political correctness has always been a more polite tyranny than most of history’s more egrregious ones, but its is rapidly becoming more vicious all the time.
I beg to differ. It may appear more benign on the surface but PC is pure cultural Marxism -- an attempt to stifle free expression and impose strict Marxist principles via language.
The quote below comes from an Accuracy in Academia essay on PC and I strongly urge everyone here to read the whole thing: The Origins of Political Correctness
"First of all, both are totalitarian ideologies. The totalitarian nature of Political Correctness is revealed nowhere more clearly than on college campuses, many of which at this point are small ivy covered North Koreas, where the student or faculty member who dares to cross any of the lines set up by the gender feminist or the homosexual-rights activists, or the local black or Hispanic group, or any of the other sainted “victims” groups that PC revolves around, quickly find themselves in judicial trouble.
"Within the small legal system of the college, they face formal charges – some star-chamber proceeding – and punishment. That is a little look into the future that Political Correctness intends for the nation as a whole."