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prog ([personal profile] prog) wrote2008-09-04 11:27 pm

Drill baby drill

Remember when "politically correct" referred to policies that threatened freedom of expression, rather than the vague but hateful forces that tied the president's hands from building the camps immediately?

[identity profile] ex-colorwhe.livejournal.com 2008-09-05 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
that was a stolen meaning too, stolen by people who resented attempts to confront various oppressions. its first meaning was a positive one.

[identity profile] in-parentheses.livejournal.com 2008-09-05 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Totally. Nobody remembers this anymore, but I'm pretty sure I have the Newsweek articles from 1991 to prove it!