For all intents and purposes, "political correctness" is a far too polite a label to describe the brand of political oppression being imposed on certain kinds of thought.

Let's call it what it is: thought control and "political cleansing." Some liberals believe that their pet theories and beloved philosophical constructs have no legitimate intellectual competition, so they just declare other view points off limits. That's "political cleansing."

Hypocrisy! The left-wing thought police are forever paying lip service to the ideals of free expression, but they are the first to place restrictions on it for those with whom they disagree.

By establishing a new type of crime called a "hate crime", we are giving the left, power over our private thoughts. We know that they know how to reach inside our heads and know precisely what we are thinking at that moment.