To: TLBSHOW
I'll accept the author's word that the term Political Correctness was born in 1923 if he says so. However, the concept of euphemising something unpleasant to make those who partake in it less so goes back at least to the exchange of 'welfare' for 'dole.' Most likely, dole was a polite way of saying something worse at one time itself. Do you think hanging PC on communism is beating a dead, and possible incorrect horse?
4 posted on
03/30/2002 8:37:49 PM PST by
gcruse
To: gcruse
No. Cuba and China and North Korea come to mind as does the liberal communist in America.
6 posted on
03/30/2002 8:40:14 PM PST by
TLBSHOW
To: gcruse
"However, the concept of euphemising something unpleasant to make those who partake in it less so goes back at least to the exchange of 'welfare' for 'dole.'" I thought it was the exchange of 'homeless' for 'bum'.
'Hobos' seem to have disappeared completely.
--Boris
14 posted on
03/30/2002 9:35:37 PM PST by
boris
To: gcruse
Here is another source on Political Correctness from Bill Lind if you ever go into Free Congress Foundation's site much then you know who he is.
Click here to get to the link
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