I think you're conflating PC with vulgarity

With respect to PC, that is a more broad cultural term for protecting or artificially propping up those perceived to be inherently disadvantaged socially based on intersectionality, or topics that are taboo in a sense. I think the main point was that the folks who aren't protected under the "PC-umbrella" are fair game to be ostracized (fairly or unfairly, as evidenced by the cancer victim and young child) with little to no blowback from the mainstream. I admittedly don't watch these shows and only really catch some clips the day after, but from my vantage point, there seems to be a large disparity in what is propagated or promoted through social media skewed heavily towards the left (and this was even before Trump was elected too). I also think there is a sizeable population who thinks Trump is an a-hole, but thinks these folks are even bigger a-holes and thus tend to somehow think of him as a victim. But fair point, I see where you're coming from.

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Pretty interesting piece from the Atlantic -- HoosGuy 05/12/2017 09:05AM

Reminiscent of the "Smug Style in American Liberalism" -- hoodeyo 05/12/2017 3:19PM

See hoodeyo's post from 10 hours ago about Dems being too PC -- WahooMatt05 05/12/2017 09:45AM

I think you're conflating PC with vulgarity -- HoosGuy 05/12/2017 10:07AM

No offense, but I'm so sick of these takes -- wahoo138 05/12/2017 09:09AM

Sort of related, I get annoyed that we can't call racist and stupid -- HoosWillWin 05/12/2017 10:36AM

When you make certain issues like the police, immigration policy, etc -- hoodeyo 05/12/2017 6:03PM

I am 54 years old, -- VaTechie 05/12/2017 11:20AM

Not that I 100% agree with this, I do appreciate the effort at civility. -- SchmHoo 05/12/2017 11:33AM

That's a dangerous way of thinking, in the sense that it leads -- hoodeyo 05/12/2017 2:37PM

You may be reading too much into my post. ** -- SchmHoo 05/12/2017 2:41PM

What did you mean? -- hoodeyo 05/12/2017 2:47PM

That, and confronting head-on and with useful anger..... -- SchmHoo 05/12/2017 2:53PM

Gotcha. Anger's certainly got a place and racism should be called out. -- hoodeyo 05/12/2017 3:01PM

Examples like your 2nd paragraph are extreme. -- SchmHoo 05/12/2017 3:12PM

Here's the best effort at understanding their motivation I've seen. -- hoodeyo 05/12/2017 5:01PM

I will buy some of what your selling -- VaTechie 05/12/2017 11:46AM

So racist, not partisan...nope. racist. -- hoothat 05/12/2017 11:19AM

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It was initially a libertarian freakout over the stimulus and bailout -- hoodeyo 05/12/2017 3:33PM

Alot of people didn't notice it, but it was there. ** -- hoothat 05/12/2017 11:02AM

Never mind he was the overwhelming choice of Republicans. -- Shenhoo 05/12/2017 09:14AM

I know you are joking and don't really mean that -- wahoo138 05/12/2017 09:18AM

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2000 McCain was great. 2008 McCain, less so. Today, somewhere in between. ** -- WahooMatt05 05/12/2017 10:03AM

2008 McCain was a uphill battle from the beginning -- VaTechie 05/12/2017 10:11AM

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Me too. I voted for Bob Dole -- wahoo138 05/12/2017 09:36AM

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Haha. I'd like to blame autocorrect for that? ** -- wahoo138 05/12/2017 09:39AM

Sounds like a bad Hokie date. ** -- Shenhoo 05/12/2017 09:23AM