"Bernie Sanders anti-political correctness rant proves the left is learning the wrong lessons"

[JCanete]

19. He realizes that racism is the confluence of many things and that he can start to erode those

foundations.

Political correctness has a whole range of connotations, from the sensible that you should be mindful of things which might hurt and cause damage to others, to the problematic, that suggests you should be drummed out of town for what you said. Bill Maher getting kicked off of network for making a point about whether or not Terrorists were "cowards" versus our own methods of fighting a war, was an example of political correctness. Where it stifles conversation, political correctness is bad. The Dixie Chicks were being politically incorrect in their repudiation of Bush and the Iraq War.

It is about what is "appropriate" to say and forgets to get to the bottom of how and why people think the way they do, and potentially how to get them to think differently.