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Originally Posted by mg1970
in context I used these, it was clear what I meant -- but yet I was blasted for using these terms.
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When I originally posted to this thread, it was a discussion about something done on another board. I think it was a thoughtless abbreviation and I didn't and still don't like it.
On the other hand, I've been the one bashed for using a phrase not PC enough for some. I used "our bmom" when discussing my children's birth mom. My kids have the same birth mom and I was discussing the bmom for our family and I still don't have a problem discussing her as such.
This is why I really really dislike the current PC trend of our language. When we spend more time editing our thoughts so that we don't offend anyone, we still end up offending someone. If we decide that only these words can be used here someone being offended, then we're left without enough words to actually express our thoughts. At that point, why bother to express anything.
I can go out of my way to use terms that are not offensive, and so can everyone else.
We can talk about our children's beautiful smiles...wait, we're going to offend those who have children with bad teeth.
We can talk about our feelings...wait, we're not entitled to feel offended by other sides of the triad.
We can talk about the weather...wait, we could offend those who think that the current weather issues are a part of man's impact and global warming.
We can talk about computers...wait, those who have a mac may be offended by those who use a pc.
We can either realize that in adult conversations, there is no way that we can totally cut out the possibility of offending, or we can not type anything at all.