Are we becoming a society of '-isms'?

I noticed the other day that recently I've been hearing words ending with -ism on a regular basis (eg sexism, racism....) and was wondering whay we feel the need to categorize everything. Is it something to do with the fact that political correctness is becoming increasingly important?

Ah, you must mean Islamophobia. I think you'll find the BNP invented that, if not by name.

Ah, you must mean Islamophobia. I think you'll find the BNP invented that, if not by name.

Does a phobia automatically mean you want to deport everything that phobia encompasses?

Will masses of spiders snakes and tight spaces be sent to northern africa??

Who mentioned deportation?

What's your point?

never mind

is sarcasm a forbidden fruit nowadays

Ah, you must mean Islamophobia. .

The point about 'scarewords' is probably better made here than the -isms thing. Racists don't like being called Racists, for example, simply because it carries negative connotations. Just like a feminist is technically a sexist in the same way that an SNP-member is a Nationalist...

I think they now call it "anti-Islamicism".

Feminism isn't sexism, it would only be so if it promoted women as being better than men, whereas on thee whole they talk about equality.

Well, I'm not sure about radical feminists... anyone have greater knowledge than me on that?(don't all run up at once)