It was in the early-mid 90s when I heard the expression “politically correct” for the first time on the campus of the university where I was doing my MA in French.
So true, Alta: "In a society like Romania, where until the time I was born, the peasants made three quarters of the country’s population, people cannot stand “politically correct” speech, which for them smacks of hypocrisy, aside from the fact that it reminds them of the codified speech imposed during communism. This is the main reason why Eastern Europeans, no matter their political orientation, are extremely critical of political correctness."
Another fine post. Rarely do I hear the words "moral" or "morality" in a sentence without them having been uttered by a mountebank of one sort or another. I myself don't trust preachers of any kind. When the preacher is a college professor, I trust them even less.
Brilliant observations as usual.
So true, Alta: "In a society like Romania, where until the time I was born, the peasants made three quarters of the country’s population, people cannot stand “politically correct” speech, which for them smacks of hypocrisy, aside from the fact that it reminds them of the codified speech imposed during communism. This is the main reason why Eastern Europeans, no matter their political orientation, are extremely critical of political correctness."
You did it again. And of course this is a new religion, Americans have always been inspired by puritanism. McWhorter, too, makes that analogy in his new book. Have you seen the chart "Woke Religion, a Taxonomy? https://twitter.com/peterboghossian/status/1458781564964331520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1458781564964331520%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnalert.blogspot.com%2F2021%2F11%2Fwoke-religion-taxonomy.html
And thank you for the link.
Thank you for taking the time to read.
Another fine post. Rarely do I hear the words "moral" or "morality" in a sentence without them having been uttered by a mountebank of one sort or another. I myself don't trust preachers of any kind. When the preacher is a college professor, I trust them even less.