Originally Posted by
livedarklions
PC was never an actual movement. I first heard the term in the 1970s, and it was already being used by members of the left to deride people who were showboating with feigned outrage.
Yeah, the term goes back even farther, and to the best of my knowledge has always carried the accusation that a person's motives for speaking and acting in a certain way were more strategic than sincere. "Politically correct" is not a term I would spend much effort to "take back" or otherwise "rehabilitate."
