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Political Correctness, Feminism, Machoismo and general 'isms'

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  • 19-02-2009 8:44pm
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    El Siglo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,803 ✭✭✭


    This is a pretty random thread but I just wanted to know peoples' thoughts on the current state of political correctness and all that stuff in UCD. Does anybody care? Does it make much difference? Just general stuff, if you want to have a rant about how there is a: "sexist, misogynist, racist, homophobic, anti-semitic, anglo-phobic hegemony in UCD" then go ahead! I'm curious about what people think about this stuff after reading the thread: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055492303 so if anyone's got any ideas about this kind of stuff throw it out there, the causes of these things etc...


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    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 13,009 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    In my opinion it's very simple, with no need to over-analyse it. Just imagine the situation was reversed, and you were on the receiving end of bigotry.

    Don't do anything to anyone else that you wouldn't like if done to you. That's it.

    Death has this much to be said for it:
    You don’t have to get out of bed for it.
    Wherever you happen to be
    They bring it to you—free.

    — Kingsley Amis



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    dyl10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,355 ✭✭✭dyl10


    I think people are pretty insecure and can often take a general offense made toward them, personally and relate it to whatever part of them they feel they could be marginalised for(e.g. female, homosexual etc.)

    Example being, that girl in the snow thread, who claimed that the snowballs being thrown at her were a 'sexist assault'.

    That being said, I'm in no way condoning bigotry or claiming it doesn't exist in UCD


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    seraphimvc
    Registered Users Posts: 3,356 ✭✭✭seraphimvc


    bnt wrote: »
    In my opinion it's very simple, with no need to over-analyse it. Just imagine the situation was reversed, and you were on the receiving end of bigotry.

    Don't do anything to anyone else that you wouldn't like if done to you. That's it.
    simple as.

    most people seems never have that came across their mind throughout thier life tho.


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    #5
    TDOie
    Registered Users Posts: 327 ✭✭TDOie


    There's different types of people in Ireland/UCD?

    I just thought we where all the same. :pac::p


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