How one editorializes about the term depends--clearly--upon how one defines
it in the first place, and whether it is to be a voluntary code of conduct,
or a one enforced by government dicta or university rules. In the latter
cases, one synonym might be "censorship."
--J
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Domingo Zungri <kdzungri_at_comcast.net>wrote:
> I don't know why everybody is so negative about the term "Political
> Correctness." As far as I can tell, "Political Correctness" is a
> pejorative term for "Good Manners" used by people who haven't any.
>
> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com<OliveStarlightOrchestra%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Georgie Hinklemyer"
>
> <samoolives_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > I guess everyone's been busy this summer.
> > Just gotta post something we got in the email. Apologies if you've
> > heard this already.
> >
> > The following is the 2007 winning entry from an annual contest at
> > Texas / A&M University calling for the most appropriate definition of
> > a contemporary term.
> >
> > The term was _Political Correctness.
> > The Winner Wrote:
> >
> > "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional,
> > illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream
> > media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible
> > to pick up a turd by the clean end."
> >
>
>
>
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