>http://bigthink.com/videos/john-cleese-on-political-correctness
>http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/16/02/03/1419247/john-cleese-warns-campus-political-correctness-leading-towards-1984
>John Cleese says political correctness has gone too far. The very
>essence of his trade - comedy - is criticism and that not infrequently
>means hurt feelings. But protecting everyone from negative emotion
>all the time is not only impractical (one can't control the feelings
>of another), but also improper in a free society. Cleese, having
>worked with psychiatrist Robin Skynner, says there may even be
>something more sinister behind the insistence to be always be
>politically correct.

Do a Google search for 'political correctness mass hysteria'.  It is a very valid comparison.

          Jim Bell