Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say

Just think of all of the up votes and netcred you'll gather with your widely broadcasted semi-reasonable moral indignation vs. silently helping the unfortunate. It's not political correctness and it never has been (the Left of all people have never cared about being considerate of the political identification of those who disagree with them), it's moral masterbation for mass consumable self-identification.

For example, this post will get 15 downvotes. Ask me how I knew.

Perhaps the difference now, is that networked gangs of self-described 'progressives' have been organizing attack mobs on social media, with the targets not just 'evil right wingers', but liberals like Chait who do not pay sufficient homage to the tenets of political correctness.

And who defines what the tenets are? Let's just say that if you have to ask, it probably isn't you.