Re: This is stupid
"It never ever occurred to me someone could see them as politically incorrect."
To the Professionally Offended they are. Their meal ticket depends on it.
It's a good gig if you can stomach the hypocrisy and infighting. There's a surprising amount of people that do very well by being Offended on behalf of people who don't care much.
Sir PTerry parodied this kind of people beautifully with his Campaign for Equal Height.