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[[Image:PC-PILGRIM.JPG|thumb|400px|Horsey cartoon 11-22-2007 parodies PC]]
[[Image:PC-PILGRIM.JPG|thumb|400px|Horsey cartoon 11-22-2007 parodies PC]]
[[William Safire]] researched the phraseology for his word origin column in the ''New York Times'' and discovered it had originated in Communist literature of the early twentieth century. Usage of the phraseology took off after 1989, but the practices summed up in the phraseology began earlier (see below). Following the arrogance of its originators, the correctness in political correctness only referred to liberal definitions of political suitability; intuitively it was broadly understood that that which was politically correct was what belonged to a consensus about egalitarian advancements that had occurred in the twentieth century for use as a basis in the forthcoming new century. The application of its rules was tolerated as a fairly harmless outlet for liberal busybodies. Within a few years the strictures the phraseology represented began to be abused, and by 1997 usage of the phraseology declined in correspondence to the tarnishing of its reputation.
The modern politically correct movement began at the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]], which is one of the most [[liberal]] colleges in the [[United States]]. Political correctness is a liberal degrading of the [[First Amendment|freedom of speech]]. George Orwell's ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' famously incorporated the notion of limiting thought through language (see [[Newspeak]]). Words or actions that violate '''political correctness''' are called politically incorrect.
The modern politically correct movement began at the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]], which is one of the most [[liberal]] colleges in the [[United States]]. Political correctness is a liberal degrading of the [[First Amendment|freedom of speech]]. George Orwell's ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' famously incorporated the notion of limiting thought through language (see [[Newspeak]]). Words or actions that violate '''political correctness''' are called politically incorrect.