Quotes about Political Correctness

Political Correctness doesn't change us, it shuts us up. Votes: 5

Political correctness has become a straightjacket. Votes: 4

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Votes: 4

National Standards was not a narrative of past events but was leftwing revisionism and Political Correctness. Votes: 4

I got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think. Votes: 4

I am politically incorrect, that's true. Political correctness to me is just intellectual terrorism. I find that really scary, and I won't be intimidated into changing my mind. Everyone isn't going to love you all the time. Votes: 4

Political Correctness is inverted McCarthyism. Votes: 3

Political correctness is tyranny with manners. Votes: 3

Another plague upon the land, as devastating as the locusts God loosed on the Egyptians, is 'Political Correctness.' Votes: 3

I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism. Votes: 3

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it. Votes: 3

I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one. Votes: 3

Whether it's people walking off 'The View' when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being fired for expressing his opinion, over-reaching political correctness is chipping away at the fundamental American freedoms of speech and expression. Votes: 3

Political correctness is a war on noticing. Votes: 2

The cornerstone of the political correctness that dominates campus culture is radical feminism. Votes: 2

In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness. Votes: 2

Political correctness has changed everything. People forget that political correctness used to be called spastic gay talk. Votes: 2

This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all. Votes: 2

The two pillars of 'political correctness' are, a) willful ignorance, and b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth. Votes: 2

I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness. Votes: 2

It is silly to call fat people ''gravitationally challenged'' - a self-righteous fetishism of language which is no more than a symptom of political frustration. Votes: 2

What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want the power to name. And the defined are now taking that power away from them. Votes: 2

The wussification of America is killing us by teaching us to censor ourselves from what we believe. That's why I want to see political correctness die in my lifetime, but first... I want to watch it suffer. Votes: 2

Political correctness is the natural continuum from the party line. What we are seeing once again is a self-appointed group of vigilantes imposing their views on others. It is a heritage of communism, but they don't seem to see this. Votes: 2

Changing the way we talk is not political correctness run amok. It reflects an admirable willingness to acknowledge others who once were barely visible to the dominant culture, and to recognize that something that may seem innocent to you may be painful to others. Votes: 2

If you do not regard feminism with an uplifting sense of the gloriousness of woman's industrial destiny, or in the way, in short, that it is prescribed, by the rules of the political publicist, that you should, that will be interpreted by your opponents as an attack on woman. Votes: 2

Al forms of consensus about ''great'' books and ''perennial'' problems, once stabilized, tend to deteriorate eventually into something philistine. The real life of the mind is always at the frontiers of ''what is already known.'' Those great books don't only need custodians and transmitters. To stay alive, they also need adversaries. The most interesting ideas are heresies. Votes: 2

Political correctness kills discussion. Votes: 1

When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners. Votes: 1

There is a term called political correctness, and I consider it to be a euphemism for political cowardice. Votes: 1

Political correctness is about denial, usually in the weasel circumlocutory jargon which distorts and evades and seldom stands up to honest analysis. Votes: 1

It's this upside-down world that we live in where we afford political correctness to the most intolerant group of individuals on the planet. Votes: 1

Political correctness is one of the engines of nannyism. Allowing and even encouraging 'offensive' ideas is vital for the intellectually health of a free society. Votes: 1

As with 'feminism,' not to mention 'liberalism' and 'conservatism,' 'political correctness' tends to mean what you want it to mean, which also pretty much amounts to utter meaninglessness. Votes: 1

Let's face it: every campus has its share of students who can't quite comprehend that extreme political correctness is often born of the same intolerance and anti-intellectualism as standard-issue bigotry. Votes: 1

The social disease of political correctness has entered daily life, inverting good to bad and attempting to rewrite proud histories as an imposition of white supremacy for which we all should make contrition. Votes: 1

We're led to believe everybody opposes it and disagrees with political correctness, but yet everybody's scared to death of it. So who is it? Well, it's the power structure wherever you happen to be. Votes: 1

My friendships and relationships in the conservative world are not predicated on political correctness and enforced conformity of thought. They are based, instead, on mutual respect, honesty and understanding - concepts many modern liberals should consider revisiting. Votes: 1

