Message Forum: Re: "Reverse discrimination"

Re: "Reverse discrimination"

Posted By: Eric Sleator, on host 24.21.13.118
Date: Monday, December 17, 2001, at 22:47:25
In Reply To: Re: "Reverse discrimination" posted by Balanthalus on Monday, December 17, 2001, at 09:41:19:

> Hmm. I'm not sure what "PC" used to mean, but
> now it's pretty much used as a catch-all for a
> statement one doesn't agree with, usually one
> considered beneath debate.

No, it generally means a statement or position whose very purpose is bland nonoffensiveness. Sometimes the term "PC" gets stretched a little far by people who don't have real arguments, but that's the way things go.

-Eric "PC over Mac" Sleator
Mon 17 Dec A.D. 2001

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Message:	> > Hmm. I'm not sure what "PC" used to mean, but > > now it's pretty much used as a catch-all for a > > statement one doesn't agree with, usually one > > considered beneath debate. > > No, it generally means a statement or position whose very purpose is bland nonoffensiveness. Sometimes the term "PC" gets stretched a little far by people who don't have real arguments, but that's the way things go. > > -Eric "PC over Mac" Sleator > Mon 17 Dec A.D. 2001
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