John Derbyshire on The History of Political Correctness

"My household favors the brand of iced tea that has little believe-it-or-not factlets printed on the inside of the bottle caps. The other day, my son opened a bottle of this stuff, turned over the cap, and reading from it, asked the room: "What was the first human-made object to break the sound barrier?" Dad: "First what object?" Son (not very patient with this sort of thing): "The answer’s a whip." Dad: "I know, but ... human-made'? What happened to 'man-made'?"

We all know what happened to it, of course. Political correctness—hereafter "PC"—happened to it. To say "manmade" would be wrong. Some female maker of whips somewhere might suffer hurt feelings..

full article: American Conservative