Conservatives are consistently outraged by these changes, but they hold little cultural sway at the moment. Liberals, who rule the arts, mostly stand down during these Orwellian attacks. They fear the aggressive Left will punish anyone who disagrees with its radical worldview, so they stay quiet.

And they have a point.

What about the authors? Literary giants must realize their words are next … if not today then a tomorrow that will arrive sooner than later. Aren’t they concerned about this trend and what it does to creativity? What commonplace words will be considered offensive tomorrow?

[Best guess: any words used to dissent from the progressive orthodoxy. We’re already seeing efforts to proclaim the use of “woke” in any critical context as racist. This trend is not so much about ‘sensitivity’ as it is about silencing. — Ed]