Politically Correct has Become Dangerous

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I was told we shouldn't call random groups of men and women "guys". Certainly not "dudes". The Italians are going to have the same if not more problems since ragazzi is used to refer to a group of familiar acquaintances.

 

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Cleopatra was not Black, Egypt tells Netflix ahead of new series

Egyptian experts reacted angrily to the upcoming series, adamant that the country's most famous queen was of Greek descent and light-skinned.

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If this holds, can we go back to casting white people for white roles? Or not use an oriental for a latino role just because...

 

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Cleopatra was not Black, Egypt tells Netflix ahead of new series

Egyptian experts reacted angrily to the upcoming series, adamant that the country's most famous queen was of Greek descent and light-skinned.

www.nbcnews.com

If this holds, can we go back to casting white people for white roles? Or not use an oriental for a latino role just because...

So you could play Jordan Peterson.

 

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So you could play Jordan Peterson.

 

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So you could play Jordan Peterson.

I don't know why he gets such a bad reputation on this forum. A lot of people making judgments from afar when I'm the only one who went to see him in person only because my ex lady friend was interested in all of this self help introspection improve your life rubbish. Plus he's from my alma mater.

A talk by Jordan B. Peterson, clinical psychologist and professor in U of T’s Department of Psychology
A networking reception
Hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages

 

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Bar that kicked out customers after Bud Light controversy makes desperate plea to win back business

An Indiana bar that rejected patrons who were vocal about boycotting Bud Light is asking them to come back to the restaurant.

www.foxnews.com

 

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Richard Dreyfuss defends actors appearing in blackface and says Oscar's new diversity standards 'make me vomit'

Dreyfuss’ comments came during a wide-ranging interview on PBS’ “Firing Line With Margaret Hoover.

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“'You have to let life be life. I’m sorry, I don’t think there is a minority or majority in the country that has to be catered to like that.'

Dreyfuss’ comments continued with a defense of Laurence Olivier’s performance in the 1965 feature 'Othello,' in which the English actor played the Shakespeare lead in blackface.

'He played a Black man brilliantly. Am I being told that I will never have a chance to play a Black man? Is someone else being told that if they’re not Jewish, they shouldn’t play [in] ‘The Merchant of Venice’? Are we crazy?' Dreyfuss stated. 'This is so patronizing. It’s so thoughtless and treating people like children.'"

Not only should your race match but your religion too. Except for minorities, they're allowed to play white roles.

“'I think we’re cowards. Republicans send their children schools hoping and praying that their children will come back Republicans and Democrats send their children to school urgently praying that their children come back Democrats,' Dreyfuss said. 'The idea that a parent would walk into a public school and say, ‘I don’t want my children exposed to opposing views.’ That’s wrong.”

Group sheep think is fundamentally important for a stable society.

 

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Why Bud Light and Disney are under attack from conservatives

Conservatives say their fights against "woke" corporations are paying off.

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"At the home of Sarah Fields, a conservative activist and mum-of-three from Texas, some of America's biggest brands are no longer welcome. She cut out Disney first, turned off by children's shows featuring gay couples. Her boycotts of Olay skin products and beers from Bud Light-maker Anheuser-Busch began more recently, after she learned they had worked with transgender social media star Dylan Mulvaney."

A Texas woman who looks like that? When did she have these said 3 kids?

 

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Why Bud Light and Disney are under attack from conservatives

Conservatives say their fights against "woke" corporations are paying off.

www.bbc.com

"At the home of Sarah Fields, a conservative activist and mum-of-three from Texas, some of America's biggest brands are no longer welcome. She cut out Disney first, turned off by children's shows featuring gay couples. Her boycotts of Olay skin products and beers from Bud Light-maker Anheuser-Busch began more recently, after she learned they had worked with transgender social media star Dylan Mulvaney."

A Texas woman who looks like that? When did she have these said 3 kids?

She started when she was 13

 

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Florida mother behind ban on Amanda Gorman poem has Proud Boys links

Social media posts picture Daily Salinas at Proud Boys events and show she posted antisemitic content online

www.theguardian.com

 

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Actually, Black mermaids have been part of mythology for a long time

Why the latest "Little Mermaid," played by Halle Bailey, is just one in a long line of Black mermaids.

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Ariel is black now.
Where is the red hair?

 

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Dylan Mulvaney: Bud Light loses top spot in US after boycott

Some drinkers boycotted the brand after the firm partnered with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

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To be fair, I'm not sure Bud Light ought to be the top selling "beer" in the US anyway.

 

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Starbucks union says workers at over 150 stores will strike over Pride decor

The coffee giant says its policy on decorating has not changed and that it unwaveringly supports the LGBTQ community.

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NHL teams won't wear theme-night jerseys after players' LGBTQ Pride refusals

Teams will still celebrate Pride and other theme nights, including military appreciation and Hockey Fights Cancer.

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The liberal left is crying not everyone is accepting their values, beliefs and outlook in life.

 

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The fight over a Confederate statue in Arlington National Cemetery

A Confederate memorial in Arlington National Cemetery is coming down. But what happens next?

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"Some people wanted it ground to dust and thrown away. Others said no, it needs to be in a museum because it's a piece of art. Others still said it needs to be in a museum because it's a part of racist history that needs to be shown. I don't like it artistically. But, you know, it can't be denied that he was a great sculptor."

Cancel culture continues.

 

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The fight over a Confederate statue in Arlington National Cemetery

A Confederate memorial in Arlington National Cemetery is coming down. But what happens next?

www.bbc.com

"Some people wanted it ground to dust and thrown away. Others said no, it needs to be in a museum because it's a piece of art. Others still said it needs to be in a museum because it's a part of racist history that needs to be shown. I don't like it artistically. But, you know, it can't be denied that he was a great sculptor."

