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Originally Posted by johnny d
This is exactly what a PC world entails. Yes, there are many things that can be said that are offensive....so what? Other than having their feelings hurt, how exactly is a person injured by having offensive things said to them? A world where people are not allowed to say offensive things, sounds rather Orwellian to me.
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It is not about being PC. You should not say things like that to anyone in professional situations. It makes it feel like you have other motives or intentions by saying those things. And it could also lead to lawsuits or defending other practices when you state these kinds of things.
And no one said you are not allowed, but no one has to put up with your conduct that will come back to them. If an assignor has a person that says something like this, that assignor will have to answer to what kind of people he/she is hiring. If the conference is hiring someone that is associated with an educational setting and would not allow that in their world, then those institutions would have to answer for why they allow someone to work in their institution based on their normal policies.
This is how life works.
Peace