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Originally Posted by Clutch Munny
But as long as we understand it to include the English word "politically" and the English word "correct" -- as long as we don't treat these like we treat the string 'cat' as it occurs in 'cattle' -- then anyone who blithely labels this or that politically correct owes some argument for the decision.
And anyone who uses the phrase to describe actions that are politically difficult, or foreseeably politically unpopular, needs his head examined and a free dictionary.
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What about "politically
excessive"? I think that might be what a lot of people are really complaining about when they say "politically correct". For example, from that link I provided above:
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These [speech] codes frequently became parodies of themselves and even the subject of satirical skits on late-night television programs such as "Saturday Night Live." As Robert O’Neil points out, perhaps the most notable example came from the University of Connecticut. Its policy, which was struck down by a federal court, went so far as to make “inappropriately directed laughter” and “conspicuous exclusion from conversations and/or classroom discussions” violations of its speech policy.
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I think I can see how someone would call that "politically correct", when what they really mean is "politically excessive". I think I should probably go look up 'politically' now, though, because it's occuring to me that I'm not really sure what it means.