Politically Correct Nonsense

Who came up with this term: "politically correct"? We are all aware of the matter of good and bad taste in what we say but, at times, the raw truth needs to be stated simply and clearly along with supporting proof. It doesn't involve name calling or false or rude crudeness, it means just being able to speak the truth without someone yapping out the words "that's not politically correct". We are not politicians who  have to be concerned about that.  There are some issues that politicians may have, for their reasons that are always vote influencing dodges, that we members of the public should not feel fearful of.  No issues are so"delicate". A spade doesn't have to be called a grave digger but it is still a shovel. Poet Parks said "a rose is a rose is a rose". And that's what it is. Period. Like you, I refuse to use unkind  name calling but no group should have to shy away from telling it like it is. Recently, some government reports showed errors and their corrections were done in a manner that was considered surreptitious. So what? An error is an error. Change it and get on with life. We don't need to hear about it endlessly. There is so much worry and concern and hype about the smallest of things such as governmental myopia  about how someone looks at someone else or whose hand they shake and how, or what they were thinking or hinting at or implying. Every word and expression is examined minutely and interpretations made that become nit picking to the point that one groans before x-ing out a news item. It is facts and results after actual actions that matter to citizens, not promises or apologies and visitations or what someone is wearing or if their eyebrows are plucked or their socks are matching. It is time we put politics into perspective. Political ploys and pictures and positions are not what the voter with its one paltry vote needs to make the decision to plant an X in the right place. Perhaps you, too, are insulted and weary of petty hen peckings by one politician over another or media photos of this or that face and expression. I want facts and plans to peruse, not griping and complaining and whining and spit-fighting. It's not recess on the school playground, it's real life and adult voters want the nonsense to stop and the truth to out bare, plain and simple.