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2016 Postmortem

stellanoir

(14,881 posts) Thu Oct 15, 2015, 10:10 AM Oct 2015

"political correctness"

Heard the blow hard carnival barker decry "political correctness" as being onerously time consuming (paraphrased).

Hah !!!

When genuinely heartfelt, "political correctness" (aka basic human consideration) is instantaneously effortless.

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"political correctness" (Original Post) stellanoir Oct 2015 OP

Political Correctness is New Speak ORjohn Oct 2015 #1

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1. Political Correctness is New Speak

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Thu Oct 15, 2015, 11:08 AM

Oct 2015

While Political correctness may seem like a good handle it uses the word political (negative?) instead of a more descriptive term such as social [correctness], or even more to the point--social/cultural/ethnic respect--that should be norms in an egalitarian society.

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