They had a hell of a time with being censored for offending christians.
And now those same christians are the ones yelling loudest about "PC Culture!"
See, the whole thing comes down to whose ox is being gored. As long as it's those people then of course political correctness is bad. But when it's you, it's "WE'RE BEING OPPRESSED BECAUSE A CASHIER DIDN'T WISH ME MERRY CHRISTMAS". Their feels are hurting because there's not enough baby jesus on their coffee cups and by god, that means war!
Really, a charge of "political correctness" is just a lazy way to say you don't have a better argument.
Give back the subscribe feature so we can pay money to avoid ads. It hasn't worked in ages. I used to like to give other commenters gift subscriptions if they said something I found particularly entertaining or enlightening. It was like moderating, but with cash.
Why would you want to spoil a perfectly good Slashdot comment anti-renewable energy freakout by introducing facts?
People here would rather talk about practical technology like a manned mission to Phobos. Solar energy is just a fantasy that can't possibly ever work.
On another topic, do you have any insights into why Mein Kampf continues to be popular in the Arab and Muslim worlds?
Better question might be why it continues to be popular in parts of Northern and Central Europe and the US. Answer? Because bigotry is a chronic disease.
Oh, by the way, you can think badly of the Israeli government and policies without thinking badly of Jews. Dislike of Bibi Netanyahu does not equal antisemitism.
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They want to do their eugenics biological experimentation on men only. It's a feminazi plot. Tuskegee all over again.
Richard Dawkins is a failed science writer with too much time on his hands. He's a horrible human being.
Someone really should tell Mr Cleese that 1984 was 31 years ago.
It sounds like this is a sentiment expressed by a lot of washed-up out of work comics whose best work was decades ago.
And now those same christians are the ones yelling loudest about "PC Culture!"
See, the whole thing comes down to whose ox is being gored. As long as it's those people then of course political correctness is bad. But when it's you, it's "WE'RE BEING OPPRESSED BECAUSE A CASHIER DIDN'T WISH ME MERRY CHRISTMAS". Their feels are hurting because there's not enough baby jesus on their coffee cups and by god, that means war!
Really, a charge of "political correctness" is just a lazy way to say you don't have a better argument.
That's exactly what an AI would say.
But good luck. You have our baby in your hands. Don't drop her in the wood chipper. Slashdot is a great community.
That's the spirit. We have a lot of faith in you.
Say whipslash, are you an AI?
I'd like to see more articles about new technologies, such as BOFA.
Give back the subscribe feature so we can pay money to avoid ads. It hasn't worked in ages. I used to like to give other commenters gift subscriptions if they said something I found particularly entertaining or enlightening. It was like moderating, but with cash.
You do realize that telling me that has the opposite effect, right?
Oh. My. God.
Ten minutes? What do you do for the other eight?
Damn you!
Or orthodontia.
Have you watched any of the GOP presidential debates?
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He's training his Chinese replacement.
Why would you want to spoil a perfectly good Slashdot comment anti-renewable energy freakout by introducing facts?
People here would rather talk about practical technology like a manned mission to Phobos. Solar energy is just a fantasy that can't possibly ever work.
Better question might be why it continues to be popular in parts of Northern and Central Europe and the US. Answer? Because bigotry is a chronic disease.
Oh, by the way, you can think badly of the Israeli government and policies without thinking badly of Jews. Dislike of Bibi Netanyahu does not equal antisemitism.
The cases you've cherry-picked barely scratch the surface. They're not even the most recent examples.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-...
You Flems have dirty mouths.
You gotta keep your eye on those Flemish. They're sneaky bastards. But the Walloons are OK. You can trust a Walloon.
Wrong.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.or...
Which were outlawed in 1964, and brought back by the GOP starting in 2010.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelli...
Started in 2008, and accelerated in 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12...
You could have easily checked these things for yourself before posting.
And war crimes.
Pro 1st Amendment argument, #47.
Sure, as soon as the NRA and Republican Party support the 8th, 16th, 17th, 24th and 26th Amendments.