Donnadogsoth Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 Lauren Conrad Bans The Words 'Skinny' And 'Slim' From Her Website: Preach, Sisterhttp://www.msn.com/en-ca/lifestyle/smart-living/lauren-conrad-bans-the-words-skinny-and-slim-from-her-website-preach-sister/ar-BBkz54I?ocid=mailsignoutWell, what's next? Political correctness isn't a move to stop offending people, it's a move to stop noticing differences. If the PC police can edit out "man" and "woman" they will. You know they will. Gender-bending anti-offensive whatever is part of the Blob that is eating Western Civilisation, and plenty of University-trained "thought leaders" are cheering it on. Men/women, heterosexual/homosexual, up/down, these things are only held in place so long as they are useful, and the moment they are not they, like the Vagina Monologues, will be crossed out and relegated to the unseen dustbin of history. The goal is to create people incapable of noticing anything except whatever fishing lures are put next to their mouths. We will then be absorbed into and digested by the Blob in a Year Zero future.
J. D. Stembal Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 What about the words athletic, muscular, and fit? Is lanky acceptable? How about toned? Can someone be labelled a waif? What about the ectomorphs? Will they ever think of the people with eating disorders? I'm curious... doesn't the phrase Year Zero connote the second coming of Jesus Christ - like Book of Revelations type happenings, or am I mistaken?
Jeridan Kowal Posted June 3, 2015 Posted June 3, 2015 Oh boy, I can hardly wait for the Newspeak to spread.Wont it be grand once your vocabulary is so limited all sentences will be free from oppressive negative words?How doubleplus good!
fractional slacker Posted June 3, 2015 Posted June 3, 2015 The goal of "progressives:" mono syllabic safe-space words only. All other words will be known only by their first letter eg F word, N word, L word, S word. Esperanto 2.0.
hannahbanana Posted June 3, 2015 Posted June 3, 2015 Unless I'm missing something, it seems like there's a disconnect between the messages that are trying to be put across...the first, that you shouldn't be ashamed of your body, and the second, that certain words shouldn't be used because it makes people ashamed of their bodies. You can have one, but not both...if words like "skinny" really make you ashamed of yourself, you don't really have that much confidence in your body, do you?
shirgall Posted June 3, 2015 Posted June 3, 2015 "Skinny" goes in and out of vogue, I recall my grandparents remarking that "skinny" had a bad connotation, like "skin and bones."
percentient Posted June 3, 2015 Posted June 3, 2015 OK let me try: my biceps are now quite diverse after working out for months. My bank account balance has become wonderfully unique though and I should get a real job soon.
green banana Posted June 3, 2015 Posted June 3, 2015 It must be nice living in a bubble where "bad" words are your only problem.
Alan C. Posted June 3, 2015 Posted June 3, 2015 Left-liberalism is the philosophy of responsibility avoidance. Purging words in this manner is an attempt to erase any indication or reminder of failure. In psychology, it's known as leveling. One of the more subtle but nonetheless highly effective responsibility-avoidance and manipulation tactics is “leveling.” Leveling refers to the disturbed character’s attempt to put himself on equal standing with others of different character. It generally takes two forms: setting oneself up as a person of equal stature to a person in authority; and trying to equate one’s own character, personal value, integrity, etc. with someone else’s, especially one of more mature or superior character. 2
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