Political Correctness Gone Mad

Oh dear on the bbc news they are apparently changing wording in kids books in case someone takes offence or creates bullying they are really getting silly now . Apparently wierd is one of those words being removed . Others are fat , ugly and crazy in case it upsets someone . Not ladylike is now replaced with undignified , formidable female is now formidable woman . Mother and father is now parents and cloud men are now cloud people , it goes on utter crazyness its political correctness gone mad . What sort of world are we leaving our kids , oh my god .

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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

I'm not convinced that it is political correctness so much as a hyper-vigilant board of trustees that has recently sold exclusive film rights to Netflix 😏

I disagree with censoring anything that is not actually illegal. Smooths over the historical context and makes life a little less interesting.

Kids see through it anyway. When I substituted 'pram' for 'perambulator' in Beatrix Potter's [i]The Tale of Two Bad Mice[/i] (because I thought it was beyond the comprehension of a three year old) I had one very indignant little niece who pointed out exactly where I had gone wrong! 😅

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@SunshineGirl Good for your niece! :-)