Can we please stop using "guitard"?

[mongo2]

That's most likely because you don't have any kind of mental disability. Maybe try to put yourself in someone else's shoes and feel a bit of empathy.

I wasn't going to post this but I decided I should...No, I don't suffer from any mental disorders but my son does.

Maybe some just take things way too seriously and want everyone else to feel the same way they do.

 

[chicago_mike]

Didn't some people from universities try it stop Bill Maher and Seinfeld from speaking at said universities, because their jokes were offensive?

where does it stop.

 

[blue4]

And you are free to disregard the request wighat made in the OP as well. But when you lose a good friend or your job over saying something offensive, don't come crying to me.

I would assume most people have the common sense not to shout words off the "naughty list" at work. And most good friends are good friends for a reason. Unless you are hurling racial slurs at them, I can't see how common sense wouldn't prevail there too.

 

[Fleebag]

A quick note, the OP did not "tell" anyone to stop saying anything. The title of the thread is "Can we Please Stop...". It's a request, and a reasonable one; he even said please

True and valid point, although I will disagree with the reasonable part, being that the intent of the word is [usually] meant tongue-in-cheek.

 

[Stealth Fighter]

Sometimes a word is just a word, and a joke is just a joke. Most people can tell the difference. I wonder if we could think of a term to describe those who can. Edit: Oops! I meant those who can't. I'm such a guitard.

 

[chicago_mike]

Another explanation of how "guitard" affects YOU. Gold star AGAIN!

I'm starting a collection.

 

[chicago_mike]

Sometimes a word is just a word, and a joke is just a joke. Most people can tell the difference. I wonder if we could think of a term to describe those who can.

Don't go there...theres a deeper meaning and answer to every little thing nowadays. Nothing is face value anymore.

 

[48thStreetCustom]

Looks like it backfired on the woman who told on them, too.

Indeed. I think it's a really good example of when people get carried away with their emotions and ideology. Everyone dog piles on and there no room for anyone to backdown from their position so the worst outcome becomes the only logical conclusions. Perspective is lost and no one wins.

 

[FerruleCat]

This is a really long article but it's also really good. The world sure has changed since I was in college.

How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - The Atlantic

I just read that article earlier this week. I agree with his position. As I noted earlier, it's a question of where you draw the line.

 

[10cc]

OK, then I will just shun you

I'm fearing this as a deep seated feeling.

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

Can't we just lighten up and talk about some music?

 

[Tractorr]

Didn't some people from universities try it stop Bill Maher and Seinfeld from speaking at said universities, because their jokes were offensive?

where does it stop.

Well that is actually a tricky situation because your student fees go to paying those performers. In my day to day life I am able to pick and choose who I support by paying to buy their product. At a university these decisions are usually made by the student government so the only way for students to not have their dollars go to these performers is to protest them. You ask where does it stop? It stops when decorum says it does.

 

[10cc]

OK, then I will just shun you

I'm fearing this as a deep seated feeling.

 

[Tractorr]

Can't we just lighten up and talk about some music?

And if you notice they changed later pressing of this album because they were making way more money not being offensive.

 

[Febs]

OK, folks, answer honestly:

You're at a gig. There is a person with Down Syndrome at the gig, with his friends and family. Your guitarist screws up a song. Would you say, "Jesus, Joe, you are such guitard!" in earshot of the kid with Down Syndrome or his family? If not, why not?

 

[chicago_mike]

question...when I was young and in 7th grade I was picked on to the point of flunking out and almost committing suicide. where are my backers? Where are the people to stand up for me? Nowhere...what did I have to do? grow a goddamn backbone and deal with it.

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

And if you notice they changed later pressing of this album because they were making way more money not being offensive.

No, they never removed it from the album. They did include the PC version as a bonus track, however.

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[nuhckes8]

It's a slippery slope guys. Do you know that people who are trying to banish the r word are also starting to get offended by the word disabled?

Side note: I am proud to say that a local tribe from my home town in California were asked to weigh in if a local high school should change their name from redskins to something else and they said no, they are not offended by that title and that the school carries the name with pride and honor.

 

[48thStreetCustom]

I just read that article earlier this week. I agree with his position. As I noted earlier, it's a question of where you draw the line.

Yeah, where? And the thing is, the rest of the world doesn't draw the line anywhere close to that point. I can picture some other country plowing right through us when these fragile kids are in charge.

 

[Matthew_84]

Everybody says the same things, buys the same crap, wears the same clothes...none one is different

You really believe this?

If you can't express yourself and be different without using offensive terminology, then you probably shouldn't talk until you read a book or two.