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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 4982296, member: 27832&quot;]Fine, I&#039;ll start with a definition. It may not be the definition you have in mind; feel free to post your own.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia&#039;s</a> opening line:</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if you <i>want</i> to offend members of a particular group, or put them at a disadvantage, I can see why this would be... offensive. Same thing if you <i>don&#039;t care</i> whether you offend them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second line, though, is the telling one:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Pejorative&quot;. It&#039;s used to <i>imply</i> that avoiding offense or disadvantage is wrong. If you&#039;re being polite or thoughtful, that&#039;s great, right? But if you&#039;re being <i>politically correct</i>, you&#039;re trying to <i>pretend</i> that <b>They</b> deserve more consideration than they really do, at <b>Our</b> expense.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Those Catholics <i>are</i> poor! Why shouldn&#039;t we say so on these medals?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>If it demeans them, why <i>should</i> you?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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