TexasCajun wrote: BTW, I think that the pressure to be more pc has been one of the main forces driving this country into the preverbial ditch. The idea that we have to practically reinvent the English language so somebody doesn't get their feathers ruffled kinda makes me sick to my stomach. So I really don't care if it sets off someone's oversensitivity meter if I used the soon-to-become-dreaded W word. But I do think that we should be smarter when presenting our case to the uninformed, especially in areas where the conversation may be overheard (or comparable).
, but I think it's more than that. The novel 1984 introduced the idea of 'thoughtspeak,' or controlling language in order to control/suppress ideas. In the same way, I believe that PC is dramatically changing our culture. Some of it is driven by the increasingly litigious nature of our society (greed/entitlement), but other aspects are clearly the result of people pushing an agenda.
Reference the move to replace "gun control" with "gun safety", and "crime" with "gun violence".