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Zhuangzi, Language & Gender

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein asks what Daoist sages might have thought about PC.

Political Correctness attempts to discourage expressions or actions that might offend or marginalize certain groups of people. The aim of those who promote it is to spread justice and fairness by making the public sensitive towards vulnerable parts of the population. Coined in the 1980s as an ironic self-criticism of leftists, the term ‘politically correct’ was swiftly appropriated by other political groups. It would also generate much criticism. It means different things to different people and clearly covers a multitude of sins (or virtues?).

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