Is political correctness a bastion of the left? Or of conservatives (with a small c)? Perhaps the irony is that a lot of lefties are very unpc (see Ken Livingstone). Someone said earlier about not being able to say **** and that was no different to calling someone a Scot. However **** has been coopted by racists as a derrogatory expression. The equivalent for a Scot would be Jock.

I guess whatever the situation PC has its place PC gone mad does not. Who decides where the line is?

For me political correctness is just another way for the purse lipped lunatics of the left to stifle free speech.

An example is you can't call some one from pakistan a p@ki. All P@ki is, is an abbreviation of pakistan. If someone is from Scotland we call them a Scot don't we?
But of course we can't use the other word.

There are many incidences of free speech being stifled by p*l*t**l c**r*ectness and stopping us using plenty of innocent words.
The absolute lunacy and downright f**king stupidity that goes on in the name of political correctness borders on-and I've said it before-mental illness at best, crass stupidity at worse.

How this kind of deranged behaviour ever became accepted as the norm I will never ever know.

Edited by fed up eagle (10 May 2016 6.12pm)

And not one of them is even remotely funny.

Interesting. I've said on here before how those with left wing tendencies don't seem to have a sense of humour because they've got so much angst about themselves and others. There's always a cause to fret about and defend. John Cleese is saying pretty much the same thing.

Cue the Lefties on here to get upset......