Be it resolved: San Diego is proud of our nation's history.

The mayor says so, even if the city's new correspondence manual, a conservative legal group and multiple Fox News commentators suggested the city has a funny way of showing it.

"It appears San Diego City Hall has been overrun by a wild pack of militant, man-hating feminists who are hell-bent on neutering the King’s English," Fox News' Todd Starnes writes.

"San Diego officials have walked back a warning to city workers ahead of President's Day not to drop any F-bombs -- as in the phrase "Founding Fathers," Fox News' Perry Chiaramonte adds.

Came Fox News' tweet Wednesday: "City workers in San Diego barred from uttering 'biased' term 'Founding Fathers.'"

Has political correctness run amok? Yes, the founding fathers are historic. 74% (166) No, it's a natural, neutral progression. 6% (14) I found this post to be a waste of time. 19% (43) 223 total votes.

Came Mayor Kevin Faulconer 's quick reply: "Suggesting that our Founding Fathers should be referred to as 'Founder' is political correctness run amok. We are proud of our nation's history, and there is nothing wrong with referring to the Founding Fathers. At my direction, this was removed yesterday from the City's correspondence manual. The manual will be reviewed for other misguided examples that defy common sense and changes will be made accordingly."

Let's back up and quickly explain the two developments that led us to this most recent flare up in San Diego's culture wars, as reported by the U-T Watchdog.

One, the city of San Diego spent nearly $50,000 to refresh its logo, image and website; part of that was a manual that sought to give guidance on which terms it should and shouldn't use when officials interacted with the public.

Two, the Pacific Justice Institute, a conservative legal group, said new city regulations run afoul of the free speech rights of city employees in a letter sent to the city on Monday, as it was noted, a week before Presidents Day.

That letter read, "Many Americans, including city employees, will no doubt be surprised to learn that the city considers them biased for merely mentioning ordinary words and phrases, like 'the common man,' 'mankind,' 'manmade and 'man up,' to name a few of the parade of horribles. Most alarmingly, though, is the guideline directive, on Page 76, that city employees should refrain from mentioning those to whom we owe our most fundamental freedoms, the Founding Fathers. The manual’s inane attempt to recast the fathers as simply 'the Founders' reaches a level of political correctness, censorship and insensitivity toward time-honored American values that is indefensible."

Faulconer agreed and quickly took a different tack as tempest and teapot met Twitter.

U-T Watchdog has this story in its jaw. It has updated it to say the provision advising against the term "Founding Fathers" dates back at least until 2008, according to archived copies obtained by the Union-Tribune. The 2008 version preferred these terms for the Founding Fathers: "pioneers, colonists, patriots, forebears." By 2014, the "Founders" term was suggested instead.

Look familiar? It's Michigan-based Founders.

Which mayor needs to respond now? Ex-mayor Jerry Sanders ?

Also, should we tell a certain bunch of Michigan-based brewers to expect a letter, too?

That's today's conversation. What do you think of it?