the 2024 trivial, boring drivel thread

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Fred Sanford would never be allowed on TV these days. I heard him earlier & there's just no fuckin' way. 

Neither would Archie Bunker!!    I remember growing up hearing him call the son-in-law (or whatever) a faggot and, it was like okay at the time!!! I mean a lot of stuff that used to be okay isn’t anymore (and mostly I see that as progress although a word can become politically incorrect almost too quickly and people expect everyone to just change on a dime).

When my kids were very little, saying “that’s so gay” was a regular occurrence and then this poor kindergartener I knew said it to someone on the playground and BAM! He was suspended for a day. 

I was told over a year ago that “Hispanic” isn’t appropriate anymore (I think the person who said it said Latino or Latina or something was P.C. now). I told her I’d stop using the term when my local Safeway stopped having a Hispanic food aisle anymore. Still waiting on that one. 

Generally speaking I believe in the old adage “sticks and stones…” and I think we spend more time than we should hung up on certain words. Not to say that all sensitivity should go by the wayside but…I think things can get blown way out of proportion.

I like me some RAP music and I can sing the “n word” happily along with some songs but god forbid I ever use it in conversation. My son’s b/f is black tho and he can say it to him in jest periodically no problem. It’s like me calling a g/f a bitch; it means nothing. But say it in the wrong place/context? Heaven forbid!