Charles
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Jim Farmelant <farmelantj at juno.com> wrote:
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>
> I think that the term "political correctness" was originally coined by
> leftists back in the 1960s or 1970s to poke fun of sectarianism run amuck.
> But yes, this term has long since been hijacked by the Right, so with
> possibly, a handful of exceptions, there is little point in progressives
> using this term, since its usage generally gives aid and comfort to
> reactionaries.
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> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Subject: [lbo-talk] On the term, "Political correctness"
> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 12:04:38 -0500
>
> I believe I have responded negatively, I hope in fact I have responded
> quite
> nastily, to anyone on this list who used the term "political correctness."
> My position was that the term could not be separated from reactionary
> politics, and for leftists to use it (in any tone) was to give aid and
> comfort to the enemy. Sometimes language can be resisted, thereby wrenching
> a term from its established meaning, but this is not true of the term
> "political correctness." It is impossible to empty it of reactionary
> import.
>
> >From Harper's weekly review:
>
> ... and a federal judge ruled that the stop-and-frisk tactics employed by
> the New York City Police Department amount to racial profiling and violate
> the Constitution. "When it comes to policing," said Mayor Michael
> Bloomberg,
> who opposed the decision, "political correctness is deadly."
>
> That is (as it were) the _correct_ use of the term, and any leftists who
> uses the term gives aid and comfort to those who, like Bloomberg, use it
> for
> really vicious purposes.
>
> Carrol
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