Re: Naffness with regard to transgenderism

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:47:21 +0100 (BST)


Michael Schwartz:
> I don't accept the "smacks of political correctness" defense. The Sun
> County material makes light of transgenderism without sensitivity; that
> is downright prejudice, not a mere lack of political correctness.

The distinction is generally in the mind of the speaker, surely. "I hereby make light of your criticism of my prejudices by calling it 'political correctness'." If there's some more rigorous definition, I think it's more honoured in the breach than in the observance.

> The homophobic behavior of people on this list, however, does not.

To be fair, several of them _are_ Australians. Allowances have to be made. ;-)

Cheers,
Alex.


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