Earth has been invaded by politically correct, multicultural aliens

[Arkham House]

--and everyone is walking around with cotton stuffed in their mouths, afraid to offend anyone...mouthing cliches and sounding like robots, repeating endlessly academic and media cliches. Rightwingers are deliriously happy at this turn of events, and are collaborating with the invaders, because the more anyone remotely describable as "progressive" is indulging in this crap, the less time they have to do anything real. Now--you can pick six heroes from all time or space to fight the invaders--real, imaginary, whatever...whom do you pick? My choices--Tom Paine, Hunter Thompson, H.L. Mencken, Elphaba, aka The Wicked Witch of the West, George Orwell, and last but not least, Dorothy Parker...if anyone can save Earth, they can...

[democracyindanger]

1. Speaking of academic cliches

99% of the time "politically correct" is used by somebody to complain about being called on the fact that they're being an ass.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. So true...