Among the "top 10" lists released at the end of the year was one entitled, "The PC Campus: Top 10 Abuses of 2008." It focused on politically correct behavior in both higher and public education.
Sometimes, "politically correct" actions sound funny. But there is nothing humorous about victimizing some students in order to placate extremists.
According to "The PC Campus," compiled by Young America's Foundation, some of the more egregious abuses included:
Unfortunately, political correctness has become an epidemic in America. It has been pointed out that a remedy exists: Those who pay the bills at institutions where political correctness trumps reason can simply stop doing so. We suspect that would end the foolishness very quickly.