Being a gayer...
...I come into contact with PC-ness a lot. My opinion? FUCK THAT. As long as there's no venom in what a person is saying to me then there's no problem. Oh, only other gayers and very very close friends can call me a faggot though :)

That small reservation aside, I find the extent to which PC-ness has been taken, or rather applying it in discourse, gives off an air of disingenuity and frankly I have more respect for myself and other human beings than to be so nauseatingly fawning, and to be on the receiving end of it can be intensely uncomfortable.

I say again to PC-ness - FUCK THAT - GROW A SPINE AND SAY WHAT YOU MEAN. As long as you don't get offensive, people will respect you more for it - I know I would. It's not about words, it's about attitudes.
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 13:45, 7 replies)

A friend of mine
happens to be of the lesbian persuasion. Another friend, when seeing her at work, shouts across the grounds (in front of the public) "Alright you lezzer!"


I have some very nice friends.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 13:57, closed)

Heheheheh...
...ah the British way of endearing oneself to others via jovial insults - I love it :D
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 14:09, closed)

This same crowd of friends
refer to me as the crack whore...


Now I neither like crack nor am a whore...but I do like high heeled sandals...and happened to wear them one day with skinny legged trousers...
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 14:17, closed)

well said
that is all
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 14:49, closed)

Does it annoy anyone else...
...that people use the word "gay" as a noun? As in, calling someone "a gay" rather than "a gay person".

Or for that matter, "blacks" or "whites" (doesn't work in singular does it? That make is a black, and that man is a white). Someone who can't see must be a blind.

Or am I being PC?
(Musuko, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 17:07, closed)

@ Musuko...
...not at all, though maybe a little anal. Not in a gay way though :D

I know what you mean though too - for my part, it doesn't bother me, unless there's venom in it as I've said. If I know well enough who I am, then it's all good ;)
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 18:34, closed)

truer words were never spoken
And that what it should be about. If there is no venom in a what someone says, why should it matter?

I feel bad for when I have kids... the word will be a very sad place indeed.
(Subway Riding the rails underground, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 16:50, closed)