Indeed. And like so many buzz words, it means different things to different people. In my experience, such as it is, PC is a club used by people of various different political ideologies to beat up on their opponents. Its rare--again, in my experience--to see the term used by non-ideological people and for non-ideological purposes. For that reason, I don't think it has a lot of analytical (as opposed to rhetorical) value. PC is just a label. Much better to talk about particular instances, as they crop up. Like most labels used for ideological purposes, I find that it tells us much more about the person using it than it does about the particular phenomena it allegedly represents. For saying this, of course, I will no doubt be accused of being "PC." All best, Kevin ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 14:10:30 -0700 >From: Anita Wills <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: The Trajectory of PC >To: [log in to unmask] > >It is a buzz word like, Radical Chic, a term thrown around in the 70's. > >Anita Kevin R. Hardwick, Ph.D. Department of History James Madison University