Words do have consequences

"Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy admits to using word ‘posse’" -- Peter Botte

This is not about being politically correct as too many of the deliberately ignorant, the racists and the misogynists wrap themselves in such a cloak for cover.

An excerpt: "...Well, it makes you all think. I think that we've all, you know, we've all got to become aware of our language and attitudes and I'm going to be perfectly honest here, I've used that word before, ok?" Van Gundy said before his Pistons took on the Knicks at the Garden. "When that all came out I had to ask myself, have I ever used that word before with a white player? And the answer is no..."