Our language and culture are being contused by the false god of political correctness (PC).
PC stops you from acting in any way that may potentially offend or injure somebody, somewhere, sometime. Applying PC to itself means that you shouldn’t apply it: You are the first to be harmed by not being truthful to yourself.
And others can be hurt if PC stops you from saying things that ought to be said. Others may not blame you for not having said anything. But you will always know that you could have said something.
Being non-PC is different to being rude or insulting. Rudeness and insults are disproportionate measures; often shaped by bigotry, ideology and ignorance.
We should be free to express our truths. When doing so, we must keep in mind that things that confront are not readily accepted; so those truths must be expressed in a reasoned manner, atuned to the audience.
There’s an English word; “courtesy” that seems to have fallen into disuse; at least in its exercise. One can be courteous without being PC. That is the least that we expect of others; isn’t it?
Courtesy demonstrates respect. You need that in order to present truths that may confront.
