What I wanna know is when did people in this country become so thin-skinned? Americans used to be tough. Now we're a bunch of sissies whining to the therapist about how we feel bad cuz someone on TV said something that offended us. I don't think it's the language we need to change, but the people. I get really tired of hearing all this new-speak, most of which is meaningless and/or inaccurate. Like the term "Native American." This is a bullshit INACCURATE term, and I outright REFUSE to use it. The people we have attached this label to are no more native to this country than those of us of European heritage. They migrated to this land across the land bridge centuries before us, so they were here BEFORE us yes, but that does NOT mean native. Except in the sense that anyone born in this country is a native, so I guess I'm a "Native-American" as well. So start calling me that, and tell me I don't have to pay taxes anymore, and give me free land, and all that other horseshit that the American Indians enjoy. Otherwise, I might get offended.
"African-American" is another one that I don't get, and also really bugs me. Most of the people who have been dumped into this new category of person have NEVER EVEN BEEN TO AFRICA! I don't understand this shit at all. I have never once referred to myself as an "Italian-American," and I never will. I am an American and that's enough. But what about all the white people who come from Africa? Why don't we call them "African-Americans"? And why are we singling out the Blacks and Indians to bestow these new bullshit titles on? How come we don't have a "Russian-American" community? When was the last time someone was introduced to you as a "Scandinavian-American"? I for one have never met a Czechoslovakian-American" but I think that might be interesting. Especially if someone has to try and spell it.
But we don't hear about any of these in our new politically correct media. Only "Native-American," "African-American," and sometimes "Asian-American" and I refuse to add any of them to my vocabulary, except to use in extreme cases like this to point out how truly stupid most people are. I think people concentrate on these three because these are the races that America has fucked the hardest. The Indians by stealing "their" land, the Blacks with slavery, and the Asians by nuking the shit out of their country. (And yes, I know Asia isn't a country, but a continent. So now I have to include this statement that I know that so I don't end up with 137 messages from nimrods telling me I�m an idiot for calling Asia a country. Fuck you.)
But singling out certain types of Americans and hyphenating them into a new "class" of people is only one of the harmful negative aspects of political correctness. Another one is it seems that every person in this country now has some sort of disorder or disability, or is "challenged" in some way. Well guess what people? We're ALL challenged in one way or another, so that does not excuse us from anything. And that's what most people use it for: an excuse. Some jerk decides he likes acting like a complete asshole in public, and he gets labeled "Socially Challenged." Bullshit. He's an asshole. Simple, honest, direct. Says what it means, and leaves no room for misinterpretation. For some unknown reason, we are actually spending time and money to research a "disease" called social anxiety. Basically, that's people who don't want to go out and be around other people in a social setting. FUCK 'EM! They don't wanna go out? Don't go out. I give a shit. I'm getting really tired of our government squandering my money searching for cures to fake diseases.
Of all these disorders though, the worst one has got to be "learning disorder." I am so fucking tired of hearing this term. Yes, I know there are some kids out there who genuinely have some sort of learning disability, but that's nowhere near the number of people claiming it. Once again, a system was put into place to help a few kids who really needed it, and the rest of the population is abusing it. Because most of the kids who supposedly have these disorders are simply lazy. Or they lack any kind of supervision at home. Or maybe they just aren't that smart. And that's another thing most parents seem unwilling to accept. Not every kid is gonna be a Goddamn genius. Just like adults, some are stupid. Just because your kid isn't as smart as the neighbor�s kid doesn't mean he has a learning disorder. He just isn't as smart, and no amount of Ritalin or therapy or special study techniques are gonna help. It's a genetic thing that you cannot cure. Deal with it.
And speaking of therapy, that's another thing I am getting tired of. People used to go to therapy when they had serious emotional or mental problems, and the doctors were actually somewhat helpful. But in today's politically correct society you get some jackass going to therapy because cable TV has given him too many channels to choose from and he doesn't know what to watch. They actually pay some schmuck $150.00 an hour to tell them what they should do and feel. Hey! I'll do it for only $25.00 an hour. And you don't have to worry about me not having any actual medical training or background, because most of these professional therapists don't either. That's why they use the title therapist instead of psychiatrist. Psychiatrists are doctors who went to medical school and studied and trained for long years. Therapists took a three-week course at the community college night school program and got a cute little certificate. Or they simply opened a box of Cracker Jax and said, (and I quote,) "Hey look Billy-Bob! It's a therapee dee-gree from a major yooniversity! Now I can go pretend to help people while raping them for ungodly amounts of money." There is a difference there.
But I'm getting a bit off track here. This politically correct newspeak is creating a nation full of frightened, soulless monsters who are spending their lives deluding themselves into thinking they are doing something good for society. They're not. And the really funny thing is these people who are inventing these nonsense words are the same ones who are complaining about how dishonest other people seem to be. This kind of shit is funny to me.
Now some of the worst offenders, the biggest proponents of this politically correct horseshit are these women's rights groups. But just so the chicks don't get bent all out of shape right now, I do believe that women should have the same rights as men. But for the most part that's old news now. For the most part, equality has been achieved, even if the fem-nazis don't want to admit it. I know there are a few areas where things aren't equal, but the biggest one seemed to be getting "The same pay for the same work," and for the most part that has happened. So I guess now you need a new crusade, and that seems to be where changing the language comes into play.
But changing the English language by eliminating the word "man" from our everyday vocabulary will not erase your insecurities. And that seems to be the real problem here. You got your equal pay, and now you have to make sure you can actually do the equal work, so you want to re-focus the attention to something else in a hurry. Some of these terms are okay. Salesperson instead of salesman? Okay, I guess. The news anchor on the evening news instead of the anchorman? I'll let that one go too. But if I hear anybody making reference to a "personhole cover" in the street instead of a manhole cover, I'll shoot them. Like I said, changing the language will not eliminate your insecurities, but with your constant yammering about it, you are highlighting those insecurities for us all to see. And I for one have seen enough, so I am sticking with "mankind" and you can shove "humankind" up your ass.
And another thing. There is absolutely nothing wrong with calling a woman "babe" or "honey" or "gorgeous" or "chick" or anything like that. It's the same as calling a guy "stud" or "tiger" or "animal". I certainly don't get bent all out of shape when some broad calls me that. (Doesn't happen often, but when it does, who am I to argue?) So I will continue to refer to women as chicks, and if you don't like it, too damn bad.
I've said this before, and I'll say it again. As a society we need to lighten up. There will always be some asshole who will take offense at something we have said or done. But where do we draw the line? When have we done enough to address EVERYBODY'S concerns about what is correct? Words only have the power to hurt us if we let them, and you have to be pretty weak-minded if you're gonna let yourself be bothered by a mere word. I certainly hope I never get that small and petty. I'll have to shoot myself.