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Originally Posted by Fastolfe
Rewriting the past is a hallmark of dictatorships. What's scary is when private concerns or individuals, not governments, propose to do it: that means society is slowly internalizing the very idea that this sort of thing is okay.
Case in point, you'll notice that all the articles on the internet that lament this invasion of political correctness talk about "the N-word". How ironic...
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There's nothing wrong with that part, they don't want to print out the word, the word is not used in polite society. No problem, one day that article will be looked at to show what our society was like. Finding a diplomatic way to express things in the present has little to do with the issue of censoring a slice of history.
There is nothing wrong with being politically correct now, it shows some manners. Don't try to confuse the absurdity of applying it retroactively with the ideal of not using hateful language in the now.