How can people suggest that there are no "PC warriors" after reading this thread? I mean come on.
Gabe's allowed to have his opinion. Believe it or not, just because the minority, transgendered people, believes that the words "man" and "woman" refer to the social construct of gender identity rather than the biological construct of sexual identity does NOT mean they are "right." Just because the majority, cisgendered, doesn't want the meaning of their words to change does NOT mean they are wrong.
Political correctness really IS an issue. It happens every time there is a disagreement between a majority and a minority. Because the minority usually tend to being in a position of more comfort, it's seen as OFFENSIVE to disagree.
No, I don't think anyone believes that there are pitchfork-wielding people whose sole mission is to find and stop people for using "politically incorrect" terms. The problem is that there's very few people who find everything offensive, but in this world, we tend to hear opinions from everyone who IS offended. It's just that, when their legitimate opinions are bashed, criticized, and made fun of, sometimes even punished, they tend to get tired of it.
You CAN'T argue that "political correctness" isn't an issue. It's blatantly obvious even here on GAF. People are routinely punished in General for posting in a trans-centered topic with a "politically incorrect" opinion, getting jumped on by 20 or 30 people, trying to defend themselves, getting ill-tempered from having so many people bash them, and saying things they shouldn't. At one point, it was almost impossible to hold a legitimate discussion in General about trans because you'd just get a pile of people quoting you going "here we go again," or "LOL this guy," while the minority, the actual trans-people here on GAF, were legitimately slinging insults around and not even getting reprimanded.
I have to give it to GAF for cleaning up the act a LOT on the topic, now, but it was just an example of the politically-correct climate.
