Any american nurses working in a hospital in the USA that tells staff they can no longer say "Merry Christmas"? Are there hospitals here in our country that are forcing their staff to only say "happy holidays" and not allowing them to say "Merry Christmas"?
I'm just curious if this is becoming an issue in the nursing profession? I recently spoke to some public school teachers here in Florida who told me they can say happy holidays but they can't say Merry Christmas. I have read that many department stores and other retail businesses are no longer using the word Christmas, but replacing it with Happy Holidays and Season's Greetings.
I haven't heard of this being a trend in any hospitals in my area, but very curious if this is taking place in hospitals in other states?
Many, if not most un-politically correct terms are rude.
Would you call me colored because you don't like the politically correct AA?
I say BLACK.
You can't separate the non-politically correct and the rude. They usually coincide.
Yes I can.
Let's use another example. The appropriate term for woman USED TO BE wench. Now, obviously, that is offensive, because I am KIND enough and RESPECTFUL enough to recognize that it is.
Wench? Offensive? Wow, I would NEVER have picked that word.
Stanley my friend :redbeathe. . . .the above is how I perceive the way you react here on this bulletin board, especially in the political threads.
steph
i do believe stan admitted he sometimes does that.
That is political correctness. Now, I can just say I don't want to be politically correct and that wench was acceptable before so it should be now and that it is silly that you even get offended.
That's why the whole, I don't want to be politically correct argument is bunk. What that REALLY means is f#$% everybody else and how they feel. I am gonna do what I want.
Now, I wholly support that as I do that sometimes as well.
frankly, i find stanley to be one of the more conscientous and responsible posters here.
he readily admits when he's messed up and takes full responsibility for it.
Wench? Offensive? Wow, I would NEVER have picked that word.
steph
LOL There are WORSE words but I don't wanna say them and it is only an example.
Basically, I am telling you that IF YOU KNOW Me and still tell me Merry Christmas you are being offensive on purpose.
If you DON'T know me then I'll clue you in to the fact that I don't celebrate Christmas.
Look, I already show you respect by NOT using XMas instead of Christmas. I don't call you Xtians. Shrug. If you knew me you'd realize that was a big concession on my part.
LOL There are WORSE words but I don't wanna say them and it is only an example.
Basically, I am telling you that IF YOU KNOW Me and still tell me Merry Christmas you are being offensive on purpose.
If you DON'T know me then I'll clue you in to the fact that I don't celebrate Christmas.
Look, I already show you respect by NOT using XMas instead of Christmas. I don't call you Xtians. Shrug. If you knew me you'd realize that was a big concession on my part.
Stanley, I've never said that I would wish you a Merry Christmas, knowing you are an atheist.
And I've not been disrespectful or rude on this thread today.
It just seems picky to me and I'm not going to change something I've done for almost 50 years to a more generic and politically correct term. [/quote']
That's because people prefer the easy thing to the hard decision. The right decision is almost always the hard one.
Yep, he did after my post about it. You are right.
steph
I readily admit that 90% of my problems in life have been caused by my mouth (hands as well).
Hehehe. I can't think and self regulate at the same time. To do one means less of the other. I haven't found a happy medium yet. The only thing that keeps me out of trouble is 'shutting up.'
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The only reason it IS politically correct is the reason people are being urged to say it.
So we don't offend those who don't celebrate Christmas.
If that wasn't the reason . . you'd be right. :redbeathe
steph