"Disdain for “political correctness” is often positioned as a concern that some important truth is not being spoken for fear of offending someone. But that concern is nothing but smoke and mirrors. To invoke “political correctness” is really to be concerned about loss of power and privilege. It is about disappointment that some “ism” that was ingrained in our society, so much that citizens of privilege could express the bias through word and deed without fear of reprisal, has been shaken loose. Charging “political correctness” generally means this: “I am comfortable with my privilege. I don’t want to have to question it. I don’t want to have to think before I speak or act. I certainly don’t wish to inconvenience myself for the comfort of lesser people (whoever those people may be—women, people of color, people with disabilities, etc.)"

by Tami at whattamisaid.com (via femfreq)

YES. YES YES YES.

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    Also, for everyone who thinks it is *so funny* to respond with something like “political correctness offends meeeee!” or...
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    you know, I used to be one of those sneerers… mostly because I was, you know, comfortable with my privilege and so on,...
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    because clearly, the only reason people are ~politically correct~ is to score some politics points with dirty liberals.
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