I wish it were so. How many times do we see this stuff brought out "oh, so-and-so has said something non-PC, he must be a {insert 'ist' of choice here}.

Is Diane Abbott a racist? Doubt it. Has she said racist stuff? Definitely. People (politicians particularly) get questioned by people whose sole purpose is to trip them up, then when they are tripped up, everyone says it exposes their true colours.

People are hypocrites. What they may see as perfectly good for the populous, they may rally against if applied to them (like tax avoiding MPs, people sending their kids to private schools, etc). The hypocrisy I cannot abide, though, is people who choose to use these slips as proof another is a racist, then say it clearly doesn't apply to them when they, themselves, are caught out.

You are right but its all 'stuff' isn't it ?

We give it licence by taking any notice.

For the truth I really can't think of any type of media as reliable.

Just have to see what actually happens and try and work it out for oneself !

As an aside, even Southern Rail are cottoning on to the need to keep certain people with prejudices separate.

I was on a train the other day that had an entire section of the carriage with "Ist" on the windows and headrests.

The people within didn't appear to be obviously sexist, ageist, Marxist or racist, although they did have an air of elitist about them.