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> it's better to call a spade a spade Speaking of political correctness..
by nathancahill 6y ago
> it's better to call a spade a spade
Speaking of political correctness..
- intergalplan 6y agoIt's fine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_a_spade_a_spade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_a_spade_a_spade Any concern over it is very recent and ahistorical. Like the false etymologies of "rule of thumb", but far less well-established (and hopefully it remains poorly-established—there's plenty of justified language-policing, we don't need to make up reasons to do more of it)
- Closi 6y ago> Speaking of political correctness. Ironically your statement is an example of “political correctness gone mad” for me at least. It’s a metaphor about shovels, there isn’t anything politically incorrect about it. Someone has just dreamed up an alternative meaning to be offended about.