Letters to the Editor
Hypersensitive fret over gender biased language

This is in regard to Tim Dragga’s “Gender Biased Language” column Wednesday.

The issue of gender equality aside, I think Tim had it right concerning political correctness in the first few paragraphs of his column, and had no real need to apologize for using words that only the hypersensitive would find offensive. It pains me to see so much time and energy being wasted by hypersensitive individuals that endlessly fret over what might offend them. If these individuals would instead channel all that extra energy into dealing with their petty issues, many of their problems would end up being much smaller than they are now.

Words can inspire and unite, but unfortunately, they can also divide, and in the case of obsessive political correctness, they can cause divisions that do not need to exist.
Tim, those that would hassle you over words that you used in a fashion that only the hypersensitive would object to are not worth the trouble to respond to — much less apologize to in a column. I would much rather see you and Tom Daniels hack it out over issues than for you to worry about individuals who search every nook and cranny finding excuses to be offended.

—John P. Araujo, MLA
Class of 2001

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