr. Weathers

Rexing is training again. In trainers.

Tom Jenks wrote:

I want to be called what I said! You are racist. I am not Spanish or Italian. I do not want to be EUROPEAN!!!!! You are trampling my rights. I will burn your car too.

1. You don't seem to grasp the word "racist." That means discrimination on the basis of RACE. You are still CAUCASIAN. I could call you Swedish Amercian and it would not be racist. Incorrect, but not racist.

2. You said you wanted to be called Irish-Scottish-whatever AMERICAN. Then you say "I will burn your car too." Ummm, the riots are happening in France, not America. So that has nothing to do with the monikers of Americans.

3. Your analogy is inaccurate since, like I said, African Americans are not wishing to be called by their country of origin, only continent of origin. You are as much European as they are African. Basic SAT analogy prep will set you straight on this.

You're right, the thread kind of switched topic into the political correctness of certain names. But you are right in your post.

KUFI wrote:

There is no such thing as political correctness. CAlling groups what they want to be called is not political correctness, it is basic respect. IF your name was fred but we all called you a****** it would bother you. That's all it comes down to.

Is that so? You mean in the late 70s and early 80s when the concept of "political correctness" was being forced-fed on college campuses that was all fantasy of mine?

. wrote:

Wishing to be called African-American is the equivalent of you wishing to be called European-American, which I think is a perfectly reasonable request. However, since American culture is so euro-centric, most of us are European-American and it becomes unneccessary to label ourselves as such.

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I agree with what you've said here, and I don't oppose people being proud of their continental heritage, as cultural celebrations enrich our lives. Where I grew up, there was a strong Scandinavian community and a lot of emphasis was placed on this (especially around the holidays). But, I don't classify myself as a hyphenated-American even though I am aware of my roots.

Race is simply a qualifier to denote physical attributes, primarily skin color - let's just accept it for what it is and leave it at that. I understand the sense of pride and identity that comes with calling yourself an "Irish American" or "African American" but I'm sorry your race is white or black.

Not sure if the second part was directed towards me or not, but I was agreeing with you in your post. It was Tom Jenks I was disagreeing with.

Captain Literal (guy with no name)

Take it out of your buttocks. I believe Jenks was using sarcasm and exaggeration.

Good god man. Stop being so freaking anal.

People like you are gross.

You hate yourself don't you?

I don't spellcheck as spellcheck is for wimps.