This Month is National (Insert Here) Awareness Month!

[melloelky]

National ice cream day?

 

[pontiac guy]

I guess the kids are in bed. Family showtime is over baby!!

 

[kornball426]

I'm sure glad the cultural enforcement committee hasn't come to my house yet to force me to celebrate that yet.

Oh wait that's right, because I can just choose to not celebrate something if I don't want to or if it doesn't necessarily apply to me. Somebody else wants to celebrate <whatever> month hey that's cool, good for them, not gonna disparage them for it. No harm done to me or anyone else, right?

Or maybe I was simply "made aware" (as were you) which was kind of the point. "Oh yeah, cool I guess, never considered that before, never knew that was even a thing, huh...." and carry on with my day. I don't get the vitriol behind allowing people to celebrate something that makes them different or sets them apart from everyone, or for bringing attention to a cause. Even if I don't "belong" to it or necessarily care about or affected by the cause du jour, hey, good for you. I Was made aware, mission accomplished.

Is it being "shoved down our throats?" Maybe IDK. Show me on the doll where diversity and inclusion hurt you I guess.

First person to chime in "bUt wHaT aBoUt WhItE hIsTorY mOnTh" gets a permanent ban. If you can't tell or don't understand the difference (or do and just want to be a dick) then we are all lost.



Highlighted the part you should really be paying attention to and getting mad about. The last big company (oilfield, 20y) I worked for started doing this crap in 2007/2008 before the crash. Built themselves a new "corporate castle HQ" and walled themselves up inside it. Consolidated divisions, created a sh*t ton of executive level divisions and positions, got rid of plants and workers to "simplify the business" and instead just created a top-down culture that was good for nobody but them. Stock price (among other things) rolled downhill until 10y later they got bought out and flushed down the toilet.

Be mad at the right people for the right reasons.

Amen.

I'm extremely tired of people complaining about being "forced" to be "politically correct", or those claiming their "freedom" is being infringed when people don't like what they have to say, particularly when they get shut down on social media, or by a forum moderator for saying inflammatory or hateful things

No one is forcing you to be politically correct or "embrace diversity"... But no one has to enable your intolerance or hate speech.

 

[fleming442]

Amen.

I'm extremely tired of people complaining about being "forced" to be "politically correct", or those claiming their "freedom" is being infringed when people don't like what they have to say, particularly when they get shut down on social media, or by a forum moderator for saying inflammatory or hateful things

No one is forcing you to be politically correct or "embrace diversity"... But no one has to enable your intolerance or hate speech.

Hmmmm. Wow. So polarizing. Why do it gotta be one way or the other?
And, yes, society is forcing me into political correctness. I'm a fan of dark humor. It includes everyone. Every color, every race, everything that makes anyone different. I figured out a while ago that stereotypes perpetuate themselves. You don't want to be stereotyped? Don't be one. It's very simple. I'm also a firm believer in laughing at yourself before making a joke about someone else. I can do that most times.


PARTICIPATION TROPHIES FOR ALL!!!!!

 

[kornball426]

Hmmmm. Wow. So polarizing. Why do it gotta be one way or the other?

What is your question? I wasn't even talking to you... You've admitted to trolling before, so are you just trying to start sh*t with me, or do you want to have a legitimate conversation?

 

[fleming442]

I think we both know where we stand on the issue. I just happen to be on the opposite side of you and the site owner.

 

[kornball426]

Hmmmm. Wow. So polarizing. Why do it gotta be one way or the other?
And, yes, society is forcing me into political correctness. I'm a fan of dark humor. It includes everyone. Every color, every race, everything that makes anyone different. I figured out a while ago that stereotypes perpetuate themselves. You don't want to be stereotyped? Don't be one. It's very simple. I'm also a firm believer in laughing at yourself before making a joke about someone else. I can do that most times.


PARTICIPATION TROPHIES FOR ALL!!!!!

Here's an idea... Don't make jokes based on stereotypes.

I love dark humor... For example in 1856 William Palmer was executed by hanging in England. Upon climbing the gallows he was directed to step into the trap door that would drop him to his death. His response was "are you sure it's safe?"

You know what that joke doesn't have anything to do with, and I didn't even mention, but you certainly did? Race.

 

[kornball426]

I think we both know where we stand on the issue. I just happen to be on the opposite side of you and the site owner.

So I'll take that as admission that you're just trying to start sh*t with me then?

 

[fleming442]

I didn't think I was. Maybe that's the problem: I didn't think. It happens. There's black. There's white. Life happens in the gray area.

 

[kornball426]

I come here for a politics free environment... To see what other people are doing, to get ideas or advice specific to our hobby. You can't fart without someone trying to make it political these days. Threads like this ruin it.

I don't want to know what anyone's political opinion is. If that's your interest take it to reddit or some political facebook page. I'm not the owner or even an admin or mod... But it's a car forum, not a political forum. I've seen forums completely devolve into bitter factions that killed the board eventually based on politics.