Tea Party.
Party Foul.
Tea Party Foul.
Self-explanatory?
Self-Explanatory.
Tories and Whigs.
Self-Explanatories and Whigs.
Showing posts with label political correctness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label political correctness. Show all posts
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Al Frankenstein
Al Franken.
Frankenstein.
Al Frankenstein.
A monster who's good enough, strong enough, and gosh darn it, people elected him senator, rather than chasing him with pitchforks and fire. *
(Or the doctor that created that monster and lit the way for his political career.)
Doctor.
Torches.
Doctorches.
* Tools of the devil, or of an agricultural arsonist.
Fiery.
Farmer.
Firemer.
Frankenstein.
Al Frankenstein.
A monster who's good enough, strong enough, and gosh darn it, people elected him senator, rather than chasing him with pitchforks and fire. *
(Or the doctor that created that monster and lit the way for his political career.)
Doctor.
Torches.
Doctorches.
* Tools of the devil, or of an agricultural arsonist.
Fiery.
Farmer.
Firemer.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Midgetaway
Midget.
Getaway.
Midgetaway.
When discussing prejudice and discrimination, the little person is often overlooked.
Some view "midget" as a slur* that we should get away from using.**
Though Herve Villechaize (one of the biggest little people) actually preferred the word.
But then, he also tried to kill James Bond, so perhaps his opinions aren't the most laudable.
Tattoo.
Toodles.
Tattoodles.
At least one thing is clear: bigotry against the small makes no sense.
(And neither does smallotry against the big.)
So we all need to be bigger people about this.
Because if we're not bigger, then what's to stop this small-minded bigotry from being aimed at us as well?
* A "slur" is so named because of the frequency with which it is uttered in the slurred speech of the drunk or otherwise mentally incapacitated.
Drunk.
Unkind.
Drunkind.
** And if my use of it in this discussion here has offended you, please accept this self-directed slur to even things out:
Kike.
Ikea.
Kikea.
Where my people shop for furniture.
Getaway.
Midgetaway.
When discussing prejudice and discrimination, the little person is often overlooked.
Some view "midget" as a slur* that we should get away from using.**
Though Herve Villechaize (one of the biggest little people) actually preferred the word.
But then, he also tried to kill James Bond, so perhaps his opinions aren't the most laudable.
Tattoo.
Toodles.
Tattoodles.
At least one thing is clear: bigotry against the small makes no sense.
(And neither does smallotry against the big.)
So we all need to be bigger people about this.
Because if we're not bigger, then what's to stop this small-minded bigotry from being aimed at us as well?
* A "slur" is so named because of the frequency with which it is uttered in the slurred speech of the drunk or otherwise mentally incapacitated.
Drunk.
Unkind.
Drunkind.
** And if my use of it in this discussion here has offended you, please accept this self-directed slur to even things out:
Kike.
Ikea.
Kikea.
Where my people shop for furniture.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Canniballistic
Cannibal.
Ballistic.
Canniballistic.
Only one letter off from the real word "cannibalistic," which is appropriate.
Because most of the time, I imagine cannibals as going ballistic.
I doubt there are as many calm cannibals.*
Calm.
Cannibal.
Calmnibal.
Doesn't sound right.
* I haven't done any research on this, so if anyone has information about organizations of relaxed human flesh-eaters, feel free to share.
In the age of political correctness where so many fringe groups have advocates voicing their positions, I figured that people who eat people are the safest bunch to stereotype without fear of reprisal.
But perhaps a group of cannibals exists that doesn't KILL and eat humans, but just dines on them after they pass away naturally.
And this jives with the idea that I've heard some hold, wherein if you eat your enemy (or probably a non-enemy), you gain their abilities.
And if you eat someone who had died of natural causes after becoming weak and infirm, chances are that meal will grant you their ability to be weak and infirm, and to die of natural causes.
(You are what you eat.
Especially true of cannibals.)
Ballistic.
Canniballistic.
Only one letter off from the real word "cannibalistic," which is appropriate.
Because most of the time, I imagine cannibals as going ballistic.
I doubt there are as many calm cannibals.*
Calm.
Cannibal.
Calmnibal.
Doesn't sound right.
* I haven't done any research on this, so if anyone has information about organizations of relaxed human flesh-eaters, feel free to share.
In the age of political correctness where so many fringe groups have advocates voicing their positions, I figured that people who eat people are the safest bunch to stereotype without fear of reprisal.
But perhaps a group of cannibals exists that doesn't KILL and eat humans, but just dines on them after they pass away naturally.
And this jives with the idea that I've heard some hold, wherein if you eat your enemy (or probably a non-enemy), you gain their abilities.
And if you eat someone who had died of natural causes after becoming weak and infirm, chances are that meal will grant you their ability to be weak and infirm, and to die of natural causes.
(You are what you eat.
Especially true of cannibals.)
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