“But attributing malicious intent to those who say uncomfortable things has always been the resort of the one who refuses to accept realities which he wishes weren’t realities.”
Yes, this is the heart of political correctness. They do not want anyone to say certain things because those things might be detrimental to the policies THEY want to advocate. It matters not what policies the people saying the forbidden things actually advocate, because political correctness is by nature a defensive position.
Exactly. And VdK’s essential argument style is *explicitly* PC in action.