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When looking at specific examples I sometimes find, as with some conservatives whining about the “War on Christmas,” that their claims simply do not hold up. In other cases I find that they do have something valid to complain about, but it is far from clear how much support there is among liberals for matters related to PC. In such cases I might find that some liberals are supporting something that the right (and I) disagree with, but that many other liberals are often in opposition. Often I’ve found that it was other liberals who were most active in opposition also.

Clearly some liberals support PC (which still generally does not restrict freedom of expression to the degree often supported by many on the right). Many liberals also oppose such beliefs. I wonder if there is any data which would give a  ballpark idea as to percentage of liberals which are for or against.

This comes back to the problems with our political labels, especially when we try to lump a number of views into a very small number of labels. A wide variety of people can be lumped under conservative or liberal beliefs.  Sure there are some liberals who support PC efforts which do restrict speech. There are also some conservatives who support burning crosses and wearing sheets. Neither can accurately be used to define conservatism or liberalism.