[Rockyrd]

Originally Posted by dillywho

I have always respected and loved RedWitch. That being said, I do have to disagree in some respects of her post.

Everyone here does not know everyone else, personally, and some may inadvertently say something (such as the Kool-Aid remark) that they will find hurtful or offensive. Hurtful words are not always intended to hurt. The Kool-Aid remark is simply defined to those who used it as "following blindly without reason or consequences, just acceptance without question". I would never INTENTIONALLY say something to hurt another. It hurts me when someone starts a comment with "Jesus Christ", but I just simply ask them to please not do it. Decent people will honor a civil request. Those who won't........well.

I grew up in Texas and could easily take offense at the term "redneck", but I don't. What is perfectly normal in one part of the country is often not in another. We refer to anyone north of the Mason-Dixon line as Yankees and the fact that they don't always see things like we do. That doesn't make them bad or good. I was once married to a "Yankee". He always just laughed and said the he was from "Southern Connecticut" because he had been in Texas for so long. People in Oklahoma are called Okies. People who attend Texas A&M are called Aggies. Amarillo has a school whose sports teams are the Rebels, with the majority of the athletes black, and they are not offended.

I can remember when the "n" word was common and NOT derogatory. It was simply descriptive of color. I remember MLK talking about the Negroes, because the term African-American had not yet been coined. Now Negro is no longer considered "PC" and is "offensive". I remember the days of segregation and didn't agree with it then and don't now. I don't agree with anyone segregating based on race be it white, black, brown, red, or any other.

I am part Indian but am not "offended" by Redskin, either. I don't care about your sexual orientation; only how you treat me as another human being. I'm still waiting to see how the PC world is going to handle the birth of babies, human or otherwise, regarding the designation of male or female at the time of birth.

I still say Merry Christmas and am comfortable doing so. I am not offended if someone wishes me a Happy Hanukkah or whatever they celebrate.

I just would like to see a return to the days when we were not expected to walk on eggshells for fear of "offending or the possibility of hurting someone".

Maybe I'm just "redneck" enough not to know I'm supposed to take offense at being white, female, heterosexual, and believe in God.

I must be lucky or stupid.

I never ever have felt the need to be PC. I think that is a "political" condition and people tell you that.

I grew up in the 40s and 50s when younsay the N word was acceptable...well, I never used it. I grew up around blacks, Spanish and a host of races and religions. I coached basketball and had every race play for me. I never needed to have anyone tell me what was PC. I never had to even think about it frankly, but I tended to shut out labels, and still do. Make no mistake..PC is another label.

Unless we allow others to tell us we shouldn't say or not say, we are innately good people. Time has not changed anything, we just have a sped up communications and nothing is different. Those who tell you there is a PC problem want us to have a PC problem. Most of our problems are NOT racial, NOT religious and we simply refuse to engage with each other to solve the issues.