Political correctness is, essentially, politeness. It should be used, of course, but not obsessively. Like EvF, I don't go out of my way to be offensive, but I don't regard a bit of black (if you'll excuse the term) humour, or a few shocking remarks, as a crime deserving of public shunning. As for the latest P.C. terms, I think white left-wing Guardianista types (sorry for the British term, all you Yanks and non-limeys... that's readers of the Guardian newspaper) worry more about what the P.C. term is than minorities themselves do. Mind you, as a white, middle class man myself, I'm probably not in much of a position to comment.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
