'It's PC gone mad!'

Its going to be hard to give an example that isnt down to personal experience or hear say but in general experience.

People become a bit "goody goody" when it comes to being pc and may have certain emotions about say ethnic groups but by hiding their emotions and getting worked up when someone else says something to said ethnic group/s it makes them feel better.

My dad was jilted at the altar by a black woman so now he sometimes gets really upset around black people and angry, hes not racist but at least he doesnt hide his feelings he knows the people around him are innocent but cant help previous experience, thats not racism.

However other people with similar experience may get defensive about black people to cover up their own experiences.

But blah blah blah I have no idea what I am getting at so this post is pretty much garbage lol.

Eh? What do you call them collectively then? The (male) coaches of the sport I play call us 'ladies' and none of us have a problem with it. I wouldn't like it if they called us 'girls', because since we're grown adults it would come across as a bit patronising, but really, 'ladies' just seems like the common sense thing to say. Can't imagine how anyone could think it was sexist.

Yeah, that's because it's not a technical term, isn't it?

No I'm not, and you miss my point. I figured as much people wouldn't care, but it's still annoying how it keeps changing, which is what I'm annoyed at. Please don't flatter yourself and think I'm in some sort of save the half caste protest group. I'm just annoyed that we can't use and stick with one word, and this is not limited to half caste people, but black people, disabled people etc.

That phrase has become an excuse for everything.

"Apparently now we're not allowed to demand our children go to a school with no blacks, Jews, Muslims or gays !! PC gone mad lol!!111!".

I asked that, and they said we should refer to each individual by name, or else we should say "women".

I see your point, but what are you exactly trying to get at here.

You're self-assured and in PC terms, that would be offensive to me.

In more `real` terms, that is essentially a `**** off! Do your history research before you ever try to argue such a corner...`

I don't care for a save the half-caste group. The fact that your using the word so casually is rather worrying, too.

The word used to describe someone who is of mixed racial heritage/descent is, quite simply, `Mixed`. That's fine. It was also fine to call us `mulatto`. It was also fine to call us `half-caste`. My point? Society changes the word based on what it sees as appropriate for the social and political definitions of the time. It's not something as trivial and childish as undecisiveness (as you are arguing at the baseline), more as just society's view on the current situation.

By having this mindset, you are only strenghtening the cause and following of what you seek to bring and end and/or justification to. It's better that you **** off for a bit and come back after you've learned a bit more about how society works. Not being nasty here, this is something we must all do.

...yet the actual point of the letter was to tell me due to having Carribean descent I should have extra classes! And then I had a "helper" sit in my English class, despite that being my best subject and I was in top set. And I'm going to uni to study it! Pfft.

Apparently now we're not allowed to demand our children go to a school with no blacks, Jews, Muslims or gays !! PC gone mad lol!!111!".

Seriously? That's mad.

Basically, I couldn't care less how we address other and what is politically correct and what isn't. What I'm annoyed at is that what ever word is assigned, will eventually become politically incorrect as some people, but not all, will take offence to it, probably because people will start using it in offensive ways. You said you don't care, yet you also said you find it worrying that I am using the term "half caste"so casually. Make your mind up. You also told me to **** off but you weren't being nasty. In that case why use the word **** at all? Why not simply say "It's better that you go off for a bit". You are quite a hypocritical person aren't you?

In regards to your last paragraph, how do you think society decides what's fit and what isn't? They do what they think is best, and if people start becoming insulted by a word then I guess it is best to change it, but even still, do you not see how pointless it is? People will always take offence, and it's not the word that causes the offence, but how it is used. I'm sure a black person would be just as offended if I said "you stupid black skinned person" as opposed to "you stupid ******" (please note, I'm not racist, but have to use extremes to prove my point). I guess to sum up, what you are saying is correct, but it doesn't make it right and doesn't mean I should agree with it.

I'm telling you to **** off because that's what need to do. I need to do it, as well, since I need to learn a lot more about this life and find genuine concern in something before it is worth trying to invest such emotional energy into it. It doesn't help when you screw over things that don't really necessitate screwing over (no matter how mucked up that phrasing might sound )

If was hypocritical, I wouldn't be telling you to **** off right now and go do some investigation into Mixed race history. It's not nasty at all to say that, unless you are PC in mind. Wherever you go in life, the universal message of "**** off, go learn, come back, teach/discuss" is understood. If you take this in stride then you are fine. If you don't, then this `PC` mindset still has it's grasp on you. The strength of the word and its context makes it appropriate, though you may still have yet to learn this.

I have no idea if anything of what I've said is correct. I don't really care about that. ***** as a word, means as much as you want it to mean and nothing else. Skin a man down to his bones and you're the same, so who cares?

And if you do care, **** off and have a think.

Just have a guess who voted no.

Trolls, rahs and ppl who follow islam.

"Hey that guys halfe caste!"

"lol explain yuself wha yu mean wen yu say alf caste! "

half caste people get mad, changes to mixed race. But no then this becomes politically incorrect so now it's "dual heritage" which doesn't even describe half caste people only, isn't everyone from different heritages?

Basically, no matter what the word used is or what it is describing, it will always become politically incorrect because people will use it out of context or as an insult. Idiot, retard, ******, all of those used to be politically correct.

EDIT: And not only is ****** (the N word) politically incorrect but now it's considered a swear word.

I absolutely despite the sort who get offended and cry at everything.

But the worst is stuff like how schools are banning sports days because some kids will be upset at losing. Pathetic. And they often give medals to all the kids for taking part. What the hell is that about? Anyone here agree with this practice?