political correctness

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Yes. These people are ducks. They should have two of the various proofs explained to them. If they still don't get it they should be eaten for Thanksgiving.

how the daylight rises and sets at a particular time in different time zones and how the movement of the sun also appears ecliptical.

also how many of the planetary objects in the sky all appear circular..

plus most importantly why no one has fallen off the planet with the technology at our disposal from planes, walk abouts, cars and boats...

i really want to cry when i hear that famous comment.

Originally posted by Wild Shadow
my response is: have you ever flown and looked at the horizon how it curves..

Don't trust planes. Think about it: birds fly because they weigh so little but planes weigh a lot. It reeks of a cover up. Most likely what you see out the window is a video screen.

Originally posted by Wild Shadow
how the daylight rises and sets at a particular time in different time zones

Ah, but have you ever been in two time zones at once! Of course not. Conveniently you can't be in two at the same time. They're something that was made up to support the ridiculous notion of a spherical Earth.

Originally posted by Wild Shadow
and how the movement of the sun also appears ecliptical.

Why shouldn't the movement of the sun around the Earth be elliptical!

Originally posted by Wild Shadow
also how many of the planetary objects in the sky all appear circular..

Yes, like a disk. The proof of the flat Earth mounts!

Originally posted by Wild Shadow
plus most importantly why no one has fallen off the planet with the technology at our disposal from planes, walk abouts, cars and boats...

Because the edges are carefully guarded by the government to keep people from seeing them. They're at the "arctic" and the "antarctic". Think about it, they're in opposite places but they're exactly the same environment? Suspicious. A more reasonable explanation is that it's all one long edge, folded through a wormhole.

what i really want is a fundamentalist creationist who believes in the flat earth to debate with an astronaut like neal armstrong or buzz..

i've seen the face of an archeologist and its priceless now i want an astronaut

buzz aldren punched a moon landing denier in the face, I imagine similar results for the flat earth crowd

see what i mean about freedom of speech but also being consequences?

yea, that has also been exactly what myself, sym and bardock have been arguing. there is nothing PC about calling people on their BS, such as, when someone thinks Asian people need to have a type of forced population control to stop their breeding

Originally posted by inimalist
buzz aldren punched a moon landing denier in the face, I imagine similar results for the flat earth crowd

That's pretty cool.

Mythbusters did a thing on the moon landing. They busted all of the major myths.

Originally posted by inimalist
yea, that has also been exactly what myself, sym and bardock have been arguing. there is nothing PC about calling people on their BS, such as, when someone thinks Asian people need to have a type of forced population control to stop their breeding

Originally posted by Wild Shadow
of course not you can call out who ever you want just make sure that you do more then call him out when they answer the call.. 😉

answer the call? like making a new thread about how I feel victimized by people calling me out on my opinions?

Originally posted by dadudemon
That's pretty cool.

Mythbusters did a thing on the moon landing. They busted all of the major myths.

lol, slow day for myths? or was it the low hanging fruit episode.

did palin overstep herself with crosshairs when talking about politicians?

http://vodpod.com/watch/3297539-christian-flat-earth-extremist-half-gov-sarah-palin-advocates-violence

start watching at 3:50

Political correctness is society's way of of sweeping predjudices that will forever exist (no matter what they are) under the carpet so that those who can comfortably put their head in the sand can feel like the world is becoming a kinder and gentler place.

If you paint a rotten wood plank white, you hide the rot...for a while...by the time you see it again the board is finished. Political correctness hides the rot.

If you expose the rot, you either replace it or repair it. Hiding what others think does not change what they think. Dressing up phrases does not change the fact the the person is picking the exact right words to comfort an uncomfortable feeling, situation or belief.

If I offend someone, I try and find out what offends them. If I am sensitive to their beliefs or feelings, instead of being politically correct, I will try to address the situation. However, If I am not sympathetic, I will not pretend to be. I will not call a white dude who hates blacks a "proud caucasion rights activist" nor will I call a black man who hates white people a "racially empowering African American".

I will call each as they are...douche bags. And I won't be terribly upset if I offend either one of them, or any that proscribe to their beliefs.

Originally posted by inimalist
lol, slow day for myths? or was it the low hanging fruit episode.

It's not like their myth busting is usually incredibly deep.

