[quote=@Pepperm1nts]
I think that kind of political correctness is counterproductive. In punishing someone over a joke (and I don't know all the details of the case, I'm taking your word for it), you are pissing people off, who then come to the conclusion that minorities are to blame. So, in trying to protect minorities, you end up hurting them because now you've got people who are pissed off that a multicultural society is leading to people getting jailed over jokes, when really it's not the multicultural society that is to blame for that - it's the law that makes it possible to throw someone in jail for a joke.
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All political correctness is counterproductive. It's history is malicious and it never changed. But don't take my word for it. I mean this in a sincere/kindest possible way, look it up yourself. A young man is literally facing jail time over a dog's lifting his paw, and a judge considered his crime being "grossly offensive". (If the video in question hasn't been removed.) His video actually didn't get any negative feedback, or huge blow-back backlash from the internet that I'm aware of. But I agree the multicultural society isn't to blame. It's the political correct/hate speech culture doing what it always intended to do.