“I am definitely not a liberal,”
No, then why are you making liberal arguments? Political correctness is a basic Marxist tool. Always looking for something to be offended by and speaking for the victim class.
As for “ette” it is the diminutive definition which is being used here but it can also be used to feminize male nouns. You know like reporter. I’ll leave it to you to find a dictionary for the rest of your word lesson.
If standing for equality is a liberal argument, then you have d*mned yourself. I want to be on the side of equality for all - I’m American, through and through.
It seems very clear to me you weren’t able to understand what I was saying. Of course “ette” is diminutive, we are agreeing. I was asking you to consider why. You chose to resort to name-calling, instead.
Does standing up to BO for demeaning what America stands for make all of us a “victim class”? No. Then why does it make women a victim class to stand up for their rights? If standing up for someone’s rights, and standing against gross mischaracterizations, is “political correctness” to you, that’s sad to me.
Many people may use PC-ness as you suggest, but many people also diminish things as *being* PC to protect the status quo and any inequality that may exist to their favor.