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Have you walked in their particular shoes?
It seems to me that, in practice, this means little more than being freely disrespectful, uncaring of people's feelings, judgemental of anyone who doesn't fit a certain mold, and unapologetically hateful toward anyone who shows compassion for people who are different or less fortunate.
I am inclined to think that when "political correctness" is referred to dismissively it has nothing to do with politics and much to do with wishing that the old easy path of anger, hate, narrow self-interest, and childish meanness was somehow ok again.
That sounds like judging other people.
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