I've noticed that a few threads have been shut down and people chasened (in the most polite way) for what I believe to be the most PC of reasons. I've not kept track of which mods or threads so I'll just speak of themes.
People have been told to withold racial* identification if it isn't relevant. The good posts give the information needed for the reader to form a picture in his mind. The people involved in the transactions aren't restroom door silouhetes. They have physical traits which frequently can be conveyed in a single racial label.
A similiar attitude seems to be taken towards religeon. Religion is a choice, and everyones choices about everything are up to criticism.
Trying to enforce the ethnic label of the week. Specifically objecting to the term "oriental". It just means "eastern", as in people from the eastern edge of the eurasian land mass. "Asian" is too broad a term. Asia is huge. Nobody refers to Ghandi, or Stalin as "Asian" even though they were from Asia.
And finally one that applies to me. I am one of those people who gets nasty with telemarketers. The people called by them are not customers. Customers seek out the business, telemarketers interrupt peoples lives with no indication that they are interrested and no concern about what they might be doing at the time. Because of this their complaints aren't relevant here.
*This is where people usually put disclaimers that they aren't a racist, which is bullshit. We all are to a certain degree. We just have to be aware of that and monitor our selves when we know we might be jumping to inappropriate conclusions.
People have been told to withold racial* identification if it isn't relevant. The good posts give the information needed for the reader to form a picture in his mind. The people involved in the transactions aren't restroom door silouhetes. They have physical traits which frequently can be conveyed in a single racial label.
A similiar attitude seems to be taken towards religeon. Religion is a choice, and everyones choices about everything are up to criticism.
Trying to enforce the ethnic label of the week. Specifically objecting to the term "oriental". It just means "eastern", as in people from the eastern edge of the eurasian land mass. "Asian" is too broad a term. Asia is huge. Nobody refers to Ghandi, or Stalin as "Asian" even though they were from Asia.
And finally one that applies to me. I am one of those people who gets nasty with telemarketers. The people called by them are not customers. Customers seek out the business, telemarketers interrupt peoples lives with no indication that they are interrested and no concern about what they might be doing at the time. Because of this their complaints aren't relevant here.
*This is where people usually put disclaimers that they aren't a racist, which is bullshit. We all are to a certain degree. We just have to be aware of that and monitor our selves when we know we might be jumping to inappropriate conclusions.
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