The psychology of political correctness

Your own example includes your favorite fact-less attack against liberals, that they're PC, as if leveling the charge of PC is evidence of anything. It's just empty blather. If for example someone, anyone, levels the charge of racism against those who advocate singling out all Muslims or Mexicans for "special treatment," then the charge is not PC but truth, because singling out entire groups for hate and intolerance is the very definition of racism.Rather than dismissing the charge with an, "Oh, you're just being PC," it must be explained how discrimination and hate against a group isn't racism. One would hope that most people would recognize racism when they see it, whether they're conservatives, independents, liberals, or apolitical.--Percy

Translating, "PC is something some liberals do." If that's what you meant, then sure. Someone mentioned college campuses as an example of hotbeds of PC, and I bet if you asked liberals here to go down a list of examples of PC on campus in 2015 that they'd agree that they're good examples of PC language or behavior.If you really believe that "PC is something some liberals do," then maybe you can rein in your knee jerk reaction of calling "PC" against nearly every liberal opinion.--Percy

Oh, you wanted to stay on topic, so that made it okay to "make a harsh criticism of a liberal" without evidence or justification, the very thing you were claiming conservatives didn't do against liberals. I get it. The Forum Guidelines made you do it.--Percy

I never asked you to address the 'content.' I called attention to the irony of casting aspersions at liberals without any 'content', then saying it was something conservatives don't do. If that still isn't clear then you could try rereading Message 194 where I broke out all the relevant back and forth.--Percy

I don't understand where the problem is. I extracted the back and forth in Message 194, it seems pretty clear. Your exact words in Message 182 were, "Conservatives don't typically do this...", and they appeared right after you "did this."This is taking way to many posts for what began as an offhand noting of irony. If you still don't see it then I'm going to stop replying. Sorry.--Percy

Dissembling at its best.--Percy

The problem with the kind of fact-free accusations that you frequently employ is that they're impossible to rebut without sinking to your level.--Percy

The topic is fine. I don't think anyone believes political correctness is "just the paranoid delusion of right-wing loonies." But one definition being promoted in this thread *is* "just the paranoid delusion of right-wing loonies." Wikipedia defines political correctness like this:

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Political correctness (adjectivally, politically correct, commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term primarily used as a pejorative to describe language, policies, or measures which are intended not to offend or disadvantage any particular group of people in society; in pejorative usage, those who use the term are generally implying that these policies are excessive.

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It also echoes things said here:

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Commentators on the left have said that conservatives and right-wing libertarians pushed the term in order to divert attention from more substantive matters of discrimination and as part of a broader culture war against liberalism. They also argue that conservatives have their own forms of political correctness, which are generally ignored.

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Unfortunately the Google Books excerpts of the book you referenced, Destructive Trends in Mental Health: The Well Intentioned Path to Harm, don't include its definition of political correctness, but it is clear they define it more broadly, and a broader definition seems appropriate.I define political correctness as just normal, everyday social coercion. The natural human predisposition to conformity allows the opinion of any sufficiently large group to become the norm and thereby dictate proper opinion and behavior.--Percy

And their plans? No. Trump "knows" many things. You say that like it's a good thing. Trump is "aware" of many things. If he's not anti-immigration then he's a liar. Which we already knew, just not about that. A 30-foot wall? I don't think so. Or is he lying about wanting a 30-foot wall, too. You do realize, don't you, that your supposedly pro-Trump message is full of revelations about Trump lies? He has an awesome schtick that shouldn't be let loose on the national stage, let alone the international.--Percy