Fwd: "politically correct"

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:43 PM -0700 8/9/06, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
>Begin forwarded message:
>
>>From: "Kathryn Campbell-Kibler" <kathryn at campbell-kibler.com>
>>Date: August 5, 2006 10:46:20 PM PDT
>>To: "Arnold Zwicky" <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu>
>>Subject: "politically correct"
>>
>>Is anyone at the Language Log (or anyone else you know) interested in
>>the evolution of the term "politically correct"?  I stumbled across a
>>use that fascinated me, as it seems to have come full circle.  It's
>>about the Mel Gibson thing, and being PC is equated to *not* speaking
>>out against his anti-semitism:
>>
>>"Being old means I have no agenda," concluded Adelson. "I don't have
>>to worry about not getting a movie made or being politically correct.
>>Let's make ourselves proud and not support this jerk in any way, just
>>because he's a so-called 'star'."
>>http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1837849,00.html
>>
>>Anyway, it seemed cool and I'm hoping to prompt someone to blog it or
>>write about it somewhere.
>
>
Geoff Nunberg, are you reading?

LH

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