While liberals are leery of religious fundamentalism in general, they consistently imagine that all religions at their core teach the same thing and teach it equally well. This is one of the many delusions borne of political correctness. Votes: 1

The critical importance of honest journalism and a free flowing, respectful national conversation needs to be had in our country. But it is being buried as collateral damage in a war whose battles include political correctness and ideological orthodoxy. Votes: 1

Political correctness is as exploitable as any other progressive ideal, but its aim is to stifle the incessant noise of those who flap their careless lips without a thought about those they might offend and why that might be important. Votes: 1

I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. I've been challenged by so many people, and I don't frankly have time for total political correctness. And to be honest with you, this country doesn't have time either. Votes: 1

Are your kids learning the right lessons about 9/11? Ten years after Osama bin Laden's henchmen murdered thousands of innocents on American soil, too many children have been spoon-fed the thin gruel of progressive political correctness over the stiff antidote of truth. Votes: 1

Quite frankly, I think political correctness is the worst form of censorship. You're not allowed to speak your mind unless you're black, or unless you're a terrorist, or unless you're an Arab or a minority people. Then you can say what you like. But if you are like a lot of us you are not supposed to say certain things. Votes: 1

I hate political correctness. Votes: 0

Political correctness is bad. Votes: 0

Political correctness is a minefield Votes: 0

Britain is obsessed with political correctness. Votes: 0

I just think political correctness is crap. Votes: 0

We're gonna get away from political correctness . Votes: 0

America's problem is too much political correctness. Votes: 0

I think political correctness is a moving line. Votes: 0

I like the free-speech stuff, the political-correctness stuff. Votes: 0

Sufficiently advanced political correctness is indistinguishable from sarcasm. Votes: 0

The core problem in our society is political correctness. Votes: 0

Hurricane Katrina was caused by political correctness. I said it! Votes: 0

Political correctness is driving machismo underground and recalling effeminacy from exile. Votes: 0

Catch and release fishing may be cruelty masquerading as political correctness Votes: 0

At its grandest, political correctness is an attempt to accelerate evolution. Votes: 0

Political correctness is euphemism for "fear to speak truth to authority Votes: 0

A lot of people are bored of all the political correctness. Votes: 0

My views are heretical to people who believe in political correctness. Votes: 0

Any sort of political correctness needs to be swept out of the way Votes: 0

There is a point where political correctness becomes an acid that erodes freedom. Votes: 0

Political correctness is what right-wing bigots call what everybody else calls being polite Votes: 0

Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth. Votes: 0

A lot of it is backlash against all this political correctness that's going on. Votes: 0

You get so tired of political correctness. I'm noted for speaking out all my career. Votes: 0

I don't believe you should interfere with any classic for reasons of religious or political correctness. Votes: 0

Political correctness means nothing to me. Nothing. It's the new Puritanism, darling. Preventing us from expressing ourselves. Votes: 0

Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that. Votes: 0

I just don't accept midgets as human beings. There's only so much political correctness I can accept. Votes: 0

The term "political correctness" has always appalled me, reminding me of Orwell's "Thought Police" and fascist regimes. Votes: 0

One can be inclined to just say, "F this political correctness! I don't have time for that!" Votes: 0

At a time when political correctness is valued over honesty I would also like to say, 'Right on! Votes: 0

Don't you just hate it when the war on terrorism interferes with political correctness and liberalism's equality fetish? Votes: 0

Other top-level politicians do not express their global warming doubts because a whip of political correctness strangles their voice. Votes: 0

For the sake of democracy, vigorous, civilized debate must replace the law of silence that political correctness has imposed. Votes: 0

The truth is that this culture of political correctness has tied the hands of law enforcement around the USA. Votes: 0

Political correctness will die as it lived - kicking and screaming ad hominem abuse as a substitute for arguments. Votes: 0

When Donald Trump does his talking, he - he doesn't tiptoe around the thousand new rules of political correctness. Votes: 0

We're running a war by politicians and we're running a war by political correctness as per that question [with ISIS]. Votes: 0

I think in this country [UK] we could do with rather less political correctness and more straight talking across the board. Votes: 0

Stand up, speak out, and be bold. Screw political correctness. Never let them tell you to sit down and shut up. Votes: 0

In this era of political correctness, some people seem unaware that being squeamish about words can mean being blind to realities. Votes: 0

