When HR departments became more attuned to the workplace, largely because of sexual harassment, cries of political correctness echoed thru the hallways and around the water coolers. 'Ya can't say nothing anymore' was the most frequent refrain. Classic straw man argument.
The morons who cried the most generally would be found sitting outside the HR office, sooner or later.
I told one such miscreant that not being a flaming asshole is not 'political correctness', it's simply behaving like a f'ing human being and about respecting others, you know, the way you want to be respected.