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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: More Holiday Political Correctness
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 23:54:01 -0000 (UTC)
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On Dec 8, 2024 at 3:38:54 PM PST, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 12:14:35 +1300, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 2024-12-08 21:29:54 +0000, moviePig said:
>>>  On 12/8/2024 2:52 PM, Rhino wrote:
>>>>  On 2024-12-08 1:13 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>>  
>>>>>  I'm sick of the libs scolding me for wishing people "Happy Honda Days"
>>>>>  because I could offend families that celebrate Toyotathon.
>>>>>  
>>>>>  What do the wokies expect me to say? Am I required to just wish everyone a
>>>>>  Happy Generic Winter Car Sale?
>>>>  
>>>>  Just wish people a Merry Christmas - unless you know for a fact they 
>>>>  don't celebrate Christmas - and be done with it. I'll bet the only 
>>>>  people you offend are the "progressives" who THINK *other* people will 
>>>>  be offended. Fuck the "progressives" and the horses they rode in on!
>>>  
>>>  The issue would seem to be whether potential offense was purposely 
>>>  ignored.  E.g., blacks say "nigger" all the time, but *you* can't, 
>>>  simply because you *know* you can't.  So, Mrs. Goldstein won't be 
>>>  offended when your 5-year-old wishes her a "Merry Christmas", or even 
>>>  when *you* do if she thinks you're fresh off the boat...
>> 
>> Here in New Zealand, Santa and his elves (and presumably any other 
>> person) have been told they have to wear seat belt on the parade 
>> floats. :-\
> 
> Just how fast are your floats moving?

Seatbelts are also a politically correct thing. For example, under Hollywood
rules, you can't show a character in a movie or TV show riding in a car unless
they're wearing a seatbelt. Even the most depraved, violent, psychotic
murderer has to be wearing his seatbelt if he's in a scene where he's
traveling in a car. It's okay to show him killing and dismembering people but
heaven forfend we 'send the wrong message' by letting him drive a car without
buckling in.