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Two thoughts: 1) "Political correctness" has always meant "excessive language policing from the left" rather than anything more concrete—it was a pejorative te
by 07d046 8y ago
Two thoughts:
1) "Political correctness" has always meant "excessive language policing from the left" rather than anything more concrete—it was a pejorative term even before it was introduced to the general public in 1990 on the pages of the New York Times—so it's no surprise that it has a bad reputation.
2) It's kind of ironic to use a research paper by a group called More In Common, who seek to counteract polarisation, to slam a particular political group.
- hyperdunc 8y agoI don't think it's ironic. If that political group is not receptive to this reasonable attempt to show them how they're going wrong, that's on them and rather reinforces the article's gist.
- Brakenshire 8y agoThe point is who will not say they dislike something defined to be a pejorative?
- Svoka 8y agoI know, right? There is no people for "political correctness". There are only those who don't like it. Whole term is constructed to be disliked.