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Hugh Lawson  
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 More options Oct 27 2012, 9:16 am
Newsgroups: alt.war.civil.usa
From: Hugh Lawson <hu.law...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:16:04 -0400
Local: Sat, Oct 27 2012 9:16 am
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Joel Edge <joele...@planttel.net> writes:
> And "shaping community life" doesn't worry you? Having a group of people
> declare themselves the verbal gate keepers shouldn't be a concern?

No. I suggest you stop worrying about it too, as a philosophical issue.  

[ snip ]

> So arguing against PC is PC? Sounds like some circular logic there.
> If I use a word that you (hypothetically) or someone else doesn't like and am
> corrected, then I tell you (hypothetically) or the verbal gate keeper to mind
> their own damn business, that is restricting their speech in some way? I'm
> sorry, I can't see it.

Yes. You made it clear earlier that you resist because you have
different political objectives.

> That brings to mind the old Dixie Chicks controversy. They got up and spoke
> their mind. Works for me. Peer pressure took care of the rest. There were
> some, after their career went to hell, that said 'how can you restrict their
> free speech' (or something of that nature)? Nope, along with free speech
> comes responsibility for that free speech. The fans that deserted them
> weren't restricting the groups free speech, they just didn't agree with it.
> Some group of gate-keepers saying 'you can't condemn them' don't get it.
> Being a well paid court-jester (Dixie Chicks) doesn't give you the option of
> pissing off the king (the public).

So the Dixie Chicks violated your version of PC, and you approve of how
they were made to pay for this.  That's how I interpret this para.

From my perspective, you want to make your PC OK, while stigmatizing
lefty PC as bad and unfair, as a general proposition.  As I see it, you
also are trying to shape community life by shaping the rules of
discussion.

I don't object to this in principle, because I know that it has always
been going on, on all sides.

And yes, I believe that you like rules that give your side a
greater advantage. Everybody does.

hl


 
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