Like you, Liliara, I just hate 'politically correct'! An open expression of varied viewpoints should be encouraged, not discouraged, because that way we all know where the other person is coming from and cam move from there to find points of agreement and, eventually, a degree of (at least) understanding and (at best) harmony and tolerance.
Rather like our opposite viewpoints, Liliara! I have always admired your frankness and honesty even when strongly disagreeing with you, and though we will probably never agree on some things, we have no need to fight, right?
But Memnoch and Moiraine have made excellent posts on the need for tact in our expression of viewpoint. That is not exactly being 'pc', though it is allied to it. We DO need to take others sensitivities into account, both majority and minority views, without weighting the matter heavily on one side or the other.
*Gets up on soapbox and tries to straighten halo but it WILL keep slipping!*
When we come right down to it, it is a matter of love. If you care about a person, you try to avoid saying things that may hurt then unnecessarily, and you try not to take offence at anything they might say to you. This can be difficult in the heat of the moment! I am no good example myself, lol! But if we strive for that in all our dealings, on and off the forums, we will all get on better, imo.
*steps down from soapbox and adjusts slipped halo - AGAIN!*
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"If I say something to you and it can be taken two ways, and one of those ways upsets you...I meant the other one."