I think, in our society today, we have forgotten love for our fellow man. Politeness reflects our love and respect for one another and gives us space to hear each other. Political correctness is not really being polite, at least not the way it is used. So often it is used as a way bash someone else on the head.because they don't know the right thing to say, and to make ourselves feel superior.
Knowing the right catch phrase to use also doesn't insure that we actually love the people we are referring to. You can remember to always say person of color and still discriminate against them. Words can reflect attitudes but they don't always.
Recently we have thrown all this out and have given in to baser feelings of fear, hatred and greed. Violence is not what the Beloved taught us. The beloved taught us to fight through love and sacrifice. It is what the Missionaries of Charity have taught us. Violence begets violence, love begets love.
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