Dirty Harry is not P-C
March 17, 2009
Clint Eastwood ~ "Dirty Harry"
Movie star Clint Eastwood does not see anything that is funny about political correctness. Dirty Harry tells Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine that today’s society lives in fear of being labeled racist when we mention jokes with regards to ethnicity or nationality. People have lost their sense of humor. In former times we constantly made jokes about different races. You can only tell them today with one hand over your mouth otherwise you will be insulted as a racist. I find that ridiculous. In those earlier days every friendly clique had a ‘Sam the Jew’ or ‘Jose the Mexican’ — but we didn’t think anything of it or have a racist thought. It was normal that we made jokes based on our nationality or ethnicity. That was never a problem. I don’t want to be politically correct. We’re all spending too much time and energy trying to be politically correct about everything. Do I hear an Amen?
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