What is political correctness?

What’s known as “political correctness” has taken over our society to such an exaggerated degree that a conversation I stumbled upon online perfectly captures its essence.
 
A daughter asks her mother, “What does it mean to be politically correct?”
 
And the mother replies, “It means giving up your own judgment to gain the fake approval of a bunch of idiots.”
 
The next time someone asks you—or you wonder yourself—what political correctness is, just remember this answer.
 

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“Fleeing into silence”: https://a.co/d/7SUfVb3