Well, it is quite obvious that the lenguage of political correctness,
despite it's origins and possible mistifications , and a culture of
political correctness , does exist and it is very visible, here in Europe as
well as in the US.
                         @ndrej
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> Actually, this alleged "invention of culture of pressure and
> > repression, manufactured in US universities by US cultural managers"
> doesn't exist, except as a slander against the alleged influence of the
> left on the acadamy.
> DDeBar
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> > From: Andrej Grubacic <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [CHOMSKY] political correctness
> > Date: Thursday, October 14, 1999 2:00 PM
> >
> > 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
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> > 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
> >
> >
> > > What the hell do you mean? In the company I keep that expression is
not
> > > used.
> > >
> > > Brett