…4. wearing an American flag t-shirt on a Mexican holiday
5. conservatives using the word “Chicago”
6. using the word “manhole” (preferred now is utility hole or maintenance hole)
7. criticizing the fact that more than 75% of Detroit babies are born to unwed mothers
http://thetruthwins.com/archives/20-outrageous-examples-that-show-how-political-correctness-is-taking-over-america
@Zekesima, frankly, I don’t believe it. And the source is highly questionable.
I believe if you put forth the effort to pronounce someone’s name correctly or acknowledge your shortcoming, good on you! If you’re like, “Wow, that’s a lot of vowels. I’ll call you ___”, then boo. Do better.
I’m surprised when people pronounce my last name correctly. When someone mispronounces it, I correct. There are no ill-feelings unless they make a point to mispronounce my name.
Nobody every said that American English rules for pronunciation makes sense. Otherwise, how some “sow” has a different pronunciation depending on if it’s used as a noun or a verb?
Anyway, the etymology of pistachio is not Italian, so the the pronunciation as pi-STA-shee-o is valid; the Italian word has two c’s.
Similarly, when speaking in English, the “h” is pronounced, as the “h” is pronounced when saying in English (but not Spanish) “Hasta la vista, baby.” 
- asking “How are you?”
I discount any “information” sourced from breitbart and thetruthwins. Sorry, but this explains a lot about the posting of this initially and subsequent discussion. I suggest broadening your source of reading.
doschicos and Consolation–Are abcnews and reuters more acceptable sources?
- calling people who identify as vampires "crazy"
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/real-life-vampires-lifestyle-secret/story?id=9173328
http://in.reuters.com/article/us-usa-vampires-study-idINKCN0PI00N20150708
Where are you getting these bullet points?
I read those articles is the first woman said she doesn’t mind looking a bit “kooky” and the seconds says vampires tend to seek out vampire-friendly doctors. I’m a bit lost on what that list you’re creating is about.
Here is the original text of this study probably funded by taxpayers of Idaho:
http://www1.uwindsor.ca/criticalsocialwork/Vampires
Enjoy!
"Although this study focuses on a people with a particular alternative identity, its findings may also be relevant to people who adopt other alternative identities, such as goths, otherkin, furries, and specific BDSM identities. "
We still have much to learn!
Thanks for the link, CCDD14. Here is a quote from that study:
"We challenge social workers and helping professionals to consider embracing aspects of diversity, such as vampirism, which are not typically taught in social work curriculums. "
Am I a bad person if I laugh at this?
Furries??? :))
Wait a minute, are there people who identify as dwarves, elves, cave trolls, orcs, or hobbits? Now, that would really be interesting.
Some of these people might be suffering from forms of mental anxieties or emotional illnesses, so, no, I don’t think it is appropriate to laugh.
Well, I didn’t read every word, but the study seems to argue that vampires should be looked upon as a legitimate minority group and that identification with vampirism is NOT an indication of mental illness. In fact, this suggests that if your kid comes home and says, “Mom, I’ve discovered that I am a vampire”, that you may get no help from the psychiatric community for your kid, except an admonition to accept and embrace his or her new status. In that case, you are correct, prospect1–not laughable. Very sad.
So this conversation has me thinking back to the Rachel Dolezal “scandal” and wondering if perhaps she was treated unfairly. If society is able to accept individuals who are biologically one sex but identify as the opposite sex or no sex at all why was it so terrible for Rachel to ask to be accepted as identifying as black even though she wasn’t biologically black? She seemed to be universally accused of perpetrating a lie but logically speaking I’m trying to determine how what she did is different. What am I missing?
Right. An Asian could also choose to identify as an African American during the college application process in order to switch his advantage status. Why do we choose to be so rigid in our restriction on this but so lax when it comes to identification in other areas? We think it unseemly to grill people on their identification choices in other areas.
Dwarves are a group, although they prefer “little people” last I knew. Surely you’ve met some?
…Great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls…that is 
Interesting (but long) video on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMl4kIxw-jo
I am generally in favor of “PC” culture, especially when it means considering the feelings of someone else. I’m proud of the kids who care about this. I’m off this thread.