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From a more recent article:

In an effort to not offend any one group, especially when it comes to history, what happens is that the full story is not being told. Barton says key information is ignored or left out. Like with the Native American Indians. Says Barton, "There were just some Native American tribes that were cannibalistic and that's just the way they were, and you just can't make them look good."

"tomboy" and "manpower" are now considered sexist.

"old man" and "old lady" are now considered demeaning to older people.

Say "Eve and Adam" not "Adam and Eve" to avoid implying male priority over women.

And it's not just an American problem... recent news from Britain:

A British National Party (BNP) European election broadcast pulled by Channel Five for fears of stirring up racial hatred will now be screened tonight as planned after last-minute changes. ... “Having viewed the new version Five has reached the conclusion that, though largely incomprehensible, it does not breach the Programme Code.”

Gee that's great.

This page is interesting:

A recent situation at the L.A. Times is very illustrative of the conflicts regarding the issue. A review of an opera included the term “pro-life”, as in, “life-affirming.” As it is the Times's policy to use the term “anti-abortion,” the term got changed, even though the meaning was entirely different. They then changed it back and gave the name of the editor who had changed it. They then had to retract the name of the person who had edited it because it is Times policy not to name people who make changes to articles. Another well-known satirical take on this movement can be found in the book Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, in which traditional fairy tales are rewritten from a so-called politically correct viewpoint and often reverse the roles of good and evil from those of the original version. For example, Hansel, Gretel and their father are evil and the witch is good in the politically correct version of Hansel and Gretel. ... in a satirical example of so-called P.C. speech, the sentence “The fireman put a ladder up against the tree, climbed it, and rescued the cat” might look like this: The firefighter (who happened to be male, but could just as easily have been female) abridged the rights of the cat to determine for itself where it wanted to walk, climb, or rest, and inflicted his own value judgments in determining that it needed to be “rescued” from its chosen perch. In callous disregard for the well-being of the environment, and this one tree in particular, he thrust the mobility disadvantaged-unfriendly means of ascent known as a “ladder” carelessly up against the tree, marring its bark, and unfeelingly climbed it, unconcerned how his display of physical prowess might injure the self-esteem of those differently-abled. He kidnapped and unjustly restrained the innocent animal with the intention of returning it to the person who claimed to “own” the naturally free animal.

I doubt it will come to that, but it does get ridiculous.

At my kids' school they no longer called the kids "handicapped" but used the term "resource". Now the kids are making fun of each other and using the term "resource" in a derogatory way.

People need to just cope with the truth and lose their presumption of hatred. Just deal with REAL hatred.