Political Correctness.

This morning I read an article about Washington State that made me very sad. I grew up near Seattle, and I have very close ties to the state. I love it, I think it's wonderful, I would like to live there once I get myself situated and finished with school.

But Washington has done some pretty boneheaded things the past couple years that is making me wonder if the clouds are getting to some people.

I don't mean the gay rights or the legalizing of pot (only one of those, IMO, is a real political issue, by the way), but the idiots in Olympia have some serious 'splaining to do.

The article I read this morning was about how the words "Fisherman", "Freshman" and "Penmanship" were all banned from official documents, possibly even from everyday use. They will be changed to "fisher" "First-Year student" and "Writing", respectively. This is to eliminate the masculine prominence in these words, making them more gender neutral. Seriously? These are common phrases that everyone has used at some point or another. What makes them so bad NOW? I am completely baffled at the state of our world, a world which now is apparently so nit-picky that I have to change my normally educated vocabulary.

Does this mean I can't play "Freshman" as a scrabble word anymore? Because that was a high point value word, assuming I... well, never mind.

I really don't mind some political correctness. When it comes to races, I feel that there are some terms that are very derogatory, and I can agree with eliminating them. Personally, I don't mind being called a "cracka", but apparently I'm too open minded for some people. I would like to bring up a very good point from midget comedian Brad Williams (midget is his word, quit getting all fussy). Brad points out in one of his shows that he makes fun of everyone! He leaves nobody out. What does everyone do at his shows? They laugh! of course! He's funny! Why is it that he can make a joke about (insert ethnicity) people, but I can't? dont' give me the crap that he is a comedian and I"m not, because I don't buy that.

What it all comes down to is people need to not be so dang wrapped up with individual words. It's the thought that counts, and the way something is said, not necessarily the words that are used. The next time somebody corrects me about something I said that was "politically incorrect" I think I"m going to punch them, and ask which hurt worse, the term or the fist?


http://www.ijreview.com/2013/05/49446-new-washington-state-law-bans-words-penmanship-freshman-fisherman-as-sexist/