Writer, comedian and “Daily Show” correspondent John Hodgman — who is perhaps best-known for playing the “PC guy” in Mac’s famous advertising campaign — proved today that he is just as fluent in other uses of the term “PC” as well. In a lengthy Twitter essay, the humorist offered an elegant rebuttal to Jonathan Chait’s New York Magazine piece decrying political correctness as a threat to the left. Read the full argument below:
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Chait responded to Hodgman briefly on Twitter, although it seems a longer response is still to come:
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