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From: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Politically Correct?
Message-ID: <1551@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 03:06:46 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 22 03:06:46 1985
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Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <504@unisoft.UUCP> tim@unisoft.UUCP (Tim Bessie) writes:
>
>     I've heard the term 'politically correct' from some friends (both
>male and female) times, seen the buttons with this phrase on it, etc. many
>times.  In asking people what was meant by it, I got many wide-ranging
>answers, none of which satisfied me. ...
>     Taking it at face value, without any cultural or political nuances
>I may be unaware of, the phrase seems nothing short of ludicrous.  How
>can anyone be "correct" when it comes to something so subjective as
>politics?  In the whole realm of human existance, I have yet to find
>anything that is "correct" or "incorrect." ...

A "politically correct" belief is one that you must claim to believe in
order to win the approval of other members of your political peer
group.  For example, if you are a "conservative", you have to believe
that the Star Wars defense is technically feasible, otherwise other
"conservatives" will avoid you and stop inviting you to parties.

"Political correctness" is a judgement of the morality of holding a
given belief.  It has no relation to truth value.
-- 
David Canzi	"Adequacy -- is it enough?"