The PC and Perpetually Offended Brigade

[Emphyrio]

There's a big hullabaloo about this Christmas song being banned by certain radio stations. This is only the latest in a very, very long list of things that are/have been censored.  Is it partly due to me being an old grumpy fucker or has the world finally gone mad? Historical statues being knocked, , certain movies not being screened any more, fear of even speaking out with any sort of more traditional opinions.... Where does it end?

Any of this overly PC nonsense boil yer bloods or is it just me?

[Cryptic Stench]

No, boils my blood too. I hate censorship when it comes to art and especially hate retrospective censorship like this. A piece of art or a song is a great glimpse into the past, whether those attitudes are right or wrong now is irrelevant in my opinion.

Are we going to go after HP Lovecraft for example? Shakespeare? Is Robinson Crusoe a racist book? Why isn't there a version of the Bible that caters for non binary communities? Literally the world can fuck off. There's a generation out there waiting to be offended.

[Emphyrio]

Exactly! Art is of its time and whatever way it can be interpreted now should be considered completely irrelevant. In some state in America this year they put an end to an annual screening of Gone With The Wind. Now, the film isn't to my taste but it's regarded as a classic. Blazing Saddles will be next.

[Hambeast]

Are we going to go after HP Lovecraft for example?

As horrible as it is, I can't help but laugh every time I see the name of his cat

[Caomhaoin]

It drives me nuts as well, and I thoroughly enjoy people like Owen Shroyer, Paul Joseph Watson, Gavin McInnes and pals eviscerating the absurd censorship and protest culture that seems to be swamping the west, as far as the highest echelons of society. Being masculine, having conservative opinions, even who or what you vote for is now under intense scrutiny, to the point of intimidation and 'shaming'.

Could you imagine anything from pulling Christmas songs to free pass immigration policies, or even the bullshit about Trump existing even ten years ago?  This 'lemon', Don Lemon on CNN, for example. This fucker can't report on anything without inserting 'institutional racism' or 'rape culture' (whatever that means) into the discussion. And he's one of the lead anchors! The sad thing is, people lap this cunt up.

I don't envy university students with the capacity for critical thinking, must be a grim existence.

[The Butcher]

We are talking about a handful of radio stations out of thousands upon thousands. It's not news worthy in the slightest but with the interwebs nowadays we are exposed to a constant stream of nonsense. Of course it's an over-reaction and it's hilariously absurd but do we really need to highlight every little PC upset that happens?

I'd argue it's pure click-bait and most online media outlets will push this insignificant "news" to maximise traffic to their sites because they know it gets everyone riled up.



If you click into links like that, you are just as much as a fool as the ones demanding these songs to be removed.

[The Butcher]

Just don't let them hear the first line of little drummer boy 

[Emphyrio]

We are talking about a handful of radio stations out of thousands upon thousands. It's not news worthy in the slightest but with the interwebs nowadays we are exposed to a constant stream of nonsense. Of course it's an over-reaction and it's hilariously absurd but do we really need to highlight every little PC upset that happens?

Yes, we probably do need to highlight it. By letting the whingers censor all around them is the only thing absurd imo.

What about historical statues being destroyed or removed from public?
What about movies being banned?
Wasn't there something recently about some kids books being banned. Something as innocent as fuckin Enid Blyton or some such.
Books being banned!!! Fairly sure that features prominently is lots of sci-fi dystopia novels.
So, yes, I think it's very important to highlight the actions of the mentally handicapped, which is being allowed to happen .

[Born of Fire]

This is one of the biggest problems of social media coming into fruition. It gives people who shouldn't be listened to a global platform to shout 'racist' at anyone who disagrees with them. All well and good until folks start to discuss this nonsense in a serious fashion and give airtime and further exposure to it.

[Cryptic Stench]

Seen a thing on Facebook recently where an entity has suddenly decided they are non binary or gender fluid and went bat shit crazy when their university issued their student card and had them marked as female! To be fair to the college they said they'd look into it, but they posted it as an outrage all the same.

If that's how you identify yourself that's fine, just give the world a fucking minute to catch up would you? Instead of waiting for the fight or argument at every juncture.

[astfgyl]

I'm in, lads. I fucking detest this super PC shit. It is an unfortunate side effect of everybody having their thoughts on public display.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jerry-seinfeld-political-correctness-will-800912

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Avoid tabloid journalism and things fall back into their proper perspective pretty quick. The latest one was the enormous media storm about what the HSE was supposedly introducing re banning its staff from using pet names when addressing patients. Ran like wildfire through the Irish media, no one seemingly bothered by the "According to the Daily Mail..." sentence in most of the articles, until finally someone who actually knows what a "primary source" is decided to have a look:

https://www.thejournal.ie/factcheck-pet-names-hosital-4374213-Dec2018/

So, what really gets my goat is folk who seem to dedicate most of their social media energy to sharing these tabloid reported non-stories only in order to express their indignation about them. It's absolutely retarded.

[Juggz]

Avoid tabloid journalism

This. Whether in print or on screen, purging tabloid sewage from your life is fundamental to mental health. The distorted World view portrayed by the cunts has a tenuous grip on reality, at best. The political chaos engulfing Western democracies should be more alarming than someone who gets upset over the sign on a toilet door, yet they seem to command disproportional amounts of screen time in relation to their respective potential impacts.

It's almost as if all this nonsense was a convenient distraction.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Wasn't there something recently about some kids books being banned. Something as innocent as fuckin Enid Blyton or some such.
Books being banned!!! Fairly sure that features prominently is lots of sci-fi dystopia novels.

So, based on something that maybe happened, we don't know where or in what context because there's no source given, you're pushed to using three exclamation marks and comparing to dystopian sci-fi novels. Noise, so much noise.

[Trev]

The state of modern journalism is absolutely atrocious. There are people out there writing great stuff but they're getting harder and harder to find when "news" articles consists of collecting what a few people wrote on Twitter. It's pure content over quality