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Offline IsailedawayfromFR

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Political Correctness
« on: February 28, 2017, 01:10:32 am »
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What is meant by the modern term referred to as ‘POLITICAL CORRECTNESS’..
The definition is found in 4 telegrams at the Truman Library and Museum
in Independence, Missouri. The following are copies of four telegrams between
President Harry Truman and Gen Douglas MacArthur on the day before the actual
signing of the WWII Surrender Agreement in September 1945.. The contents of
those four telegrams below are exactly as received at the end of the war – not a
word has been added or deleted! 

(1) Tokyo, Japan
0800-September 1,1945
To: President Harry S Truman
From: General D A MacArthur
Tomorrow we meet with those yellow-bellied bastards and sign the Surrender
Documents, any last minute instructions?

(2) Washington, D C
1300-September 1, 1945
To: D A MacArthur
From: H S Truman
Congratulations, job well done, but you must tone down your obvious dislike
of the Japanese when discussing the terms of the surrender with the press, because
some of your remarks are fundamentally not politically correct!

(3) Tokyo, Japan
1630-September 1, 1945
To: H S Truman
From: D A MacArthur and C H Nimitz
Wilco Sir, but both Chester and I are somewhat confused, exactly what does
the term politically correct mean?

pc_small Political Correctness 

(4) Washington, D C
2120-September 1, 1945
To: D A MacArthur/C H Nimitz
From: H S Truman
Political Correctness is a doctrine, recently fostered by a delusional, illogical
minority and promoted by a sick mainstream media, which holds forth the
proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit by the clean end!

Now, with special thanks to the TrumanMuseum and Harry himself, you and I finally have a full understanding of what ‘POLITICAL CORRECTNESS’ really means…..
http://conservativeread.com/political-correctness/
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Re: Political Correctness
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2017, 01:16:46 am »
My favorite Truman correspondence.....



                                                                             THE WHITE HOUSE

                                                                                 WASHINGTON

                                                                                                                                                        Dec. 6, 1950

Mr. Hume:

I've just read your lousy review of Margaret's concert. I've come to the conclusion that you are an "eight ulcer man on four ulcer pay."

It seems to me that you are a frustrated old man who wishes he could have been successful. When you write such poppy-cock as was in the back section of the paper you work for it shows conclusively that you're off the beam and at least four of your ulcers are at work.

Some day I hope to meet you. When that happens you'll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes, and perhaps a supporter below!

Pegler, a gutter snipe, is a gentleman alongside you. I hope you'll accept that statement as a worse insult than a reflection on your ancestry.

H.S.T.
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Re: Political Correctness
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2017, 01:20:55 am »
I would like a second source to verify what I just read. Before accepting that as a true statement between Harry Truman and what's his name .
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Re: Political Correctness
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2017, 01:25:34 am »
Quote from: Wingnut on February 28, 2017, 01:20:55 am
I would like a second source to verify what I just read. Before accepting that as a true statement between Harry Truman and what's his name .

First known use of the term "Political Correctness" was in the 1970 book The Black Woman, so I guess this Truman use is 100% and total bullshit.

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Re: Political Correctness
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2017, 01:35:24 am »
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Re: Political Correctness
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Re: Political Correctness
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2017, 01:58:03 am »
Quote from: Wingnut on February 28, 2017, 01:50:58 am

Sorry...  I want to see the full Truman transcript these bogus quotes were quoted from.

This didn't happen. This Truman/MacArthur exchange is an internet meme that got started in '15. Both the Truman library and MacArthur historians have never seen any such exchange. These telegrams do not exist. The term Political Correctness did not exist in 1945. Mainstream media is a new term as well. The whole thing is bullshit.
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Re: Political Correctness
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2017, 02:01:27 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on February 28, 2017, 01:58:03 am
This didn't happen. This Truman/MacArthur exchange is an internet meme that got started in '15. Both the Truman library and MacArthur historians have never seen any such exchange. These telegrams do not exist. The term Political Correctness did not exist in 1945. Mainstream media is a new term as well. The whole thing is bullshit.

Fake and altered Bullshit.  There is no way in hell this happened as reported.   
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Re: Political Correctness
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2017, 02:09:50 am »

Maybe all that is "fake" but we sure did call the enemy "Japs," because I have seen the news stories of the times.

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Re: Political Correctness
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2017, 02:15:21 am »
Quote from: truth_seeker on February 28, 2017, 02:09:50 am
Maybe all that is "fake" but we sure did call the enemy "Japs," because I have seen the news stories of the times.

And your point is?   We called Germans Krauts.  Japs.. Japs.  It was unfiltered by "political correctness" that Truman never said or thought.  The term is a liberal invention of the recent times.
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Re: Political Correctness
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2017, 03:14:50 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on February 28, 2017, 01:58:03 am
This didn't happen. This Truman/MacArthur exchange is an internet meme that got started in '15. Both the Truman library and MacArthur historians have never seen any such exchange. These telegrams do not exist. The term Political Correctness did not exist in 1945. Mainstream media is a new term as well. The whole thing is bullshit.

@Frank Cannon

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Re: Political Correctness
« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2017, 03:42:15 am »
I really could care less when 'Political Correctness" started; it's destroying this country! 








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Re: Political Correctness
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2017, 04:31:54 am »
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Re: Political Correctness
« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2017, 09:00:05 pm »
Quote from: corbe on March 01, 2017, 12:52:13 am


That's so insulting to Trump, that he's not in the middle there.
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Re: Political Correctness
« Reply #15 on: March 01, 2017, 10:24:07 pm »
Quote from: Suppressed on March 01, 2017, 09:00:05 pm
That's so insulting to Trump, that he's not in the middle there.

Bill Clinton tweeted about Mrs. Conway's kneeling on the sofa in the Oval Office, saying that it was highly inappropriate...when there was so much room on the floor.    :laugh:
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