Yeah, that's fair. I gave his response the charitable reading, but he didn't have a good track record, and I can certainly agree that he may not have meant it quite as charitably as all that. It is certainly not the way I would have written a post if I had intended to be conciliatory. Some people definitely have trouble admitting fault, even when it involves zero personal cost.
I did double-down at least once on the boards, and rather recently. I used the term "local yokels" to refer to the people attending a game during the Christmas break, when my post made it clear that my daughter would be there. I got swooped for using the term "yokel". Sorry, but I'm not going to apologize for using pretty much any term in self-reference or in reference to my family. If you think I intended to disparage or insult my own daughter, then clearly that is a "you" problem.
But I got let off the hook because the mods didn't like the diversion in a pre-game thread and removed the entire exchange. I'm good with that option, too.
I think there is general agreement politically amongst most of the posters here.
I don’t think there is agreement on the virtues of political correctness, or at least it’s contours.
I suggest we move on, but IANAM and if y’all want to keep discussing it just PM me when it’s safe to come back to this thread.
Thanks.
I'm done with it, FWIW. I think it is an interesting subject, in general, and I like to hear the opinions of others on the on the subject. I genuinely like to hear from people I disagree with. It's the only way I can make substantive changes to the way I think.
But I certainly don't want to discuss it if it makes anyone uncomfortable, and I've said my piece, so now I'm happy to hold my peace.
Ah, the start of that two-month period of the year when that anti-logical side of me swells with the idea that this is the year the Rockies are going to put it together and mix it up with the big boys, despite having half the payroll of the blue blood teams. Spring, and all that.
Sorry I hijacked the thread. And not just saying that. I actually mean it.
I was at lunch last week with 6 work colleagues including my boss's boss and others at different levels (attorneys, paralegals, admins). Among the people at the table was a member of the same team I'm on (I'm an attorney and she's a paralegal). She is black, I am white, and I've worked with her for many years. She used to report to me before some reorganizing years ago.
I was telling a story of someone I used to know when I was a kid. He was an older black man and the chef at a restaurant where I worked. He was fascinating and used to tell great stories. Anyway, I was talking about him in the context of cooking and being a chef I used to know and I made the comment that he used to tell stories about Satchel Paige from the Negro Baseball League. I felt the table get very quiet. Did I do/say something wrong? I mean, the Negro League was a factual thing, it's a fact that Satchel Paige played in it, and I thought it was fun and interesting that my chef friend spoke about him.
Am I not supposed to use the word Negro, especially with a black woman present? Am I not supposed to mention the Negro League at all? I sensed that people felt uncomfortable although I didn't sense it from the black woman at the table, the one person I would be concerned about making uncomfortable. Or is it just that in today's society we're so programmed to avoid certain words the mere mention of one makes it uncomfortable for white people?
Rich
"Failure is Not a Destination"
Coach K on the Dan Patrick Show, December 22, 2016
Yoooooo…..this thread been busy.