[caseydurfee]

This article reads like it was written by a sociopath. Unless you are a sociopath, there are many reasons to treat other people with dignity and respect that aren't about gaining some sort of power.

I'm respectful of other people out of a desire to be a decent human being rather than because I have "a loathing for common people" or wish to gain some sort of social currency.

I'm having a hard time formulating reasons why people would get so psychotically upset about what used to be considered just good manners unless they're both entirely devoid of empathy themselves, and threatened by people who do experience empathy.

[theorique]

Part of the problem is that the article doesn't really define "political correctness".

If PC means not using racial slurs to people's faces, then I definitely agree with you.

If PC means that academic freedom and scientific research needs to be subordinated to 'social justice' goals, or that some research areas are 'off limits', then I don't agree.

It really depends on the definition.