Back in the 30s, "politically correct" was something that leftists of various stripes wanted to be, at least with respect to their own group. In the 60s it became a term of contempt used about people who would rather split hairs about the minutiae of various political philosophies instead of getting out into the streets and organizing. I'll always regret that some splinter Trotskyite sect never thought to trademark the term--would have been great to collect tolls from all the asshole conservative bigots who later appropriated ti.
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