I don't know if political correctness strictly means censoring what words we use to label someone, or if it also includes the censoring of thoughts we not supposed to articulate.

I don't mind addressing someone with whatever terms they prefer but I have noticed that this is impossible to do with an entire group. One example is the term African American which I used religiously for a few years when I was close with a woman who was trying to lead an Afrocentric lifestyle. I later worked at a factory where using the term African American got me teased a lot by the black guys I worked with because it only highlighted my white college boy upitiness to them. Now I try to listen to what terms people are using to descibe themselves and attempt to figure out if it is ok for me as an outsider to use it.

I have a much greater problem with the idea of censoring what one is allowed to talk about because it is politically unfavorable to the group who is claiming offence. The most obvious example of this is being called anti-semitic for breathing so much as a question regarding Israeli national policies.

I am no fan of snarky rebuttals to political correctness but I do think there is something to be said for being "allowed" to say things that are not popular.