If there was no real disagreement between us about the term ‘English Only’, all you had to do was point that out immediately. My initial remarks weren’t aimed at you personally (and I’m sorry if I didn’t make that clear).
Instead, you responded with, “Surely by now you realize that any descriptive words will be called oppressive and intolerant by the left.” I agree. Of course the left will try to distort whatever words we use, but that’s no reason to make it easy for them by letting them establish the terms of the debate. The right doesn’t do that in other areas (that’s why I asked you about ‘the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’ and ‘pro choice’).
And you added, “Why do you let them control your very words, and in fact, do their work for them?” When I don’t use their preferred term, I’m not letting them control my very words. I’m doing the opposite. Yet you went on to insult me by saying that I’m being politically correct and that I’m guilty of ‘cultural Marxism’ — unfair charges to make simply because I prefer the more accurate terms used by most of the leaders of the movement itself (and the legislators who pass the legislation).
I oppose political correctness because it uses inaccurate terms to promote the ideas of the leftist establishment, which I believe are harmful to the country. I don’t oppose correctness itself, in the sense of trying to use accurate terms.
TROLL ALERT!