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Saturday 29 June 2013

Political correctness. The definition.


There's an annual contest at Bond University, Australia, calling for the most appropriate definition of a contemporary term.

This year's chosen term was 'political correctness'.

The winning student wrote:

'Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit by the clean end.’
Just saying.

3 comments:

  1. ....and then to award compensation to the piece of shit.

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  2. A minority??
    It is rampant in schools, universities, medical establishment' sports establishments and the media.
    You have to watch byour words everywhere.
    And likely it is a means to an end.

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  3. Should so your research.
    A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
    Chet Beates, definition of Political Correctness used in Son of a Gun : The Life and Times of a Lifer Brat (2007), p. 209. Attributed to a student at Texas A&M University pre 2006 (http://www.grouchyoldcripple.com/archives/003882.html)

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