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In reply to the discussion: “Political correctness”: decoding a vicious, pernicious code word [View all]Tetris_Iguana
(501 posts)Life years ago was so tough with death, disease, and general poverty that people had bigger things to worry about than his or her feelings that day.
Thankfully our society is generally much more prosperous; but it's made us fat, dumb, and superficial.
That and the negative narcissistic effects of the "every child deserves an award for participating" self esteem movement... But I digress.
Not to say that there's nothing to say for common courtesy in public spheres. Of course one should be mindful not to be menacing to others, but there's a big gulf between common courtesy and the immolation hack job that the PC movement attempts to conduct on gritty individualism and free thought.
No one has the right to be free from merely being offended.