Ziggin and Zaggin Hate Speech

Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 1 month ago to The Gulch: General
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The Port Authority bus service in Pittsburgh has decals on their buses promoting mass transit. The decals have a slogan containing the words "ziggin" and "zaggin". The Port Authority recently announced the decals would be removed. Apparently they received a complaint saying that when read backwards the words resemble a racial slur. When read backwards it is complete jibberish. The PC police on the case again.


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  • Posted by wiggys 10 years, 1 month ago
    it is time for all of us to clam up. then nobody will be offended since anything said by anyone will offend someone
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  • Posted by jimjamesjames 10 years, 1 month ago
    I didn't think some of those "offended" could read forward let alone backwards........!!
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  • Posted by strugatsky 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    No, you can't. That's too descriptive and too close to home, so you can't use those words. Keep in mind that an asshole exists, but the word doesn't.
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  • Posted by strugatsky 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    That would work only if you inject "black," "race," "discrimination" into your complaint. Order of the words, along with substance and merit, are not important.
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  • Posted by 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    It's like some people are looking at everything trying to twist it in a way to be offended. Crazy world.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 10 years, 1 month ago
    Maybe it was because they were translucent and they looked like profanity from inside the bus. It they were printed on an opaque surface, it seems absurd to ban it for what it sounds like backwards.
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  • Posted by 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    The story I saw made it sound like they got one complaint. Maybe I should complain that the rates are too high or the drivers make too much money...
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  • Posted by Technocracy 10 years, 1 month ago
    Its more the professional victims and endlessly outraged than the PC police. Someone filed the complaint after all. The fact that the transit authority caved is unsurprising.
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