SFCRetired
Regular Member
There is a thread here in the Social Lounge that I find disturbing. I have no wish to accuse anyone of even inadvertent racism, but I will point out that language can be a powerful tool for either good or bad and some of the language in that thread is doing our cause, and this site, no good.
Our enemies paint us as racist, toothless, redneck yahoos who are going around armed with the sincere desire of shooting someone, preferably someone of color. I would hope that no reasonable person believes this of us, but, realist that I am, I have no doubts that there are many otherwise reasonable, sane people who are undecided who could be swayed by our injudicious use of racially-charged language.
I beg each of you, as members of this forum, to carefully consider what you are saying in your posts. Let's keep to the highest moral ground in these difficult times.
Please take this message in the spirit in which it is offered.
In addition: Political correctness is one thing. I abhor it as much as anyone. I do not, however, care for racist, sexist, or any other such language.
Our enemies paint us as racist, toothless, redneck yahoos who are going around armed with the sincere desire of shooting someone, preferably someone of color. I would hope that no reasonable person believes this of us, but, realist that I am, I have no doubts that there are many otherwise reasonable, sane people who are undecided who could be swayed by our injudicious use of racially-charged language.
I beg each of you, as members of this forum, to carefully consider what you are saying in your posts. Let's keep to the highest moral ground in these difficult times.
Please take this message in the spirit in which it is offered.
In addition: Political correctness is one thing. I abhor it as much as anyone. I do not, however, care for racist, sexist, or any other such language.
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