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[Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>]

Marie McHarry wrote:

> On 2/1/07, Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com> wrote:
>  
>
> > I'm a little leary of meanings that are defined by the television set.
> > Meanings for labels that people choose for themselves are far more
> > revealing.
> Here are some dictionary
> definitions:
> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/politically%20correct
>
>  
Politically correct: "marked by or adhering to a typically progressive 
orthodoxy on issues involving esp. race, gender, sexual affinity, or 
ecology."

That's certainly the old meaning that my friend John conveyed.  It's a 
label he chose for himself.  Contrast this with Lynda's use:

"It is kinda the same old thing as with the Indians and the soldiers.  When 
the Indians attacked it was a massacre.  When the soldiers attacked it was 
defending.  Semantics to sway the public opinion!

So, it isn't errors in Carter's book, it is folks that want history written 
their way and get bent out of shape when someone doesn't stick with the 
current PC version of history."

I think maybe she meant to say the "textbook" version of history. As 
Lynda says, we've been told that arabs and indians were to blame for 
everything.  The progressive "PC" view would presumably be more open-minded.

American Heritage Dictionary: "Showing an effort to make broad social 
and political changes to redress injustices caused by prejudice."

Bill