*stunned*

[labellementeuse]

So, in the post-Election National party shuffle-around and line up, #14 Wayne Mapp has been appointed:
Labour & Industrial Relations
Political Correctness Eradication
Chair of Caucus Policy Committee
I kid you not. Actual Eradication. In Radio NZ interviews, he's gone on to advocate the removal of the Human Rights Commission, along with- predictably- the Waitangi Tribunal (I haven't listened to the interviews but I would not be much surprised if he also had a tizzy about Women's Affairs. @!@#$) Keith Ng has an awfully good column about liberalism and the National- liberalism in the ACT/USA sense, which is not always the way we use it in NZ. David Haywood was very funny in a satire that, unfortunately, is not all that far from the truth. Holly Walker has s short piece about the usefulness of the phrase "political correctness", Adam Gifford writes about PC and mainstream.

Lyndon Hood kind of summarised my thoughts on the issue, though:
Wayne Mapp: Opposition spokesman for Political Correctness Eradication.

W - as they say - TF?

Had National been elected, we would presumably be forming a Department (surely not a Ministry) of Political Correctness Eradication.

fuckers. To think I thought I wouldn't have any more use for this icon after the election.

Comments

[lady-larla.livejournal.com]

Yea Gads and holy Pigeons( bet you haven't heard that one before!)
Having read this, I have one question- do they really take themselves seriously? Have they ever heard themselves speak? And I wonder if they'd say this - really I do if they were in the same situation themselves..(ok so in certain cases you have to born to certain community and thats out of your control- but guess what women didn't ask to be born women ( I don't know that many that would take the alternative though) and handicapped people certainly didn't ask to be. "Political Correctness Eradication" honestly I tell you...(Ok so I asked more than one question but I had to.)
As for your Icon keep it - now with this post having been created(?) I'm sure you're going to need it at regular intervals! Hell make me one for when I come (even though I can't vote and if I could it certainly wouldn't be for them!)

[miriamus.livejournal.com]

It's so reactionary, te he he. Even though there are a few situatons that probably could do with asking do we really need to do this or are we just doing it because PCness says we should, eradicating political correctness?? Sounds like something my brother would think up. I personally think the human rights commission and waitangi tribunal are more crucial than women's affairs, really, but there's a huge difference between redressing stuff that's a bit over-the-top PC and taking our morals back to the 50s.

[aim-toothpaste.livejournal.com]

Didn't Don Brash say that it was appropriate for him to have the job because he 'has a Maori wife'?

I found that amusing.

[blademistress.livejournal.com]

So. Much. Hate.

Dear "mainstream" assfucks.

Here's the definition of "political correctness" as set down by Webster.

Main Entry: political correctness
Function: noun
: conformity to a belief that language and practices which could offend political sensibilities should be eliminated

Here's the defintion of "political correctness" as set down by Wordweb:

Avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against.

Gosh. You know what? You're so right. We should get rid of it. Then those damn faggots, koons, chinks, and retards will... stop oppressing me! Yes! That's it! (Urg I feel dirty just have written this. I will not even go to the n word, even for satire.)

*SEETHES*

Winston, I take it back. I love you. Thank you for not sucking Don off.

Why haven't they thrown Don out yet? Come on, he failed. STAB HIM IN THE BACK. DOOO EEET.

Where's Facelift when we need it? I'm so linking this.

[skadi.livejournal.com]

...fz?

What?!