Re: "PC" anecdote--actually language related
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 20, 1999, 16:57 |
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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)