Originally posted by KharmaDog
Political correctness is society's way of of sweeping predjudices that will forever exist (no matter what they are) under the carpet so that those who can comfortably put their head in the sand can feel like the world is becoming a kinder and gentler place.

If you paint a rotten wood plank white, you hide the rot...for a while...by the time you see it again the board is finished. Political correctness hides the rot.

If you expose the rot, you either replace it or repair it.

Your analogy doesn't work. You began by claiming that these prejudices will exist forever, evidently you can't repair the wood (but you can replace it, which would be the analogy for killing all the racists I guess). Now we can either live in a nice looking piece of rotten wood or a rotten looking piece of rotten wood that we can't do anything about.

funny how ppl use PC do be sensitive to ppl and not insult or hurt ppl's feelings but they dont feel nothing wrong with insulting and singling out ppl who think different or say something different..

example: hillary duff says dont use the word gay but in the same commercial uses gay to insult the person to prove her point..

now cigarettes commercials sponsored by educational sponsors who also make the dont be prejudice dont be judgmental etc etc.. they single out negatively the person who smokes by having them shunned for his habit and singled out..

anyways what always gets to me is if i swear and say F#@#@... @$$hole,, f@g...!!sh#$ etc etc you have some one say it isnt very nice to say that or name call ppl using profanity and derogatory language is a sign of poor grammatical skills and a limited mind it shows you ignorance etc etc.. now keep in mind that you are not calling this person a name directly yet this person who wants you to be PC and not hurt ppl's feeling just outright singled you out and insulted you but some how its okay b/c he is being subversive in his response.

PC/hypocrisy

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Your analogy doesn't work. You began by claiming that these prejudices will exist forever,

They may not exist for ever, they'll just be replaced with new ones.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
evidently you can't repair the wood (but you can replace it, which would be the analogy for killing all the racists I guess).

I'm just saying that hiding something doesn't make it go away. But if you want to go a different direction with it to try and prove your own point..,well I am not going to get my knickers in a twist over it.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Now we can either live in a nice looking piece of rotten wood or a rotten looking piece of rotten wood that we can't do anything about.

Wow, you make reality seem so harsh.

Originally posted by KharmaDog
They may not exist for ever, they'll just be replaced with new ones.

Thus, prejudice never goes away. You can't fix the wood.

Originally posted by KharmaDog
Wow, you make reality seem so harsh.

I don't want to sugar-coat your own philosophy you.

Originally posted by Wild Shadow
funny how ppl use PC do be sensitive to ppl and not insult or hurt ppl's feelings but they dont feel nothing wrong with insulting and singling out ppl who think different or say something different..

example: hillary duff says dont use the word gay but in the same commercial uses gay to insult the person to prove her point..

now cigarettes commercials sponsored by educational sponsors who also make the dont be prejudice dont be judgmental etc etc.. they single out negatively the person who smokes by having them shunned for his habit and singled out..

Second hand smoke hurts people. Racism hurts people. Telling people not to smoke or be racist doesn't hurt people. These are thing we should tell people not to do.

As inimalist and I have said several times, not are judgments and discrimination are equal.

If we apply your reasoning then imprisoning someone for murder is bad because it is hypocritically taking rights from someone in response to them infringing on someone else's rights. Your analysis is incredibly naive.

Wait let me make that less PC. You're a ****ing moron.

Originally posted by Wild Shadow
anyways what always gets to me is if i swear and say F#@#@... @$$hole,, f@g...!!sh#$ etc etc you have some one say it isnt very nice to say that or name call ppl using profanity and derogatory language is a sign of poor grammatical skills and a limited mind it shows you ignorance etc etc.. now keep in mind that you are not calling this person a name directly yet this person who wants you to be PC and not hurt ppl's feeling just outright singled you out and insulted you but some how its okay b/c he is being subversive in his response.

If you just stand somewhere and scream profanities at people then, yes, something is seriously wrong with your brain. I can't imagine why you would claim differently.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Thus, prejudice never goes away. You can't fix the wood.

I don't want to sugar-coat your own philosophy you.

It's magical wood, it gets better by hitting it with a hammer. AoE-style

Originally posted by Bardock42
It's magical wood, it gets better by hitting it with a hammer. AoE-style

See. You know the deal.

Glad to see ome oldschoolers on the board still.