Karen, if you're visiting this site, I dedicate this poem to you. (As I mentioned to you, my writing class and instructors were so hung-up on political correctness, it angered me as a writer.)
PC PARANOIA
There was a time when PC meant Police Constable Personal Computer or Pepsi Cola.
There was a time when fat, short, and handicapped were mainly adjectives.
Political correctness dictates pleasantly plump vertically challenged and physically challenged are better expressions by far.
A step further was made in the quest for correctness when "person" was substituted for "man" There's chairperson, mailperson, business person, garbage person, and that's just a few.
Political Correctness is restricting to writers worse than mental block worse even than writer's cramp.
It's POLITICAL CONSTIPATION!
Let's build a stronger self-image and self-confidence instead!
Stories Worth Wiping Your A** With
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Regis
B&R