Outrage Culture

mcgruff10

I work on a boat every summer and we go through training with the coast guard once a year.  I m wondering if they will change their wording to “person overboard” as opposed to “man overboard”.  
I also have to tell kids to “man the cannons”; should I be pc and tell them to “person the cannons”?

Asterisk on the Street

mcgruff10 said:

I work on a boat every summer and we go through training with the coast guard once a year.  I m wondering if they will change their wording to “person overboard” as opposed to “man overboard”.  
I also have to tell kids to “man the cannons”; should I be pc and tell them to “person the cannons”?

Indeed.

And when the school year begins again, a theirstory teacher ye shall be.

mcgruff10

Asterisk on the Street said:

mcgruff10 said:

I work on a boat every summer and we go through training with the coast guard once a year.  I m wondering if they will change their wording to “person overboard” as opposed to “man overboard”.  
I also have to tell kids to “man the cannons”; should I be pc and tell them to “person the cannons”?

Indeed.

And when the school year begins again, a theirstory teacher ye shall be.

Nice one!!

mrussel1

mcgruff10 said:

Asterisk on the Street said:

mcgruff10 said:

I work on a boat every summer and we go through training with the coast guard once a year.  I m wondering if they will change their wording to “person overboard” as opposed to “man overboard”.  
I also have to tell kids to “man the cannons”; should I be pc and tell them to “person the cannons”?

Indeed.

And when the school year begins again, a theirstory teacher ye shall be.

Nice one!!

The Asterisk keeps dropping dimes!  

mcgruff10

As a Yankees fan I can say without hesitation that one of my most hated players was Personny Ramirez.  

mrussel1

mcgruff10 said:

As a Yankees fan I can say without hesitation that one of my most hated players was Personny Ramirez.  

It almost seems like we think this whole thing is silly!  
Another good one, FYI.  I loved Personny during his Tribe years.. and then he changed clothes, so I hated him.  

mcgruff10

mrussel1 said:

mcgruff10 said:

As a Yankees fan I can say without hesitation that one of my most hated players was Personny Ramirez.  

It almost seems like we think this whole thing is silly!  
Another good one, FYI.  I loved Personny during his Tribe years.. and then he changed clothes, so I hated him.  

100% silly. when I think of towns in Pennsylvania that I have visited like Blueball and Intercourse I realize not everyone is so sensitive. My next trip I might head to Spread Eagle, Wisconsin. 

Hi!

NVM Ha!

mickeyrat

mrussel1 said:

mcgruff10 said:

mrussel1 said:

mickeyrat said:

hedonist said:

mrussel1 said:

Asterisk on the Street said:

Mind Your Personners  

Winner!  Someone top that!

Dead They Walking?
Betterperson?
Hey Foxymophandleperson?

personkind

This one is bueno

What the heck?!  Mickeyrat needs to person up and admit I said it first.  

Oh nicely done.  

you get credit for comentary...

hedonist

This could turn Jeff Ament's world upside down.

mickeyrat

hedonist said:

This could turn Jeff Ament's world upside down.

its why he stopped writing lyrics for PJ. he saw where we were headed. Ahead of the curve that one....

Asterisk on the Street

hedonist said:

This could turn Jeff Ament's world upside down.

True!

Sorry, Jeffrey ... er, Mr. Apeoplet.

brianlux

Ever hear that cool song, "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"?  It was recorded by Personfred Personn.

Meltdown99

Some transgendered fool is taking a British Columbia aesthetics business to the human commission because they refused to wax his balls, they should have lanced his balls...give the fool something to cry about...

mickeyrat

Meltdown99 said:

Some transgendered fool is taking a British Columbia aesthetics business to the human commission because they refused to wax his balls, they should have lanced his balls...give the fool something to cry about...

no getting around it. testicles ARE testicles.

mickeyrat

mickeyrat said:

Meltdown99 said:

Some transgendered fool is taking a British Columbia aesthetics business to the human commission because they refused to wax his balls, they should have lanced his balls...give the fool something to cry about...

no getting around it. testicles ARE testicles.

excuse us, maam. we have a strict no ovaries waxing policy. Your ovaries are in a sack , we cannot wax them......