Cancel culture continues.

What other monuments to enemy combatants are in Arlington?

 

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Arizona Republican refers to Black Americans 'colored people' on House floor

Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.

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Could have meant brown.

 

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New Florida teaching standards say African Americans received some ‘personal benefit’ from slavery

The new standards, backed unanimously by the state Board of Education, encompass the controversial 2022 law regulating how race can be taught in schools.

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"Some of the issues raised surrounded standards that include instruction on 'how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit'....."

Like Sally Hemings

"...and lessons that touch on acts of violence perpetrated 'against and by' African Americans."

Black Panthers?

 

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BBC apologizes for asking Morocco soccer captain if teammates are lesbians

A BBC reporter asked Ghizlane Chebbak, the captain of Morocco’s Women’s World Cup team, if any of her teammates identified as gay.

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Moroccan women? I need to some visual proof.

 

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Billy Porter says Harry Styles got gender-neutral Vogue cover because he's 'white and straight'

"You’re using my community — or your people are using my community — to elevate you. You haven’t had to sacrifice anything,” Porter said of Styles in a Telegraph interview.

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I thought awhile ago Harry Styles came out and said he's gender fluid or ambiguous or something.

 

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Disney's Snow White: Has the fairy tale already gone sour?

The forthcoming remake of the 1937 animation is facing a backlash for its new interpretation.

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Controversy 1: "The critics were out in force before that, though, following Disney's announcement in 2021 that the Latina star had landed the title role."

Snow White became Latina.

Controversy 2: "We absolutely wrote a Snow White that is not gonna be saved by the prince."

The prince won't kiss her so she wakes up. A gender fluid polyamorous friend with benefits does it?

Controversy 3: "They seem to feature only one person with dwarfism, which has divided the community. Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage previously said he found the idea of the remake featuring seven dwarfs as 'backwards'."

There are too many dwarfs? It's not pro-dwarf?

Sounds like the whole movie should be scrapped because animal rights might be in question. Wild life shouldn't be tamed and obedient to princesses in the middle of the woods.

 

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Bradley Cooper criticized for portrayal of Leonard Bernstein in ‘Maestro’

Some on social media criticized the film, which Cooper co-wrote, produced and directed, after Netflix dropped a trailer on Tuesday.

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"'It hasn’t always been this way. Before the 12th century, there is no evidence of Jews being depicted with large noses,' it states, asserting that the caricature of Jewish people 'goes back to antisemitic and Nazi propaganda from the 1930s and since then has gone on to become a common trope and, whether intentionally or not—pushes antisemitic stereotypes to this day.'"

So when I play Bin Laden in the next movie, should I wear a fake beard if I can't grow one like him?

 

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Transgender women banned from women's chess events

The ruling by the International Chess Federation is drawing criticism from some players.

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Definitely don't want that male brain prowess to dominate women's chess.

 

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European football executives...a haven for tone deaf misogynists.

Spanish FA president Rubiales apologises for Hermoso kiss

Luis Rubiales apologises for kissing forward Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain's Women's World Cup final win following widespread criticism.

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Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales has apologised for kissing Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain won the Women's World Cup.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino says women should ‘pick the right battles’ to ‘convince us, men, what we have to do’ in fight for equality

“'I say to all the women – and you know I have four daughters, so I have a few at home – I say to all the women that you have the power to change,' said Infantino. “Pick the right battles, pick the right fights. You have the power to change.

'You have the power to convince us, men, what we have to do and what we don’t have to do. You do it, just do it. With me, with FIFA, you will find open doors. Just push the doors, they are open."

 

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Happily ever after, but hold the prince? Disney — and its actors — walk a tricky line with remakes

"'I think Disney is capable of making really amazing characters,' said Rowe, who noted she'd also like to see more diversity in body shapes and sizes and more variety in the kinds of abilities and disabilities characters have."

Yes. Bring on the Ozempic chugging princess replete with tattooes.

 

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Antoinette Sandbach: Ex-MP asks to be removed from slavery research

Antoinette Sandbach, a descendent of a slave owner, argues she has a right to privacy.

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"Sandbach Tinne's enslaved Africans were worked to death on their plantations and accounted for in the financial accounts amongst livestock and when they died, their perceived asset value was written off under the 'negro account'. This process of dehumanisation of African people, by Sandbach Tinne and other slave traders lives on to this very day."

"Ms Sandbach questions the accuracy of elements of Mr Al Nasir's research, including the claim that the Sandbach family made all their wealth from slavery.
She also stated that she no longer lived on land connected to the Sandbach Family estate.

In the emails, she describes slavery as abhorrent but also appears to suggest there were similarities between the treatment of African slaves and the treatment of Victorian housewives."

I have a great great great great great........................great grandfather who was a prodigious caveman. I apologise 7432 generations later that he came upon some other bloke's cave and clubbed him to death in order to take over his shelter. I hereby swear I will never take anyone else's cave in the year 2023. Nor will I bludgeon anyone to death just because I need a roof over my head. I won't repeat the sins of the past.

 

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California is first US state to pass ban on caste discrimination

Legislators said the measure would remove "invisible shackles", but Hindu activists said it singled out South Asians.

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"Some Dalit (formerly untouchables) activists have dismissed those claims, saying they have experienced discrimination from people of a privileged caste.
In 2020, the technology company Cisco was sued by the state after two high-caste Indian managers allegedly discriminated against a Dalit engineer, paying him a lower salary."

I came to naturally accept this when you employ Indians. This is coming from someone who went through Singahlese and Tamils going at each other at work, Hindu and Muslim Indians, Punjabi and Gujurati. I knew one who kept bragging he was part of the brahmin caste every time he got the opportunity to introduce himself and explain his surname.