White people who walk on eggshells

[Jimmy Higgins]

When you insult someone, you don't get to decide how insulted they should be, or how they should react.

Even if they over-react, then an apology remains in order.

If your insult leads to action that genuinely imperils your career, then you really should have thought much harder before insulting someone. And if someone reports your insult to your boss/principal/supervisor/mother/whoever, and their report is an overreaction, then you can simply defend yourself with the facts - so your career isn't really in peril at all. If the facts are insufficient as a defence, then either your insult was worse than you are admitting; or you are better off getting out from under an unfair regime anyway.

Uh, he didn't think it was an insult at the time.

He should have known better.

It was a mistake. He probably intended it to include her in on the conversation and obtain more diverse perspectives on the topic. Isn't one of the benefits according to PC liberal theory about diversity based on skin color and ethnicity that you get a greater variety of opinions and perspectives on things?

Exactly. Perspectives on issue are only based on skin color. You have clearly figured out the "PC Liberal theory".

It was probably having that drilled into his head by the diversity coordinator or the PC liberal culture that led to the innocent mistake.

Exactly. Make certain you ask the blacks about how blacks feel about something. That is rule #3 in PC Liberal Theory as explained in PC Liberal Theory for Dummies by Penguin Publishing.

 

[Bronzeage]

[Q
Insult requires consent. If I'm the apparent intended victim of an insult and I do not consent to being insulted then I've not been insulted. It's not like a punch in the nose which is physical.

You are confusing insult and offense. It is possible to be insulted and not be offended.

There have been many times I have been insulted, but failed to take offense because my sense of superiority led me to dismiss the insulter as insignificant and not worthy of more thought than had already been expended.

Being white helps, too.

 

[Derec]

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Neil Gaiman is full of shit on this. PC has nothing to do with "treating other people with respect". There are two huge problems with PC:
- hypersensitivity to perceived slights, like the Chinese mailman in the Seinfeld clip. The whole notion of "microaggressions" is born out of this - correcting black students grammar, being opposed to so-called "affirmative action", using words like "melting pot" are all considered "microaggressions" these days.
- asymmetry: PC only works one way. Black comedians are still allowed to make jokes about whites. Black radio stations, even those owned by major companies like CBS, are allowed to use racist slurs against whites with impunity.

 

[Crazy Eddie]

I'm Polish, no ever asks me anything.

Do you actually CELEBRATE Pulaski day or is it just another contrived excuse to have a three-day weekend?

 

[Crazy Eddie]

It's difficult to keep track of all the myriad words that are supposedly racial slurs.

Not really. It mostly depends on who you're talking to and what they're talking about when they say it.

Also, depends on the listener not being an idiot.

Being white helps, too.

I am offended at myself for finding that funny.

 

[braces_for_impact]

I'm Polish, no ever asks me anything.

Do you actually CELEBRATE Pulaski day or is it just another contrived excuse to have a three-day weekend?

Bitch, I eat perogi and kiszka while I drink Zywiec! *Drops mic*

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Neil Gaiman is full of shit on this. PC has nothing to do with "treating other people with respect". There are two huge problems with PC:

You mean you find two huge problems with how some people regard PC?

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

[Q
Insult requires consent. If I'm the apparent intended victim of an insult and I do not consent to being insulted then I've not been insulted. It's not like a punch in the nose which is physical.

You are confusing insult and offense. It is possible to be insulted and not be offended.

There have been many times I have been insulted, but failed to take offense because my sense of superiority led me to dismiss the insulter as insignificant and not worthy of more thought than had already been expended.

Being white helps, too.

I guess you're right but it seems like a moot distinction. Maybe it's just like stepping in dogshit. It's an annoyance. You've got to react somehow because you don't want to track it into the house or the car. Maybe you get a bit peeved, not really offended, not really insulted, just prefer not stepping into more dogshit.

 

[fromderinside]

You are confusing insult and offense. It is possible to be insulted and not be offended.

There have been many times I have been insulted, but failed to take offense because my sense of superiority led me to dismiss the insulter as insignificant and not worthy of more thought than had already been expended.

Being white helps, too.

I guess you're right but it seems like a moot distinction. Maybe it's just like stepping in dogshit. It's an annoyance. You've got to react somehow because you don't want to track it into the house or the car. Maybe you get a bit peeved, not really offended, not really insulted, just prefer not stepping into more dogshit.

Hey if you were punched by a fist loaded with dog shit must you respond then. I'm thinking Gandhi would say no.

 

[Bronzeage]

You are confusing insult and offense. It is possible to be insulted and not be offended.

There have been many times I have been insulted, but failed to take offense because my sense of superiority led me to dismiss the insulter as insignificant and not worthy of more thought than had already been expended.

Being white helps, too.

I guess you're right but it seems like a moot distinction. Maybe it's just like stepping in dogshit. It's an annoyance. You've got to react somehow because you don't want to track it into the house or the car. Maybe you get a bit peeved, not really offended, not really insulted, just prefer not stepping into more dogshit.

It's more like someone drops a dog turd in my path and I step over. My shoes are clean and he has dog shit on his fingers.