The Atlantic: Americans Strongly Dislike PC Culture

[Midnight Writer]

3. I admit, I am confused. I don't know the proper etiquette anymore. So I just keep my mouth shut.

I rely upon "Please" and "Thank You" a lot, but I seldom hear others use them anymore.

On my last date, my friend found it offensive that I opened the door for her, held her chair, stood until she was seated, walked between the street and her. I know because she told me .

I avoid personal conversations involving politics or religion, because I have offended so often in the past.

And I confess, here and now, before you all, that I enjoy my conversations with my unenlightened, gruff mannered neighbor, because I don't have to feel "on guard". He wouldn't know an "offense" if I slapped him in the face.