History of Political correctness

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	Revision 56 . . December 8, 2001 6:28 am by Ed Poor
	Revision 55 . . December 8, 2001 4:50 am by (logged).158.194.xxx
	Revision 54 . . December 4, 2001 3:20 pm by Egern [Undoing my changes...Would like to discuss this further in /Talk, however.]
	Revision 53 . . December 4, 2001 12:21 pm by Egern
	Revision 52 . . December 4, 2001 12:19 pm by Egern [Restoring original opening paragraph, which is more accurate than what it was replaced with]
	Revision 51 . . December 4, 2001 9:58 am by (logged).109.250.xxx
	Revision 50 . . December 4, 2001 9:54 am by (logged).109.250.xxx [remove origins bit to /Talk]
	Revision 49 . . (edit) December 4, 2001 9:25 am by (logged).191.188.xxx
	Revision 48 . . (edit) December 4, 2001 9:24 am by (logged).191.188.xxx
	Revision 47 . . (edit) December 4, 2001 9:21 am by (logged).191.188.xxx
	Revision 46 . . December 4, 2001 6:34 am by Ed Poor [added that conformance is sought in US]
	Revision 45 . . December 4, 2001 6:33 am by Ed Poor [added origins of term -- from link to linguistics mailing list]
	Revision 44 . . (edit) December 4, 2001 5:56 am by (logged).191.188.xxx
	Revision 43 . . November 28, 2001 1:29 am by Egern
	Revision 42 . . (edit) November 1, 2001 12:12 am by Verloren [changed reference to 'blacks']

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Political correctness describes viewpoints which are approved of (especially by leftists), and more specifically a movement to encourage the use of language in such a way as to avoid perpetuating past hatred and discrimination.

Political correctness describes the alleged practice of censoring viewpoints considered disparaging to the [Liberal Agenda]?, but more generally a movement to encourage the use of language in such a way as to avoid perpetuating past hatred and discrimination. Conservatives? and Liberals? use the word in nearly opposite senses.