Some politicians have been criticised for negatively gearing their property investments. Fair enough. But one commentator complained that Nick Xenophon is obviously very rich because he has no mortgages on his properties. Is there any PC-acceptable situation?

Another diatribe against, just being fair to marginalised minorities or just common civility? Which by the way costs nothing!

Even so there could be a case made for PC gone made, and overcome by irreverent humor rather than a ridiculous rant? i.e., A few days ago I was extolling the virtues of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for geriatrics to a young nurse, who enquired if I were using it? No, just a lot of heavy breathing, I replied in lightening fast repartee.

If you are going to be politically incorrect; make sure you're ancient, doddering, irreverently humorous and intentionally ambiguous if you want to get away with it without (hopefully, occasionally) offending anyone? But rather clutching at aching ribs.
Alan B.

Alan B.

the pc brigade hate truth and usually are very bigoted. Just look at the ' rainbow ' politicians who are more intolerant and hateful than most. And as for the spiteful twisted Emily's listers!

PC is not "reverse intimidation", it is straight-out, full-on intimidation by politicians and other social engineers. It is an assault on freedom of speech and freedom of thought; a bullying of people into thinking they have no right to make their own judgements. The result of this bullying - telling us that everybody is equal - is that those of us who still wish to make our own judgements and think as we wish, become harder, and become even less tolerant of rubbish. While the PC and HR brigades might find it easy to subdue high profile journalists like Andrew Bolt etc., they can do nothing about the rest of us, who can say and do as we wish, simply because the elites don't think we are worth bothering about. We have the votes, and we can use them.

//Basketball Australia should have immediately suspended Cambage for workplace intimidation of Alice Kunek.//

For pointing out that blackface is racist? That's not intimidation, it's pointing out the bloody obvious - just like that kid in the emperor's new clothes. Even though it was a fundamental truth that the Kunek was being racist, you'd prefer that nobody could utter the truth because they'd get fired for 'intimidation' calling attention to that fact.

Michael would like us to live in a world where it's fine for the emperor to be racist but punishable to point out that the he is being racist. This should tell you everything you need to know about the his beliefs on free speech. So much for Voltaire, eh Michael?

Congratulations on your post Michael Keane - more people need to speak out about this collective form of insanity that is now called political correctness. In my view PC is now so entrenched that it will take a major event, usually financial collapse or war, to shake Australia free of this soul destroying nonsense.