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Larissa Nolan: Political correctness will hurt us all in the end
Genuine liberalism respects and accepts diversity of behaviour and opinions
Last week, the actor, writer and director Lena Dunham sent out a provocative tweet to her 5.5 million followers, while frustrated at a flight delay in JFK.
The creator, writer and star of the HBO series Girls, believed she had earwigged on a conversation that deserved to be “called out” on social media – the supreme court of public opinion.
Her tweet read: “Just overheard 2 @AmericanAir attendants having a…