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===Satirical use=== Political correctness is often [[satirized]], for example in ''The PC Manifesto'' (1992) by Saul Jerushalmy and Rens Zbignieuw X,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiction.net/tidbits/politics/pc.html|title=TidBits: The PC Manifesto|publisher=Fiction.net|access-date=1 June 2009|archive-date=7 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007193505/http://www.fiction.net/tidbits/politics/pc.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[Politically Correct Bedtime Stories]]'' (1994) by [[James Finn Garner]], which presents [[fairy tale]]s re-written from an exaggerated politically correct perspective. In 1994, the comedy film ''[[PCU (film)|PCU]]'' took a look at political correctness on a college campus. Other examples include the television program ''[[Politically Incorrect]]'', [[George Carlin]]'s "[[Euphemism]]s" routine,{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} and ''The Politically Correct Scrapbook''.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.capc.co.uk/PC%20_Scrapbook_Main.htm|title=Book β Buy Now |publisher=Capc.co.uk|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090530054012/http://www.capc.co.uk/PC%20_Scrapbook_Main.htm|archive-date=30 May 2009|access-date=1 June 2009}}</ref> The popularity of the ''[[South Park]]'' cartoon program led to the creation of the term "[[South Park Republican|''South Park'' Republican]]" by [[Andrew Sullivan]],{{cn|date=July 2023}} and later the book ''[[South Park Conservatives]]'' by [[Brian C. Anderson]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rich|first1=Frank|title=Conservatives β₯ 'South Park'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/opinion/conservatives-south-park.html|work=The New York Times|date=May 1, 2005}}</ref> In its [[South Park (season 19)|Season 19]] (2015), ''South Park'' introduced the character [[PC Principal]], who embodies the principle, to poke fun at the principle of political correctness.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2273831/south-park-caitlyn-jenner-joke/|title='South Park' Perfectly Showed How To Do A Caitlyn Jenner Joke Right|last1=Bell|first1=Crystal|date=17 September 2015|newspaper=[[MTV]]|access-date=29 January 2016|archive-date=10 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010120846/http://www.mtv.com/news/2273831/south-park-caitlyn-jenner-joke/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/pc-principal-rides-the-line-between-hero-and-villain-on-1798185980|title=PC Principal rides the line between hero and villain on the season finale of ''South Park''|last1=Caffrey|first1=Dan|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=10 December 2015|access-date=29 January 2016|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814044254/http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/pc-principal-rides-line-between-hero-and-villain-s-229588|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Colbert Report]]'''s host [[Stephen Colbert (character)|Stephen Colbert]] often talked, satirically, about the "PC Police".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Steinberg|first1=Dan|date=27 March 2014|title=Colbert Report on Redskins' new foundation|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/03/27/colbert-report-on-redskins-new-foundation/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=3 December 2015|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804181605/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/03/27/colbert-report-on-redskins-new-foundation/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2014/04/01/stephen_colbert_jokes_about_cancelcolbert_the_system_worked/|title=Stephen Colbert jokes about #CancelColbert: 'The system worked!'|last1=D'addario|first1=Daniel|website=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|date=1 April 2014|access-date=3 December 2015|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225135818/https://www.salon.com/2014/04/01/stephen_colbert_jokes_about_cancelcolbert_the_system_worked/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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