tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post6630381477844782664..comments2023-09-29T06:00:09.242-05:00Comments on Julie Pippert: Using My Words: Political Corrrectness: The Hump Day Hmm topic for Wednesday, July 25, 2007Julie Pipperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-12736736346789043342007-07-24T17:36:00.000-05:002007-07-24T17:36:00.000-05:00I'm afraid that with my Baby's first birthday, a c...I'm afraid that with my Baby's first birthday, a condo full of in laws, and my part time job consuming almost 30 of my hours each week this month...I'm going to miss this topic. But...its a good one!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316677018586769316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-10927672010935621432007-07-23T21:26:00.000-05:002007-07-23T21:26:00.000-05:00What a fantastic topic. Fanastic.I can't wait to ...What a fantastic topic. Fanastic.<BR/><BR/>I can't wait to see what people write. I don't think I can play this week. I just don't have time, but I will try.<BR/><BR/>I do hope that the posts will uncover another related topic for next week so that I can jump in. I have so many thoughts...Lawyer Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06819273107327846943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-16778622286131503502007-07-23T11:04:00.000-05:002007-07-23T11:04:00.000-05:00Mmmmm, everytime I have really spoken my mind in t...Mmmmm, everytime I have really spoken my mind in the blogosphere I have been forced to face the music. Call it political correctness or call it picking your battles but I don't care to play at those games right now. There is a lot of defensiveness in blogging. I am moving further and further away from provoking it in others.Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416585771017767796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-16500836721235146182007-07-23T08:03:00.000-05:002007-07-23T08:03:00.000-05:00SM, Jen, and Flutter...will you play, then? Pretty...SM, Jen, and Flutter...will you play, then? Pretty please? You guys would do awesome with this.<BR/><BR/>***<BR/><BR/>Snoskred. ACK! Where were you last week with that distinction!!! That would have been the perfect reply when the one lady said, "How can anyone not like or object to The Secret? It's just about POSITIVE thinking!" I felt like the Personal Representative for the Dark Side about then. But to say "No, it's about wishful thinking." Sigh. Day late, dollar short.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you'll add your voice to this.<BR/><BR/>***<BR/><BR/>Chani, awesome!! Can't wait to see what you bring! And thanks for the compliment. That is the one area flattery will get you anywhere with me LOL. I'm horribly vain about writing. LOL Anyway you know I loved your post, and thought it was awesome. It motivated me to this.<BR/><BR/>***<BR/><BR/>Aliki, woo hoo...yes, your post was a big motivator to get this up (yours and Chani's, both were awesome). I am excited to see what you write.<BR/><BR/>***<BR/><BR/>Christine, the point isn't to break consideration and politeness and be offensive; the point is to discuss the idea of PC in some way...and your reply here is a PERFECT post for it. Oh how I wish you would participate and elaborate on this feeling---that is exactly what I mean. You are so good at just getting right to the heart.<BR/><BR/>***<BR/><BR/>PM it is isn't it! Will you play this week? I really hope so. :)<BR/><BR/>***<BR/><BR/>Emily, that's awesome but I'll miss your post. Your comments will be good, though, so I'll console myself. :) You and Chani have come up with some great topics going forward so I think I am going to pull those together into a schedule of sorts with some flow and post that.<BR/><BR/>***<BR/><BR/>Anil, a ha! A good concept. Perhaps we can count on you to elaborate? Say...on Wednesday?Julie Pipperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-90042506663952522682007-07-22T14:05:00.000-05:002007-07-22T14:05:00.000-05:00I would term it 'the politics of correctness'.I would term it 'the politics of correctness'.Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-46052516271638929492007-07-22T10:01:00.000-05:002007-07-22T10:01:00.000-05:00excellent topic. simply excellent.excellent topic. simply excellent.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-70246279036807853522007-07-21T15:54:00.000-05:002007-07-21T15:54:00.000-05:00Oh how I love this topicOh how I love this topicflutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828689769747130419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-49008058020295931882007-07-21T15:53:00.000-05:002007-07-21T15:53:00.000-05:00I think this will be a very interesting discussion...I think this will be a very interesting discussion. I will probably be more of a reader/commenter on this one, but I will be a very engaged reader!