@bluebabbler @jensorensen I'm a bit young to have seen the full (d)evolution of the term "PC", but I just consider it another word for "polite".

Being considerate and understanding that careless statements may (adversely) impact ppl outside a present context is exactly what my parents taught me as being polite.

OTOH, the use of "woke" is plain racist. They turned the term into exactly what it's warned about: racism can come from unexpected angles that hits hard if one's not vigilant.

@P__X @bluebabbler @jensorensen A lot of what was branded as "PC" in the 90s amounted to using glorified terms for common things.

I knew someone who worked as a janitor, but he (in all seriousness) told me he was a "sanitation engineer." I'm reasonably certain he had no engineering degree.

So what was mild mockery of silly excesses has taken a dark and hateful turn over the past decade or so. Any remotely humanitarian belief or activity is now attacked as PC or woke.

@analogfusion @bluebabbler @jensorensen along those lines, politeness overdone yields a comical effect, but it doesn't make politeness a bad thing itself.

Humanitarianism is labeled "woke" because "it supports out-groups who deserve the adversities they are experiencing because they are inferior stock." At least that's the belief system around it per my observation.