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Re: "PC" anecdote--actually language related

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Thursday, May 20, 1999, 16:57
Bryan Maloney wrote:

[anecdote snipped]

My understanding in brief:  Leftists originated the term, sometimes
seriously, more often as a satire on other leftists whom they
perceived as excessively doctrinaire.  Rightists popularized the
term as a catchphrase for what they perceived as a serious problem.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)