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2016 Postmortem

TM99

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7. Things can get out of hand

Reply to stellanoir (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 22, 2016, 02:39 PM

Jan 2016

when we try to force others to be civil or to have empathy.

It is just not possible. It takes two way communication and transformation of the I - Object relationship into the I - Thou for it to occur.

And yes, an entire video by some know nothing on MTV opined that 'peanut gallery' and several other idioms were racist.

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Duhhh. . . ."political correctness" = basic civility [View all] stellanoir Jan 2016 OP

yes - respect and consideration KT2000 Jan 2016 #1

yeah for sure stellanoir Jan 2016 #2

Not always. cali Jan 2016 #3

Welp stellanoir Jan 2016 #5

Not entirely true. TM99 Jan 2016 #4

Wow !!! stellanoir Jan 2016 #6

Things can get out of hand TM99 Jan 2016 #7

Forcing anything is invariably counterproductive. stellanoir Jan 2016 #8