But the writer, as have so many others, made clear that there were just two perspectives on Judaism. There was the Orthodox world. And everything else was secular. No possible conception of a non-secular, non Orthodox Jew. But it is precisely that kind of subconscious use of language that must be brought to light, to reveal the assumptions it conveys, because of all those who do not share those assumptions.
Language creates reality.
The world we know is shaped by the words we use. I am the first to agree that some usages of language can go too far for my own personal taste. Until I lost weight, and now, still fighting the battle, I have been a little heavy. I don't need someone to call me circumferentially challenged. Still, for all its potential for parody, the movement of political correctness is, first and foremost, an exercise in the sensitive use of language.