I think about this blog post from the creator of redis whenever some thing like this comes up: http://antirez.com/news/122.

> I believe that political correctness has a puritan root. As such it focuses on formalities, but actually it has a real root of prejudice against others.

I'd argue this isn't exactly a Trojan horse, it's a group of poor looking pilgrims who tell sob stories to the guard and convince them to open the gates.