Political Correctness

The following is the winning entry in an annual contest at Texas A&M
University calling for the most appropriate definition of a contemporary
term. This year's term was "Political Correctness".

The winner wrote:

"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional,
illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream
media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to
pick up a turd by the clean end."