Posted on 11/01/2006 1:52:53 PM PST by Stoat
Someone on the radio just used the term, "intellectual fascism." Talk about hitting the nail on the head.
I thought Donna Shalala coined the term "political correctness".
What nitwits! The phrase 'politically correct' originally came from the left as a description of a secular-leftist analog of 'holier than thou'.
Well to be fair the term was offending some people. To be pol... err, to be multi-culturally and diplomatically (MAD) sensitive, we should just call it being MAD. That won't offend anyone except those who are angry already (and they are already a lost cause).
Actually, I believe it is a translation of one of Mao's edicts.
Nope, it's a lot older than that (see #4).
Word ungood in Newspeak. Nonesuch existing elsewise.
and the ACLU now says they are not socialists, they are conservatives.
This politicial is just evidence of Doublespeak BS that dominates the POLICALL CORRECTNESS movement.
(iow: what a weenie)
Gotta wonder what they had in mind to replace 'ethnic'...?
Eating their own tail again.
Wow, UK bans more and more speech every day...........amazing! No longer is there free speech in the UK at all. If we don't correct some of the policies here, our own will erode more and more!
LOL good one.......hence my tag line!
Racial quotas = Affirmative action
How "double plus ungood" of them.
Winston Smith double plus rocks!
The term "politically correct" comes from MARXISTS, who used it in all earnest to describe statements which agreed with their politics. It was picked up by ex-socialist neo-conservatives to beat up the Marxists because of the absurdity of looking at everything through a political lens. Leftists absolutely HATE the term because they know how effective it is for blowing them off. But it cam from leftists, in the first place.
'The term political correctness was coined in 1988 by John O'Sullivan III, who was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. He was making an after dinner speech complaining about how Black Americans were being allowed to take the jobs traditionally reserved for the white majority because of a wave of political correctness.
I present you with proof that the term "politically correct" predates the year 1988 and comes from leftists, not conservatives. Here you will find a discussion from the net.women group of the old Usenet (which used to only have net. and mod. groups) about the term "politically correct" dated July 18, 1985. It was posted to net.women, which was at the time a feminist and leftist haven and you'll find references to it being used in leftist circles long before this date in this thread. I can do more research if anyone really cares.
But like I said, the Left hates the term "politically correct" because it makes it difficult for them to hide their nonsense.
Communist tyrant imbeciles...I wonder if they
have any idea what a bunch of imbeciles they
look like..and are..with this moronic ruling.
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