My two cents: I've noticed that 90% of the times the term "political correctness" is used, it's used by rude and/or insensitive people who say something they shouldn't. Then when they're confronted they go "OMG PC is b'c0min 2 exagerated!111". It's used as a "get-out-of-jail-free card" to avoid having to take responsibility for your statements.
In the old days you apologized when you offended someone. Today you cry bigot at the top of your voice. How far we've gotten.
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When I was involved with killing them I did tend to refer to Vietnamese as "gooks", "slants" and "slopes". I don't anymore, even in fun. If you want to call the enemy "Japs" or "Nips" in your patrol reports and stories, that makes perfect sense, as it fits the context of the times. On the other hand, using those terms in your everyday posts is offensive, and you should try to avoid them where possible.
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What you said.
Childish rambling. "OMG if you get offended b'cuz I used an offensive word ure intolerant!!111 its just wordz!!11". Right. There are such things as feelings in the world, feelings which warrant respect.
Then you make a joke about 9/11 (not that I do) or some other subject
they care about and all of a sudden it's not "just a..." anything anymore. You see, people died on 9/11, so there are grieving people left behind.
Gotta love those kind of people.