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In reply to the discussion: Liberal apologists of bill maher need to think long and hard [View all]Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)again. Truer words have never been spoken apparently.
"I was reading a book (about interjections, oddly enough) yesterday which included the phrase In these days of political correctness
talking about no longer making jokes that denigrated people for their culture or for the colour of their skin. And I thought, Thats not actually anything to do with political correctness. Thats just treating other people with respect.
Which made me oddly happy. I started imagining a world in which we replaced the phrase politically correct wherever we could with treating other people with respect, and it made me smile.
You should try it. Its peculiarly enlightening.
I know what youre thinking now. Youre thinking Oh my god, thats treating other people with respect gone mad!
Happy Valentines Day."
Neil Gaiman