Politically Correct

It is politically correct to pay your taxes.  It is politically correct to do your jury duty. It is politically correct to vote on Election Day. However, you probably have not heard the term “politically correct” used in those ways.  A Wikipedia article states, “The contemporary usage of the term emerged from conservative criticism of the New Left in the late 20th century. The phrase was widely used in the debate about Allan Bloom’s 1987 book The Closing of the American Mind and gained further currency in response to Roger Kimball’s Tenured Radicals (1990), and conservative author Dinesh D'Souza's 1991 book Illiberal Education, in which he condemned what he saw as liberal efforts to advance self-victimization and multiculturalism through language, affirmative action and changes to the content of school and university curricula.”

Even though the term has gained general usage it is used primarily by Conservatives to disparage groups that formerly were on the margin but have gained the same individual rights as others. Many times Conservatives apply the term in an officious manner or even resort to scurrilous diatribes in their discussion.  It is a bogus term that is practically always used for  mischief.  Be wary of PC.