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The term PC was devised by the right wing to denigrate any
thought to the left of that of Atilla the Hun.  Chomsky and others have observed
the much more prevalent pc (l.c.), i.e. that which is acceptable to
our corporate overseers/owners.
wcm
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> Neither in mine, but it is overwhelmingly present , even here in Balkans;
> under old stalinist and titoist regimes in Eastern Europe, you had a "moral
> correctness" as an implicit abiding code of behavior, now you have
> "political correctness" , as an invention of culture of pressure and
> repression, manufactured in US universities by US cultural managers, to use
> terms of N.Chomsky; discourse is somewhat different but the content is very
> much the same; totalitarian lenguage and totalitarian culture, as a
> requisite of modern global dictatorship.
> E saluti libertari,
>                             Andrej
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brett Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 3:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHOMSKY] political correctness
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> > What the hell do you mean? In the company I keep that expression is not
> > used.
> >
> > Brett
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