I agree you describe what is currently happening. What I meant is that, and for the reasons you describe, it can’t be fought at that level. To win, we have to take back the right to be offensive - to remind everyone that the purpose of the 1st Amendment is to protect minority speech, offensive speech, unpopular speech - not the majority.
There is a certain priviledge, or tempting priviledge in immorality. Take abortion, and it has given extreme priviledge of authority to its subscribers.
We have to enjoy some priviledges of sorts in our language if we are to defeat them. I do not like empowerment but it is good sometimes to obey a parent in authority, priviledged. We cannot ply little nice lambs all the time. They respect those crushing them and it is how pathological slaves are dealt with, I agree. It is very delicate to express, though, while keeping our own self policing and civilized ways always refering to the testimony within our own circles.
I think there is an evil trinity, and the authority of political correctness seems to be the evil counter part of the Holy Spirit, in how it directs behaviors and hierarchies in this current decadence of the priviledge to be immoral and looking good.