Meltdown99

mickeyrat said:

mickeyrat said:

Meltdown99 said:

Some transgendered fool is taking a British Columbia aesthetics business to the human commission because they refused to wax his balls, they should have lanced his balls...give the fool something to cry about...

no getting around it. testicles ARE testicles.

excuse us, maam. we have a strict no ovaries waxing policy. Your ovaries are in a sack , we cannot wax them......

Lol.  He/she is getting attention.  I would not want that kind of attention.

brianlux

A couple examples came up today, one in conversation and one in reading reading, of how outrage culture can actually backfire on someone trying to support a cause.  

The first relates to abuse of women.  There is good reason for people to be angry over the issue of abuse of women.  But when accusations single out, exaggerate or lie about minor incidences that don't really amount to abuse, people will begin to question the motives of those speaking out against the abuse.  Abuse of women is serious and should not be watered down but false accusation.  That does women a great disservice.  (See Al Franken thread).

The more specific example that came up today was in talking with a friend about what is often referred to as "the hate truck" that used to drive through our town of Placerville.  It was a delivery sized truck with glaring signs on it's sides blasting outrage against homosexuality.   The truck was driven by a man who was blatantly homophobic and his son.  The public reaction in this town (and this is a conservative town) was very much in opposition to this kind of public display of hatred.  One of the local churches went so far as to host speakers who spoke out against the hatred.  In fact, at one point, even the son came to speak (there are some who believe the young man is gay and that is what drove the hatred of the father even further, but this is unproven).  The result of all this is that there has been an estimated 80% reduction in the number of outwardly homophobic people in this area.  Outrage culture thankfully did the opposite of what this man's crusade against homosexuality intended to do.

hedonist

brianlux said:

A couple examples came up today, one in conversation and one in reading reading, of how outrage culture can actually backfire on someone trying to support a cause.  

The first relates to abuse of women.  There is good reason for people to be angry over the issue of abuse of women.  But when accusations single out, exaggerate or lie about minor incidences that don't really amount to abuse, people will begin to question the motives of those speaking out against the abuse.  Abuse of women is serious and should not be watered down but false accusation.  That does women a great disservice.  (See Al Franken thread).

The more specific example that came up today was in talking with a friend about what is often referred to as "the hate truck" that used to drive through our town of Placerville.  It was a delivery sized truck with glaring signs on it's sides blasting outrage against homosexuality.   The truck was driven by a man who was blatantly homophobic and his son.  The public reaction in this town (and this is a conservative town) was very much in opposition to this kind of public display of hatred.  One of the local churches went so far as to host speakers who spoke out against the hatred.  In fact, at one point, even the son came to speak (there are some who believe the young man is gay and that is what drove the hatred of the father even further, but this is unproven).  The result of all this is that there has been an estimated 80% reduction in the number of outwardly homophobic people in this area.  Outrage culture thankfully did the opposite of what this man's crusade against homosexuality intended to do.

I won't claim to speak for all women, but as a women, trust me - we are well-aware of this.

brianlux

hedonist said:

brianlux said:

A couple examples came up today, one in conversation and one in reading reading, of how outrage culture can actually backfire on someone trying to support a cause.  

The first relates to abuse of women.  There is good reason for people to be angry over the issue of abuse of women.  But when accusations single out, exaggerate or lie about minor incidences that don't really amount to abuse, people will begin to question the motives of those speaking out against the abuse.  Abuse of women is serious and should not be watered down but false accusation.  That does women a great disservice.  (See Al Franken thread).

The more specific example that came up today was in talking with a friend about what is often referred to as "the hate truck" that used to drive through our town of Placerville.  It was a delivery sized truck with glaring signs on it's sides blasting outrage against homosexuality.   The truck was driven by a man who was blatantly homophobic and his son.  The public reaction in this town (and this is a conservative town) was very much in opposition to this kind of public display of hatred.  One of the local churches went so far as to host speakers who spoke out against the hatred.  In fact, at one point, even the son came to speak (there are some who believe the young man is gay and that is what drove the hatred of the father even further, but this is unproven).  The result of all this is that there has been an estimated 80% reduction in the number of outwardly homophobic people in this area.  Outrage culture thankfully did the opposite of what this man's crusade against homosexuality intended to do.

I won't claim to speak for all women, but as a women, trust me - we are well-aware of this.

I believe it, Hedo.  I know other women who are as well.  Being close to women who have suffered terrible abuse, I find it terribly sad that the issue is being sabotaged.