It's all down to your point of view : what is 'political correctness gone mad' for one person is 'simple common-sense' for another : its the root of many social problems, a majority considers their practice to be 'obviously right' or 'entirely natural' and any that dont meet that standard must, ergo, be 'mad, bad, evil or a danger to us all'. When its the minority with the bug up their ass who act to enforce their view, we tend to define it as a form of 'terrorism' : when its the majority standing by applauding as the undesirables are marched into the camps, we call it a victory for justice : after all, one of the most cruel, murdering insanities of our times was legally elected, its madness legally enacted and its ethics blessed by the defenders of Holy Writ : now we repeat that insanity by simple dint of changing 'Jew' to 'Muslim' : fear of the 'other', the one who is not the same as us, who acts differently, worships differently, dresses differently, that drives a lot of evil in this world. And of course, to them, we are the 'other' too. But its a form of populism that wins votes and elects leaders on a wave of panic and fear : so, no surprise wannabbee leaders find it such a fruitful path to power. I just wish we could maybe learn from our history and not get fooled so easy every time.
Totally agree!
Ignorance creates fear and fear creates hate... the fertile land for sociopaths and psychopaths to rule nations, states...world.
Living in multicultural society, studying and working in field where you have to know different cultural heritages, having friends of different cultural, ethnic, religious roots, having antifascist ancestors, makes me a person who can't hate someone only because of difference... But it's about my real feelings, not because it's politically correct!