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I don't understand your point. Are you suggesting 'political correctness' - a relatively new term and phenomenon largely enabled by the internet - was something installed by society and is a good thing, and that a vote to 'dismantle' it would be a bad thing?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness

It's an old term, and has been used in it's current form since the 1970's. I remember it's usage in media in the 80s, before the commercial internet.

Looks like mid eighties when term took off

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=politically+co...

No, quite the oposite.

Still not clear what your point is?

My point is that PC is forced upon us and that it's hindering free speech and no one benefits from it.

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