Tag Archives: political correctness

“Let’s Have An Open Debate on Both Sides of This Controversial Issue. Wait…Your Side Offends Me. Shut Up. You’re A Bully.”

Shut up, they explained. That’s public education and tolerance! Continue reading

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Sarah Palin, Obama and The Dumbest Christmas Controversy of the Year

Apparently the Obama’s aren’t Christmasy. Continue reading

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Comments of the Day: “UNICEF’s Unethical War Against International Adoption”

A return to the international adoption controversy. Continue reading

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Now THIS Is An Offensive Team Name

Naming a team after a serial killer is an insult to his victims. Continue reading

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Hitler’s Paintings, Dirty Money, and an Ethics Quiz

A Swedish agency says that “it can’t consider ethical factors in settling outstanding debts,” so it’s okay to sell Hitler’s paintings. Wait…WHAT? Continue reading

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Five Questions and Answers About The Steven J. Braun Law Firm Halloween Party Outrage

New York Times Joe Nocera is stirring up public outrage because some employees of a law firm involved in questionable foreclosure practices attended the firms 2010 Halloween party dressed as homeless people. Continue reading

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Herman Cain, the News Media’s New Sarah Palin

At least when the media and pundits decided to suspend basic principles of fairness and decency to attack Sarah Palin for the unforgivable crime of being an outspoken conservative woman (even before she had a chance to show she deserved to be attacked for other reasons), she had been nominated for Vice President. Business executive Herman Cain, a similarly reviled aberration from the expected norm as a black Republican, is now getting equally unconscionable journalistic treatment just for getting decent poll numbers. Continue reading

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Celebrate Columbus Day, Honor Columbus

Let’s not forget Columbus. Continue reading

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Hank Williams, Jr.: Victim of a Political Correctness Mugging

The media ganged up on Hank Williams Jr. for political commentary every bit as ill-informed but considerably less offensive than Morgan Freeman’s declaration that the Tea Party opposes the President because he is black, and spread the lie—and it is a lie—that Williams was calling Obama a Nazi. Continue reading

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Unethical Quote of the Week: University of Wisconsin-Stout Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen

University of Wisconsin-Stout Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen ratifies the school’s police chief’s decision to remove two posters from a professor’s office door out of fear of a fictional character in one instance, and fear of the truth in another. Continue reading

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