The elites who wield politically correct agendas – whether in academia, in the media, or in Hollywood — know these social dynamics very well. They understand your fear of social isolation perhaps better than you do yourself. How else could they manipulate that fear so efficiently? People who simply wish to live and let live may be the majority, but we’re far less likely to take a clinical look at all of this. So we’re more likely to fall into the PC trap. We need to pay attention.
—Stella Morabito, “Don’t Drink The PC Water. It’s Poison”
But conversely, the allure of the martyr is very powerful. The underdog story of being an embattled minority sells well. See Fox News.