I wonder about that too. Maybe this was the intent of the PC movement in the first place - to make us as a society compliant to their whims and fancies, no matter how absurd. We have to make a stand one of these days.
That is exactly what it is about. They command. We obey. They hold four fingers in front of our face and say it's five. We say it's five. They will get to the boot in the face in time.