Of course if we didn’t have any racists, sexists and homophobes we wouldn’t have any political correctness.
Political correctness is annoying when it prevents people from being able to discuss anything, or occasionally find humour in life, even in satire (not speaking about Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown here). However, rainbow laces, women’s days and the like are no issue and it is bizarre people get so irritated by attempts at making others feel welcome, especially when said people haven’t been in the past.
How do these things affect others in any way? Awaywego doesn’t have to wear rainbow laces, but it might make a gay man or lesbian woman feel accepted after decades of not being. I am just as weary of people getting offended by these things as I am people getting offended by a Ricky Gervais joke. No-one cares about your offense.
