Oh please, fair Jesus God Lord in all Heaven, tell me there are ringtones of this. I SO WANT "sure you can have my number, baby!"

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On Mefi a little while ago, but I for one can't get enough of it.

Oh my god, how did I miss this before. I love it.

Yeah, the sound board in box's link is terrific fun.

Brilliant. The more I learn about Barrack, the more I find how politically incorrect he is. He's got style, he is who he is, and the hell with it. Maybe, just maybe, this will be the end of all that disingenuous PC motherfucking shit.

PC is just a way of trying to codify aspects of the Golden Rule. It's funny how many people bridle at being told to treat others as they would wish to be treated themselves. But that's the nature of power. Individually, most of us are powerless, and it's either irritating or empowering to be told that collectively, we're powerful, depending on which side of the status quo (or the tracks) we live.

Of course, it all really depends what you mean by "the end of," "all that," "disingenuous," and "PC." I think I catch your drift on "motherfucking" and "shit."

Whatever it may have become over time, what is commonly considered "PC" allowed many voices to speak and many ears to listen. That made many conversations possible, and many arguments, too. The diversity it encouraged is a universal good.

Of course, the real problem lies in the attempt; the Golden Rule works without corollary. It's when we try to regulate aspects of others' adherence to it that the milk of human kindness goes sour. It's a complicated, often mischaracterized, and frequently mislabeled thing, just as is each of us.

It's also ill-defined, which is why it can mean so many different things to so many people, and why we probably aren't on the same page here.

Yeah - the term "PC" has always bothered me. It's a little bit bullying, in that it's mostly used to mock or belittle the praiseworthy impulse to be respectful.

...not that that's what Doohickie was doing. I just don't think of Obama in terms such as PC/not PC. I'd say he's honest and direct, an incisive thinker and close observer of people, with high standards. In the section of "Dreams" where much of this comes from, he's discussing his feelings of tension at hearing angry and divisive racial rhetoric, while understanding the pain and truth behind it, and yet feeling that it didn't provide a path toward solution, and yet neither did the dominant culture.

Yeah, I don't think that was Doohickie's intent either. Just when I see PC flung around, I feel a little cornered, strangely. Maybe it's my Quaker schooling. I honestly didn't mean that to come off as hectoring, Doohickie, so please take it with the good intentions I meant.