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Ghetto booty - no, not word help! - Pathetic, just pathetic

Posted: Jul 13, 2013

Did you see the CNN clip of the poor woman with back pain whose doctor told her she had ghetto booty?

He used the term, apparently, because he didn't think she could understand lumbar lordosis.

wow! - sm

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You should post that on the politics board just for the fun of it!

There, you will be told that political correctness is baloney, that "ghetto booty" is just an expression, and it doesn't mean a thing!

So? - Really?

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Who CARES?!?!?! If the woman was offended, she should find a different doctor, but nobody else has any reason in the world to be offended. He just used an EXPRESSION, plenty of people use expressions, but these days EVERYTHING a person says is scrutinized and it is really starting to show the lack of lives that people have. They have nothing better to do than scrutinize those things said by others and yell "racism" or "politically incorrect" at everything said.

People should try this on for size. If someone says something that offends YOU, then SPEAK UP...Say "Dude, that just ticked me off" Otherwise, let other people decide what offends them and stop looking for the new worthy comments, it's craziness!

pollitically correct or socially polite - decorm

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If people's lives are being encroached upon because their expressions are offensive to others, maybe it's a good thing. Acceptable expressions in your home and immediate social circle doesn't make them universally acceptable. I think the country/world needs to be more respectful, but that's probably politically incorrect!

Absolutely - sm

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Just because someone says something that someone else doesn't like doesn't make it UNACCEPTABLE. Move on, get over it, life goes on.

Politically correct or socially polite - YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.

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I couldn't agree with you more.

decorum - Nick

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Political correctness is intellectual terrorism.

He's baaaack - who cares

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Seriously, you had to correct decorum for us? Where would we be without your superior wisdom and spelling?

No grammar/word usage/spelling police!!! - Moderator???

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n/m

Yes, moderator! - Nick

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I made no attempt to "correct" anyone about anything. I merely replied to a post. I spelled the word "decorum" correctly, with no reference to anyone else. Am I not allowed to spell correctly?

you? - nm

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I wasn't correcting anybody else - Nick

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I was merely spelling the word correctly in my reply. Is that a felony these days?

It just looks odd that you responded to that person directly - with correct spelling

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everyone else just posted along in the thread following the topic, but your post looks like a more deliberate response to "decorm".

Perhaps it looks like that to you, but - Nick

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my only intention was to offer my response, which dealt with political correctness. I try very hard to spell correctly (making mistakes at times, as we all do--we live in a human world). How other people spell is not my concern. I am not QA for this board or anywhere else, nor do I want to be. However, please don't diss me for spelling correctly. Thanks and have a great day!

perhpas it looks like that to you - with correct spelling

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intention was not to "diss" you, just offering an observation to the possible misinterpretation of your correct spelling? Moving on.

So what was he supposed to do - deliberately

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misspell the word? That would be ridiculous.

Deliberately - Anna Marie

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He spelled the word correctly. At no point did he try to correct anyone. He was responding to an issue of political correctness. Geez, people, can't we use a little logic (and kindness) and basic common sense around here? The OP made a mistake. No one pointed it out and it was no big deal. Nick no doubt makes errors too (as he himself admits) and that is no big deal either. How about a little common sense?

objecting to ghetto booty is not about political correctness - jmo

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