Oh no, the PC Police have claimed another victim!
Seriously though, this story illustrates the point I've made again and again that political correctness is no scourge of civilized free speech; in fact, it's just an amalgam of various modern social mores that tell us when somebody is acting or talking like a d**k.
The fact that "outspoken" types so quickly cave in to the Cult of PC when public attention is drawn to them only shows that they know they're being d**ks, and they are more concerned with preserving their reputations than being all "iconoclastic" or whatever.
I might actually have grudging respect for the other side if there were real anti-PC types who unapologetically espoused racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, and all other varieties of political incorrectness, and willingly suffered the resulting blows from polite society. But nobody seems willing. It just goes to prove my point that d**ks feel free to speak like d**ks among other d**ks, but as soon as you put them in polite or mixed company, they prudently censor themselves.
By David Charter
March 30, 2010 | Times Online
March 30, 2010 | Times Online
URL: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7081700.ece
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