[gotoeleven]

Sadly it goes like this: 1) I see a word and it hurts my feelings 2) anything that hurts my feelings does me harm 3) we must prevent harm wherever possible 4) therefore you cannot say that word

Any question of how much harm is actually done, and whether that much harm is worth restricting speech, is never addressed. If you disagree you are called a bigot/homophobe /whatever who is silencing the voices of persons of color/gender/whatever and creating an unsafe environment. So you must lose your job and be cast out.