Lying To Make Friends » political correctness http://www.lyingtomakefriends.com Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:24:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 No More Arpaio SantaCake (Almost)! http://www.lyingtomakefriends.com/2009/12/no-more-arpaio-santacake-almost/ http://www.lyingtomakefriends.com/2009/12/no-more-arpaio-santacake-almost/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:45:37 +0000 admin http://www.lyingtomakefriends.com/?p=467 The Houson Chronicle reports that the Salvation Army in Houston has reversed its policy of requiring needy children to present Social Security numbers in order to receive gifts.  More good news: it was neither their intention to offend anyone nor to give the impression they were discriminating against people without Social Security numbers.  Thank goodness!  This story really gives you that warm SantaCake feeling inside – a little sweet, but still a little angry – especially when you pause to read readers’ comments on the story.  The gist?  PC BS: 1; People who like Rambo/hate Mexicans: 0.

Mixed Nuts

Thanks, Uster.  I was wondering what the term “illegal alien” was meant to imply.  Here I was thinking it was just a  way for you to dehumanize needy children.

What if we got free sh*t in Mexico??

I guess PropGal is unaware of NAFTA.  Zing!

Christmas spirit

Best quote ever: “I love kids but enough is enough.”  That’s the Arpaio Christmas spirit!

Bad Santa

]]> http://www.lyingtomakefriends.com/2009/12/no-more-arpaio-santacake-almost/feed/ 0 And Since We’re On The Subject Of Crazy http://www.lyingtomakefriends.com/2009/11/and-since-were-on-the-subject-of-crazy/ http://www.lyingtomakefriends.com/2009/11/and-since-were-on-the-subject-of-crazy/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:24:39 +0000 admin http://www.lyingtomakefriends.com/?p=384 Here is some actual, live fear-mongering for your viewing displeasure:

Click here to view the embedded video.

I would like to address, briefly, the political correctness argument.  This argument was no doubt quick on Shaggy John’s tongue because misguided folks (read: Fox News) have been saying that political correctness is to blame for the Ft. Hood shooting.  As in, if we weren’t so politically correct we would just lock up devout Muslims preemptively?  Or like if we weren’t so politically correct we would just call Muslims who kill people terrorists?  WELL THEN.  So now that we’re clear that a world without this so-called political correctness would involve preventative detention and discrimination on the basis of religion, what would Shaggy John like to add to the mix?  Ah, yes, Shaggy John would also like us to stop, just stop, with all the politeness, and in the interest of being real, keep on detaining criminal suspects on an island and denying them judicial review in U.S. courts.  Well, call me impossibly mannered, but I happen to think due process is more than a euphemism.

Quick, judicial clerks, grab your children and extended relatives!

-AS

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