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Tag Archives: PC
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Paleo Retiree writes: Razib reads a book about Confucianism. Speaking of Eastern thinkers, I recently finished and loved Grant Hardy’s Great Courses lecture series about Asian intellectual history. I found it to be a near-ideal overview of a very large field: vivid and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Andrew Bacevich, architecture, Confucius, Grant Hardy, Great Courses, Joan Acocella, Kingsley Amis, Laura Kipniss, PC, Razib Khan, Richard Pryor, Roger Scruton, Steve Sailer
1 Comment
“Reel Injuns”
Paleo Retiree writes: Half-interesting, half-annoying CBC-produced doc, directed and hosted by Neil Diamond, a Canadian Cree, about Hollywood’s treatment of Native Americans; the Question Lady and I caught it recently on Netflix Instant. It’s in the “this topic means a … Continue reading
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Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: British tax payers are still paying off debt from the First World War. Worth it? So now I have to leave Facebook to get a Facebook message? Did your favorite documentary make this list of the … Continue reading
Posted in Linkathons
Tagged Adolph Hitler, Armond White, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Donovan, Jesse Owens, PC, racism, Woody Allen
22 Comments
Couldn’t Do It Today
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:
Posted in Movies, Sex
Tagged Clint Eastwood, couldn't do it today, Film, High Plains Drifter, movies, PC, rape, westerns
2 Comments
Couldn’t Do It Today
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I see Eddie Murphy’s “Delirious” has recently been added to Netflix Instant. I watched part of it and was struck by the bit you see above, which occurs right at the start of the performance. You … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Language, Performers, Politics and Economics, Sex
Tagged 1980s, AIDS, couldn't do it today, Delirious, Eddie Murphy, gays, homophobia, PC, political correctness, stand-up comedy, un-PC
12 Comments
Andrew Dice Clay in 1987
Paleo Retiree writes: (Do NOT play this video if you’re at work. It’s about as NSFW and un-PC as can possibly be.) Andrew Dice Clay in his prime makes the very daring Bill Burr, my current favorite comedian, look sheepish and apologetic. … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Performers, Politics and Economics, Sex
Tagged andrew dice clay, Bill Burr, Comedy, PC, political correctness, un-PC
27 Comments
How “Liberal” Is the Climate on College Campuses?
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Some interesting comments on the PC university from civil liberties lawyer Harvey Silverglate. I’m fond of pointing out how completely the “sticks and stones” rhyme has been replaced by . . . whatever rhyme is employed by … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics and Economics
Tagged civil liberties, colleges, free speech, Harvey Silverglate, PC, political correctness
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Vulgar Or Not?
Paleo Retiree writes: Part of me thinks that this kind of mischief is exactly what talented, bratty art-school/designer types should be perpetrating. Another part of me is beyond bored with it — haven’t all of us lived through this kind … Continue reading
“Creepiness” Du Jour
Paleo Retiree writes: Am I reading this right: No more flirting at work?