@josie: “If it was meaningless you would not be preaching.”
It’s meaningless outside of your bubble, because it can mean anything when using it with someone who isn’t a social conservative of a certain age. Language is a tool, and this particular tool likely doesn’t serve to communicate what you believe it’s communicating.
People outside of your circle generally interpret “politically incorrect” to be an argument form of “get off my lawn”. It is more of an expression than a term used to communicate. When you use it with your peers, it signals to them that you too feel that things are changing and you feel uneasy about it. It lets others know that you are a social conservative, but don’t need to explain why. There is no need to discuss the principles or ideas surrounding the issue that is being discussed. It’s a dismissive catch-all that is lazy and just lets everyone know that you’re all on the same page.
When you insert that in a thread like this, however, you sidestep the actual topic and just come in to announce that you feel uncomfortable with it, don’t know why, and want to call out to your fellow conservatives for confirmation that it’s ok to feel nervous and uncomfortable with change.
@josie: “It has meaning, but you don’t like the meaning so you scold the people who use it.”
I don’t consider my comment to be “scolding”, and as I just described, I’m really just letting you know that you have stepped outside your bubble and may not be communicating what you think you are. Do you intend to tell us that you’re scared? Do you intend to let us know that you are so uncomfortable with certain subjects that thinking about them and discussing the issue is too traumatic? If not, you might choose to skip the “politically incorrect” placeholder, and unpack your actual thoughts on the subject.