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Then, I repeat Cyberdude's point in the thread above yours. "Politically correct" speech is every bit as much the work of "thought police" as what is alleged about Palin. Whether from the left or the right - BOTH are EQUALLY as guilty of it.....and if you want proof of it, the media goes FAR out of its' way to avoid using certain terms, descriptions, and phrases to meet "politically correct" standards than they do other forms of restraint.
Yes, there must be a level of civility in all we do. We do have to protect kids from things they ought not be exposed to at their age. Yes we do have to have some manner of common decency in what we expose people to in places where they cannot help but see it.....but the idea that the left is not every bit as repressive with regard to free speech as they accuse the right of being, is absolutely ludicrous. It is the pot calling the kettle black.
No...wait...we can't say that......someone might infer "black" to be some sort of racial equivocation. Never mind that at the time the saying was born, all pots and kettles were made of black cast iron.....
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bipolarber,
First, This wins the trophy for best thread titile by a mile.
Do you think Palin would get it? I have my doubts.
Anything even remotely tending towards the thought police
sets off my alarms. People who want to control your access to
thoughts have no real faith in the power of their own in the arena of ideas.
But since they are "right" it is perfectly alright to use force to make sure
the "correct" ideas win. Sometimes, God even demands it of them.
Sometimes, they just do it for the benefit of the "people" or the "state".
Outlier
Here are some books banned in recent history....by people on both sides of the ledger...some from the left...some from the right.....the link to the story is....
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HST/is_5_5/ai_108312742
Bnet is a respected site.
A HERO AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A SANDWICH
by Alice Childress:
Removed from the Savannah, Ga. school libraries (1978) due to "objectionable' language. Challenged at the Aberdeen High School in Bel Air, Md. (1994) because the novel was deemed "racist and vulgar."
A LESSON BEFORE DYING
by Ernest Gaines:
Banned, but later reinstated after community protest at the windsor Forest High School in Savannah, Ga. (2000). The controversy began in early 1999 when a parent complained about sex, violence and profanity in the book that was part of an advanced placement English class.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X
by Malcolm X and Alex Haley:
Restricted at Jacksonville, Fla., middle school libraries (1994) as presenting a racist view of white people and a "how-to manual" for crime.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN
by Ernest Gaines:
Pulled from a seventh-grade class in Conroe, Texas (1995) after complaints about racial slurs in the book.
BELOVED
by Toni Morrison:
Challenged by a member of the Madawaska, Maine, School Committee (1997) because of the book's language. The 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel has been required reading for the advanced placement English class for six years.
THE BEST SHORT STORIES BY NEGRO WRITERS
by Langston Hughes:
Removed from the Island Trees, N.Y., Union Free District High School library in 1976, along with nine other titles, because they were considered "immoral, anti-American, anti-Christian, or just plain filthy."
BLACK BOY
by Richard Wright:
Challenged in the Jacksonville, Fla., public schools (1997) by a minister who said the book contained "profanity and may spark hard feelings between students of different races."
THE BLUEST EYE
by Toni Morrison:
Removed from the reading lists for ninth and tenth-graders at Stevens High School in Claremont, N.H. (1999) because of a parent's complaint about the book's sexual content. Banned from the Morrisville, Pa., Borough high school English curriculum (1994) after complaints about its sexual content and objectionable language.
THE COLOR PURPLE
by Alice Walker:
Challenged as an appropriate reading for an Oakland, Calif., high ,school honors class (1984) for "sexual and ,social explicitness" and "troubling ideas about race relations, man's relationship to God, African history, and human sexuality." Banned in the Souderton, Pa., Area School District (1992) as appropriate reading for tenth graders because it was considered "smut."
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
by James Baldwin:
Challenged as a ninth-grade summer reading option in Prince William County, Va., (1998) because the book "was rife with profanity and explicit sex."
I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
by Maya Angelou:
Four members of the Alabama State Textbook Committee (1983) called for its rejection because they said Angelou's work preaches "bitterness and hatred against whites." Removed from the curriculum pending a review of its content at the Gilbert, Ariz., Unified School (1995). Complaining parents said the book did not represent "traditional values." Challenged on the Poolesville High School, Md., (2000) reading list for sexual content and language.
JUBILEE
by Margaret Walker:
Challenged in the Greenville. S.C. County school libraries (1977) by the Titan of the Fourth Province of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan because the novel produces "racial strife and hatred."
I wonder...how many white Masters....in the BDSM community....who own black female slaves, or black Masters with white female slaves, would have been welcome to display their loved ones on a leash...at either the Republican OR Democratic National Conventions? Wait.....do I hear people saying we should not refer to slaves in this manner? Truth is, that what we do in this manner of relationship could be easily attacked by both sides of the ledger....we are all potentially "banned books".
Here is politcal correctness at work...by the ACLU....disguised as seperation of church and state....in one arena, the public display of Christmas Nativity displays by public agencies or towns or other government groups....
http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/985021.txt
http://www.telegram.com/article/20071221/NEWS/712210669/1008/NEWS02
It should be noted that the Supreme Court, in ruling on this very issue, said the following: "...religious expression cannot violate the Establishment clause where it is private or occurs in a traditionally or designated public forum and is open to all on equal terms". The Court went on to say "It is constitutional that Nativity scenes or other religious symbols on property that is considered to be open for the use of the public such as public squares where other displays, are permitted.
In other words, if someone wants to put up a symbol of another faith on public property, that too must be allowed. Personally, I do not find Nativity scenes, Kwanza scenes, manorahs, or anyhting else offensive. but....these cites are but a few of hundreds you can pull up with simple Google searches.
.......just backing up my contentions....
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