Once the backlash becomes widespread enough, it subsumes genuine problems, such as unequal rights for women or ethnic minorities, diverting attention to the phantom ‘legitimate concerns’ of those who have been convinced that there is an assault on their values, culture, livelihoods and even lives. When that view takes hold, it is sustained by an industry and a political establishment that thrives off feeding false narratives about the goals of political correctness, and fabricating stories to fit that narrative.
