Political Correctness

I ofter hear "conservative" commentators whine about Political Correctness and try to say that liberals are always trying to enforce PC on America. Of course it is pure rubbish. Here's one example of how PC is not only used by "conservatives" but used much more often by "conservatives" and not only to correct bad behavior but to severly punish and intimidate those they target.

The story linked illustrates this. This poor guy, confined to a wheelchair, wanted to visit the Dali museum in St. Augustine, FL so he entered a contest on satellite radio. He won the "Date with a Porn Star" contest and went to the museum escorted by and adult film star. The "date" itself was innocent enough and he got his wish to see the museum. That's where the fun ended and the trouble began. First, he went on the radio and got ridiculed for being in a wheelchair. Then he was forced to resign his teaching position which he held for 14 years because of the "date".

Certainly liberal Political Correctness can get pretty silly, with some folks getting carried away about the use of language. But in my view, "conservatives" who enforce their version of PC tend to go way beyond wagging their finger at people using inappropriate language. They usually go for the jugular - destroying peoples lives and careers if the stray from the "conservative" moral boundaries they try to enforce on everyone else but rarely follow themselves.