Stuart Hall suggests one way in which the original use of the term may have developed into the modern one: According to one version, political correctness actually began as an in-joke on the left: radical students on American campuses acting out an ironic replay of the Bad Old Days BS (Before the Sixties) when every revolutionary groupuscule had a party line about everything.
Stjuart Hol navodi jedan od načina na koji se originalna upotreba izraza može razviti u modernu: Prema jednoj verziji, politička korektnost je zapravo počela kao šala od strane levica; Radikalni student u američkim domovima koji su ironično reagovali loše u starim danima.BS(pre sezdesetih), kada je svaka revolucionarna grupa imala zabavu u svemu.