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Comment Re:The French are the world's Standards Board (Score 1) 376

Like I said, it depends largely on what decade he was in school and what terms were in use while he was growing up. How many more times do the 'proper' terms have to be replaced? Perhaps the focus should be on why the terms become pejoratives over time and fix that instead. Of course, this would require a reexamination of ideology, culture, and behavior, which few have the backbone for.

Get uppity or don't. No one implied you had to get anyone's permission. I choose not to. I don't get upset if someone calls me 'cracker' or 'whitey' or 'whitebread' or 'redneck' instead of 'caucasian.' I'll laugh and call that person a slur appropriate for their race in return, whether it's in jest, or not. If he laughs in return then we've established a rapport. If he gets butthurt, then he's a hypocrite who's not worth my time. People who can't take it shouldn't dish it. Those who claim that attributes like race and sex shouldn't matter seem to spend lots of time obsessing over and enforcing the use of proper terms for them.

Comment Re:The French are the world's Standards Board (Score 1) 376

Welcome to the brainwashing that is political correctness. He might call all black people 'african americans', but that's because that's what the 'multicultural' leftist retards were teaching in school while he was young. If he used the term, it means he was trying to do the right thing. Of course, at least several european countries have the same kinds of stupidity, like refusing to acknowledge differences between the sexes because it offends idiot feminists. For example, sweden recently tried to force the use of 'ungendered' pronouns in schools, along with other stupid shit, like banning urinals.

Comment Re: In a Self-Driving Future--- (Score 1) 454

We can't even secure automated control systems for sensitive industry, simple consumer devices, or even fully automate trains. What makes you think we can automate free range vehicles?

Even if your free roaming car becomes reality, I am sure it will come with a host of automated babysitters that ensure my priorities align with the priorities of those who own the car, or own the law. Fuck that. People like you are clueless about the realities of human nature. If there's a power vacuum, people will grab for it. They don't care. There's a reason why property ownership is a good thing.

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