Junior Ganymede » political correctness http://www.jrganymede.com We endeavor to give satisfaction Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:04:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Making a man an offender for a word http://www.jrganymede.com/2010/04/13/making-a-man-an-offender-for-a-word/ http://www.jrganymede.com/2010/04/13/making-a-man-an-offender-for-a-word/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:53:34 +0000 Vader http://www.jrganymede.com/?p=2649 It shatters lives.

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The obvious hypothesis is that Hasan’s superiors didn’t dare fire him for reasons of political correctness. If there is a plausible alternate hypothesis, I’d like to hear it.

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At the NBC cafeteria.

Racism, or not? I would have said not, since the dishes listed are precisely what I ate in black homes during an extended visit to the South some years ago. But I can see the other side.

Would any of you be offended if a major network celebrated Joseph Smith’s birthday by offering a special menu that included slushy punch, funeral potatoes, and green Jello?

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