Dogpatch

Last week I was watching one of the news/comedy programs I enjoy, and a right-wing guest began to insist that all political correctness comes from the Left.  That's a dumb thing to say, of course, but it's easy enough to confuse your own political correctness with the Truth. 

Some examples--it is politically incorrect on the Right to call the Democratic party by its name. Call it "the Democrat party."  But the obvious example of right-wing political correctness is their demented worship of the American flag. It is incorrect to run for political office without a flag pin in your lapel. They insist on pledging allegiance to the flag rather than, say, to Jesus or Buddha or Allah. Yet few of them understand or follow proper flag etiquette. My neighbors leave flags up all night without putting a spotlight on them. Is this America or Dogpatch?