BRIGGS wrote:PresIke wrote:I like Kanter so far for most of the same reasons, but can have done without the sexist joke, even if it made me go, "Oohh, damnnn."I'm sure some will call me a snowflake or whatever you want, but sorry...not cool with calling a boy a girl as an insult. Nope.
I'm sure some feel the same way.
Peace.
Why in the world is there a necessity to be politically correct these days? Lighten up Francis-- it was a timely comeback--relax
Firstly, I don't think it's anyone's place to tell someone how they should feel. You're entitled to your feelings, as am I. You can disagree, and that's fine, but respectfully I'd appreciate it if you would not tell me to "relax."
Secondly, this has nothing to do with being politically correct. That's a sophomoric politically charged phrase that says practically nothing subsantial due to ignormance and assumptions about what is behind it that are mostly baseless, and I have had a problem with for years. I make decisions and speak out about things like this based on treating others with respect. I am not perfect, but I try damn hard since it matters to me, and I see how it matters to others and helps in many ways with social emotional development, empathy (which we all want) and general harmony between folks. It bothers me in particular, especially, when the feelings and treatment of marginalized groups who I have also personally committed my life towards addressing professionally and ethically in places where most people won't say a thing for whatever reason are not seen from an empathetic point of view.
So, how in the heck does that make my comments politically correct? You seem to be misinformed about who I am, and I gather others if that is the line you stick to. I hope you are willing to listen to this, and if not, that's on you, but it is never about any kind of doing it just to do it because I think I'm supposed to.
A fairly simple way to approach this situation is asking whether calling a boy a girl is an insult or a compliment?
You can say, "Oh Lebron knows it's no big deal, a joke." but it that were the case then why the heck did he bother to respond to it? He took a fairly high road with his response, which was nice to hear, but even with that, the point is that it uses girls, and the name "princess" as derogatory language, which is rather ironic since there have been powerful princesses, even in pop culture (i.e. Leia) but calling a boy that is definitely intended as emasculating. Ask yourself, if you are a man, if you don't mind being called that. It's also a much more "politically correct" (using the common definition I understand it to be here) way to say the other word that starts with "p" about women that is thrown around as an insult all of the time, and is also wrong (actually I like to flip it as a compliment because women's vaginas get men to do dumb things, are extremely elastic, and so powerful they can also push out babies 
).
The message to anyone by calling someone either "P" word to girls, boys, whoever, is that being a women is weak and soft and being a man is not. That's b.s. and patriarchal propaganda aka sexim and there is no other way to put it...sorry.
Would you think it's okay for children (I work with them all day btw, and specifically on this) to insult others surrounding something like this, or adults in any other workplace?
If you say yes, I would be shocked, as these are considered offenses in school or the workplace, as it's not okay to insult people about their identities because it may very well be about just being the group you are using as a joke/insult who often has less power and privilege (access, wealth, opportunity, in positions of power, etc.) in society...i.e. people of color, poor people, women, LGBTQ folks, etc.) when no one can chose how they are born.
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11/15/2017 10:03 AM
