It is hard to believe that such a simple thing as a spell-checker on your computer can be politically correct but the observed evidence says otherwise. I have run across a lot of little things in my Biblical studies that reflect this. For instance the abbreviation for OT for Old Testament is marked as a misspelling but NT, or New Testament, is accepted. Why? Because Microsoft has an operating system labeled “NT.”
Now, about politics. I was writing about an article that reflected positively on America. In the article and in my post I used the words American Exceptionalism. They cannot yet label “American” as a misspelling but the term “Exceptionalism” was highlighted and had no suggestions for a correct spelling. “Liberalism” is not a misspelling. “Vegetarianism” is not a misspelling. Exceptionalism is.
GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) is the motto of anything you find built into your computer. Remember the computer is stupid and programmed, much like our current college graduates. As Regan said, “Trust, but verify.”
homo unius libri
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