„Political Correctness („PC“): A postmodern fallacy, a counterpart of the „Name Calling“ fallacy, supposing that the nature of a thing or situation can be changed by simply changing its name. E.g., „Today we strike a blow for animal rights and against cruelty to animals by changing the name of ‘pets’ to ‘animal companions.’“ Or „Never, ever play the ‚victim‘ card, because it’s so manipulative and sounds so negative, helpless and despairing. Instead of being ‚victims,‘ we are proud to be ’survivors.'“ (Of course, when „victims“ disappear then perpetrators conveniently vanish as well!) See also, The Passive Voice Fallacy, and The Scripted Message. Also applies to other forms of political „Language Control,“ e.g., being careful never to refer to North Korea or ISIS/ISIL by their rather pompous proper names („the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea“ and „the Islamic State,“ respectively) or to the Syrian government as the „Syrian government,“ (It’s always the „Regime“ or the „Dictatorship.“). Occasionally the fallacy of „Political Correctness“ is falsely confused with simple courtesy, e.g., „I’m sick and tired of the tyranny of Political Correctness, having to watch my words all the time–I want to be free to speak my mind and to call out a N—– or a Queer in public any time I damn well feel like it!“ See also, Non-recognition. An opposite of this fallacy is the fallacy of Venting, below. „