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Originally Posted by Locobot
NCB, maybe if you could explain how "pinker" connotes weakness or spinelessness we could begin to have a discussion here. As it stands we're left to believe you're either profoundly ignorant of what political correctness actually is or you're only interested in exchanging hostilities. The latter is not allowed in this forum. Also articles without a cited source tend to be nonstarters.
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Because, if I read into NCB's slightly covert reference correctly, "pinker" is pinko, communist, leftist and whatever other archaic term those to the right of reactionary want to use to describe those who are free thinkers, and to the left of them politically. It's really no way to start a thread, in any case. IMHO this thread began quite close trolling and has degraded since. Lebel
l, I am surprised at your juvenile attack on a roachboy, because he slightly misspelled your name. While I may occasionally disagree with your politics, I wouldn't expect something akin to narcissistic rage.
At any rate, I don't think that examining the past is a bad thing, and since we are a democratic country,if enough people believe strongly enough in something, then their beliefs should at least be considered. Yes Jefferson kept slaves, and yes it was typical for someone in his class and era to do so, but according to several sources, he was also screwing several of them, which may or may not be a furthur consideration for those advocating a name change. For the record, I am not a big fan of name changes all over the place, for instance, I think Malcolm X school may be taking the whole thing a bit too far, but i guess it is fairly impossible to please everyone all the time (although I would think that perhaps rewarding past exemplary teachers at the school might be nice).