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-77341773533160008882007-07-21T14:18:00.000-05:002007-07-21T14:18:00.000-05:00yeah but that book... the politically correct bedt...yeah but that book... the politically correct bedtime stories... it's hystericalpainted maypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446625015003854710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-31718513295414435602007-07-21T11:39:00.000-05:002007-07-21T11:39:00.000-05:00it is funny that you bring up the Secret. i just ...it is funny that you bring up the Secret. i just was having a conversation about it with someone who LOVED it. I was a little scared but went on to discuss my take on it (though I have not read it in full so she was definitely at the advantage.) but in the end it was all ok and we had a civil and interesting debate.<BR/><BR/>this is not the norm. <BR/><BR/> i am so used to tip toeing around and being pc that it has gone too far. I even said something over at emily's (wheels on the bus) that was stupidly pc, and i think i stuck my foot in it. <BR/><BR/>now don't get me wrong, i take offense at racial and ethnic and homophobic slurs, but beyond that i feel utterly silenced. notice how i have NEVER posted a blog post about politics, religion, etc? i my delve deep personally but not in other ways. i am too damn chicken. <BR/><BR/>i would love to to the hump day hmm, but i'll likely skip it and write something totally unoffensive to anyone.<BR/><BR/>sigh.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662448292809451387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-65186682657254543592007-07-21T11:05:00.000-05:002007-07-21T11:05:00.000-05:00This is an incredibly important topic--one I've be...This is an incredibly important topic--one I've been tinking about quite a bit, especially with regard to technology. Thanks for putting up a link to my post--I plan on writing more about it later, as the experience gave me so mu h to think about.Aliki2006https://www.blogger.com/profile/15763865834765963343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-81084655859899192692007-07-21T10:20:00.000-05:002007-07-21T10:20:00.000-05:00I really.. like this! You've covered it so well. I...I really.. like this! <BR/><BR/>You've covered it so well. If I would take the time and effort, perhaps I would write a post that is half as good as this one... and that is not being PC. I mean it. Your writing blows me away. <BR/><BR/>I'll think of an example and rip it apart at some point before Wednesday. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/><BR/>~Chanithailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-2819133182793039122007-07-21T10:05:00.000-05:002007-07-21T10:05:00.000-05:00FWIW I agree with you on the secret. That may be s...FWIW I agree with you on the secret. That may be surprising to some who think that I'm all about positive thought - but that isn't really what the secret is about. The Secret is about some people making an awful lot of money out of telling people WISHful thinking will get them the things they always dreamed of. Baloney. in my opinion. <BR/><BR/>I am all about positive thought but I believe it has to be combined with positive ACTION and EFFORT. Nobody will lose weight sitting on the couch spooning junk food into their mouth. Nobody will get a brand new car just by imagining themselves inside one. Sorry if that is politically incorrect, but it's the truth.<BR/><BR/>What it has done is make an awful lot of cash for the inventors of it. <BR/><BR/>I am also about negative thought - when it is necessary and there are situations when that is the case. I wouldn't tell someone to stay in a job that they hate and think positive about it. I would tell them to put *positive* effort towards finding something else, or maybe even starting their own business. <BR/><BR/>I certainly wouldn't tell a battered wife to think positively about being battered - I'd tell her to get the hell out now. <BR/>But I do believe that for much of everyday life - when nothing is life threatening or bad enough to merit being negative about - it is a good thing to be trying to look for the positives in things when we can.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to the topic so I won't get too much into it here, but I thought I would mention that about the secret. :)Snoskredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670406702782244306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-83570239348339983412007-07-21T08:53:00.000-05:002007-07-21T08:53:00.000-05:00Great topic. Important topic.Great topic. Important topic.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.com