Originally Posted by
mhosea
... You cannot at the same time be "civil" and eager to take offense where none was intended. ...
Fine, but let us extend that a little to some actual behaviours which can be observed. Is it OK to be offensive provided you are too ignorant to recognise that your behaviour gives offence? Implicitly saying "it's their fault for being offended" is blaming the victim.
There are all sorts of things which I might label "politically correct" except that I do not see the term as very useful. It usually means I (or whoever is objecting to "political correctness") is simply objecting to what appears to be a majority view not in favour of my [their] convenient opinions. We need to argue the issues, not some notional right to apply labels without considering their implications.
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