He proved that to me, personally, Waldo, when he signed that socialized medicine bill a few months back.

And I didn’t know that “eeney meeney miney moe” is supposed to be impermissible. My young, black, female assistant didn’t either. On the other hand, it probably wasn’t until I was in my thirties that I discovered that I should take offense to the term “welsh on a bet.”

Language changes, and frequently, it changes such that it becomes devoid of the hateful meanings that all but the grievance lobby have forgotten.

Where do I sign up to get all the PC memos?

Posted by James Young on 31 July 02006 @ 2pm

Yeah, we wanted to use “Tar Baby” in, I believe, a Barbie game, and that didn’t go over so well. We were obviously thinking of original story (based on an Anansi story, incidentally), and not its other connotations.

You also shouldn’t use “gypped” or, apparently, “spaz.” “Tard” is right out, though retains more humor value than the others mentioned so far.

Posted by Brian J. Geiger on 31 July 02006 @ 3pm

Apparently Congresswoman Diane Watson is a racist as well.

I’m certainly no fan of Romney — or of Tony Snow, who had the exact same problem a few months back — but this sort of attack is just idiocy.

Posted by KCinDC on 31 July 02006 @ 4pm

“Niggardly” is a word I hesitate to use–the last time I said it out loud I got some negative feedback.

Posted by Aileen on 31 July 02006 @ 6pm

Bet you didn’t get fired, Aileen, like the D.C. civil servant who used the word in budget discussions a few years back. Now, that would have been OK, if only they hadn’t replaced him….

Posted by James Young on 31 July 02006 @ 10pm