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Another word for it

YOU had a brilliant editorial on bullying and political correctness (December 15). But we surely need a different phrase to describe this obnoxious form of behaviour, since there is nothing worthy or ‘correct’ about political correctness. We may replace the phrase by a single word — “fascism”.

Another word for it

Thu, 20 Dec, 2007 - 00:00

Gerald Morgan

School of English

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