Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Description of Political Correctness

The  following is the 2010 winning entry from an annual contest at Oxford University calling  for the most appropriate definition of a contemporary  term.
        
This year required a definition for the contemporary term, 'Political Correctness'. 

The winner wrote:
        
"Political  Correctness" is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end'.