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Jeremy said:
I think PC has become terribly overblown. Sure, I believe 'nigger', and racial slurs like that are very offensive. However I'm amazed as to how many people find 'black', 'mexican', and even 'asian' to be equally as offensive. Am I the one that's backwards?

This may not have much to do with political correctness, but I've found that fraternities are offended when they're referred to as 'frats'. It's shorter! Also on campus, student governments get mad when residence halls are referred to as dorms. Our society takes so much offense to these things, yet look at what's on TV.



I'm with Jeremy on this one. I think political corectness is one of those good ideas that has been taken to an unreasonable extreme in some cases. That myth about words never hurting that kids are brainwashed with is a load of malarky. Words do hurt, and there's nothing wrong with cautioning people not to insult others accidentaly - because you never know what someone will find insulting. However, there are many examples of PCness being taken way too far.

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