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Leftist tyranny? Eggless salad emojis and other ‘PC gone mad’ debates that drove the internet wild
The phrase ‘PC gone mad,’ an age-old trope, is a favourite of reactionaries fearful that a societal shift will yield a feeble snowflake civilisation. Below are four moments that have recently stirred wild PC debates.
With US President Donald Trump in power and those Bond villains in Russia set to host the World Cup, it’s been a year to let your pure, unbridled outrage run wild. Julian Assange is still sans internet connection, gun control is again up for debate and women can now get a driving license in Saudi Arabia. But are you exasperated enough? Not nearly, you say.
Perhaps a sprinkling of some so-called political correctness will sate your growing need to express your anger.
‘Offensive’ salad emoji
The Simpsons once posited that you don’t make friends with salad. It’s something Google recently discovered while trying to make their leafy meal emoji more vegan-friendly. The change - removing one egg from a bowl filled with leaves and tomatoes - was hailed by Google’s Jennifer Daniel as part of an inclusion and diversity drive in the company.
There's big talk about inclusion and diversity at Google so if you need any evidence of Google is making this priority may I direct your attention to the
