Comment on CHARLIE MITCHELL: ‘Civility’ vs. ‘political correctness’ not necessarily best yardstick

CHARLIE MITCHELL They are not the same. Never have been. One is truth-centered. The other is not. Early on in his run for the presidency, Donald Trump sought to explain or excuse his earthy characterizations of others (fat, ugly, stupid) by saying, “Ya know, there’s just too much political correctness.” Well, maybe there has been too much political correctness in America, too much fretting about how words might make someone else feel. But pushing back against political correctness doesn’t require incivility.