I think political correctness really does help us when it serves us but it doesn't help us when it silences us. Votes: 0

If political correctness has achieved one thing, it's that it has made the Conservative party cloak their inherent racism behind more creative language Votes: 0

Feminism has had exactly the same problem that "political correctness" has had: people keep using the phrase without really knowing what it means. Votes: 0

Political correctness is neither political nor is it correct. It amounts to social censorship, and the sooner we spit it out, the better. Votes: 0

Islam takes advantage of two structural flaws that exist in the Western society. One is political correctness and other is the decline of morality. Votes: 0

To think about love and passion and political correctness all together, it doesn't work. Art has to go way past the political to be effective. Votes: 0

[On political correctness:] Any intended message mattered less than the received message, and every received message could be interpreted in whatever way the receiver wanted. Votes: 0

Political correctness is one of the engines of nannyism. Allowing and even encouraging offensive ideas is vital for the intellectually health of a free society. Votes: 0

America is fed up with political correctness, and it is fed up with government that doesn't work. It's fed up with weakness being interpreted as wisdom. Votes: 0

It's getting funnier because everybody's categories are disintegrating, and the cult of political correctness dictates that we never point out that other people don't make sense. Votes: 0

Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage is history's true currency. Votes: 0

Things have happened, having to do with many things including political correctness, where people are so worried about being politically correct that they are unable to function. Votes: 0

Islam, the religion of peace and any terrorism that happens, is not really Islamic or Islamic inspired. This is called a willful blindness. It's also political correctness. Votes: 0

Islam, the religion of peace and any terrorism that happens, is not really Islamic or Islamic inspired. This is called a willful blindness. It's also political correctness. Votes: 0

If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem. Votes: 0

Political correctness gets in the way of all too many things in this country of ours, I am not a subscriber of political correctness by any means, shape or form. Votes: 0

I don't think political correctness doesn't make any difference. Once that's in your DNA, you don't pass an ordinance or pass a law or all of the sudden change your DNA. Votes: 0

I have a distinct memory, dating back to 1989 or so, of sitting around with my college dorm mates talking about a new term that was popping up everywhere: 'political correctness.' Votes: 0

Islam is the religion of peace. We say that jokingly. That's actually the position of the US government. It's rooted in political correctness and fear and a number of other convoluted things. Votes: 0

It seems very obvious that a vast majority of the American people are sick and tired of political correctness and prevailing partisanship that does not serve the American people or freedom well. Votes: 0

There is no regard for human lives, or local national interests. It is because the West, despite its hypocritical rhetoric (political correctness) does not really consider non-whites and non-Christians as human beings. Votes: 0

Right now, the United States of America is the patient. And the patient is in critical condition and will not be cured by political correctness and will not be cured by timidity. Votes: 0

Islam is the religion of peace. We say that jokingly. That's actually the position of the US government. It's rooted in political correctness and fear and a number of other convoluted things. Votes: 0

The way to stop political correctness is to not do it. If someone says, You offended me then you say I don't care! If they're offended by the truth, that's their issue! Votes: 0

I think I was a militant smoker, and I felt hemmed in by a wall of political correctness and I think I purposely and militantly put the smoking scenes in the movies. Votes: 0

Political correctness sometimes does great work when it helps equalize the playing field when it comes to language, but it does a great disservice when it tries to silence a person of color. Votes: 0

I think the desire to reject elites, to retreat within more comfortable geographic and personal borders and to lash out at political correctness is not a phenomenon unique to Britain or the US. Votes: 0

The pejorative term "political correctness" was adapted to express disapproval of the enlargement of etiquette to cover all people, in spite of this being a principle to which all Americans claim to subscribe Votes: 0

The Democrats are incapable of even being accused of violating political correctness, so they don't even worry about it. The Democrats have really grown accustomed, however, to Republicans not attacking, not criticizing them. Votes: 0

The Democrats are incapable of even being accused of violating political correctness, so they don't even worry about it. The Democrats have really grown accustomed, however, to Republicans not attacking, not criticizing them. Votes: 0

I hate to speak for the whole society, but I will. I'm a journalist, it's my job. There's been something of a reaction against political correctness. Needless to say, the government hasn't caught up yet. Votes: 0