@HeerJeet (By "writings" I mean of the right, not Marx -- I don't think the term refers to anything in actual Marxist/left history/lit)
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@DougSaunders BUT ... term has been hijacked by far right & alt right to refer to whatever they don't like.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@HeerJeet ("PC stuff" being stuff that seems to include actual social policy, opposition to race hatred etc)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@DougSaunders There is some plausible argument that Marcuse, particularly with his "repressive tolerance" essay, was father of PC.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@DougSaunders Yeah, although even that is a tenuous argument. I actually think PC came more from mainstream liberalism.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@DougSaunders@HeerJeet I remember the actual term first as a self-mocking 'inside joke' among campus activist types. Maybe 1984.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@jonathanglick@HeerJeet I first heard it in 1986 at U of Michigan when someone accused me of it for ordering a non-major-label beer3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@DougSaunders @jonathanglick The term PC does actually come from the far left -- was used in 1930s internal CPUSA debates.
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@HeerJeet@jonathanglick Well, and it had a big Maoist history, which is where it was lifted from, ironically, for its initial 1980s use1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@jonathanglick It did first manifest as a self-mocking term by campus liberals and activists, for sure.0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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