Friday, May 30, 2008

So PC is Going THAT Way Now, Eh?

There have been a few prominent headlines recently that have me thinking about political correctness. These headlines are prompted by the same demographic who get so self-righteous about wanting to display jingoist crucifix-on-stars-and-stripes-background or the Rebel flag flown proudly in front of govt buildings, or the ten commandments in a courtroom. The battle cry is something like "All this PC bulls&*t! Damn those PC people!" Not that I care if someone wants to put a rebel flag, or Calvin peeing on a Ford, or naked-lady silhouettes on their mudflaps. Whatev, I am a bigger fan of individual liberties than I am an un-fan of little boys peeing on pickup trucks. But some of those instances can cause an entire segment of the population to feel marginalized by the very body that is supposed to represent them.

But how can this be considered anything other than PC bulls&*t? Or, even better, this? Come ON, it's PAISLEY! Next we'll be boycotting the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince.

The irony is delicious and bitter, like a good espresso.

Thanks to roving reporter SNG, who apparently only gets his local news from abroad, for the links.

6 comments:

PartnerInCrime said...

I think "prominent conservative blogger Michelle Malkin" is in dire need of some sort of prescription medication. Rachael Ray is a terrorist supporter? For real?
"Slutbucks" did make me giggle, though.

jgr4 said...

The great irony here is that it's conservatives who whine so much about liberals being "politically correct," and then they freak out about this nonsense.
I get most of my news from BBC too. They still do journalism over there.

Alphagal said...

Exactly! Everything comes full circle, as the buddha says.
Slutbucks made me laugh, but even funnier is that they described the 2-tailed mermaid as having "her legs spread like a prostitute" which conjured up images that don't make you want to drink whatever is in the coffee cup. I had seen the new logo many times (sadly, I am a slave to their espresso roast MMMMMMM) but never once thought those were legs. Now I'm going to have to draw underpants on my cup every time.

PartnerInCrime said...

Yeah, I always thought she was a mermaid too. Maybe it's some sort of Rorschach test of your pervert quotient: do you see fins or legs? Hmmm...

jgr4 said...

Hey check out these Italian churches.
http://www.montigliom.at.it/sanlorenzo/capitello.jpg
http://www.piccolapenna.it/S.Michele%20Lucca.JPG
via Skepchick.org
Bloggers are having all kinds of fun with these stories. It took all of a few hours to find pictures of Michelle Malkin and Jenna Bush wearing "scarves of terror."

Alphagal said...

FREAKING AWESOME! thanks for the links of prostitutes in churches. I mean, mermaids.