[fwdude]

I fully agree with the thesis, but the credibility of the author is kind of lacking and taints the whole thing. He says the phrase “political correctness” originated around 10 years ago, but it has been around a lot longer.

[Defiant]

Political correctness has been around at least since the Soviets used it in the 20s, and my guess is they came up with it long before that. When the party takes a position, you have to agree with it to be politically correct. Was heavily used by American commies in the 30s.

You are right, the author betrays a lack of understanding of the subject matter of his essay by not knowing the origin of the phrase, and thus hurts his credibility.

[FredJake]

Actually, he quotes someone else who made the statement. The speech he quotes was made ten years ago.

[RobRoy]

I actually have a copy of the original (Newsweek or Time) magazine that made it their cover story. I don’t know the exact date but it was in the very early 90’s that that particular magazine came out.

Yeah, the author is WAY off at 10 years. Frankly, it seems kinda lazy.