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Political Correctness

PC gone mad?

PC seems sad

Things that are correct

and those that aren’t 

What you can say

and what you can’t

Regard somehow

it seems quite scant

We admit to being wrong

Even in the words of songs

People mocked, derided, upset

But what you see is what you get

Wolf whistling and winks

Advertising of drinks

Saying what you really think

Are all hovering on the brink

But where will PC stop?

Will every landscape have a blot?

To erase or to debate

And serve it on a plate

of change for changes sake

or not?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rick Varden

Tue 21st Nov 2017 10:19

Thanks Kevin,

Yes I fully agree hence ‘we’ve all got things wrong’ reference. However some of the latest things being suggested like banning winking I think takes too much away from just being human. Cheers.

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kJ Walker

Mon 20th Nov 2017 21:15

I liked this one Fred, because it was nice and snappy, and rolled of the tongue.
But I'd hate to go back to the days before PC. Here in Doncaster we once had a mayor who promised to stamp out political correctness. When he got in he was vile and bigoted in every way you could imagine. Even cancelling the gay pride parade. He got away with it till he chopped down trees on the racecourse
No i know people think political correctness has gone mad, but it would be a horrible place without it.
Cheers Kevin

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Rick Varden

Mon 20th Nov 2017 16:12

Thanks Keith, yes like the poem you wonder just where it’s going to end really.

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keith jeffries

Mon 20th Nov 2017 13:37

Fred, The challenge posed by being PC and upholding free speech is a topical issue which, in this poem, you have clearly brought to light. Thank you for this. Keith

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