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Man: Political Correctness gone crazy.
Sign: It's not over until the weight-challenged person sings.
Bound & Gagged

Remember, "demon" can be an offensive term. Refer to them as "mortally challenged."
— Holographic UAC Spokeswoman in the midst of Hell on Earth, Doom Eternal

Stuart: Merry Christmas. Welcome to Grumbel's.
Customer: Merry what?
Stuart: Oh, sorry. I meant happy holidays. [thinking] People are so politically correct nowadays.
Customer: It's October!

"Black Ops 3 is yet another string of barely connected shootouts in various global locations, but it can't even summon the effort to be particularly racist! ...Half the time you're fighting killer robots. That's not racist at all! Well, give it about thirty years, maybe it will be seen as insensitive towards AI-Americans who don't have the privilege of having been born rather than procedurally generated."

Democracy is good for something, I'm sure. But not dinners. After cross-referencing all the religious beliefs, dietary preferences, allergies, and intolerances...do you know what last year's Employee Dinner was? A salted cracker. That's what democracy tastes like. Do you know what we're having this year? Honey-glazed slow-cooked ribs served with pear and walnut salad. Voll's Dictatorship Dinner. Oppressive, but delicious.
Mr. Voll, Greasy Space Monkeys

Social Justice one-two-three (Whoo whoo)!
I wanna be PC (Whoo whoo)!
It's just the way to be for me! And you! (Whoo whoo)!
Your hateful slurs are through (Whoo whoo)!
I call whoo whoo on you (Whoo whoo)!
We'll fight until you're PC black and blue (Whoo whoo)!
We are language police, fighting bigotry.
Hurtful words can suck our turds cause it's PC for me!"

Peter: Alright, time to put up the 2020 Christmas decorations. First, ethnically-accurate Jesus goes right here, next to Father Mary and Mother Josephine, followed closely by the three genderless Wise People on their Bird scooters, Tig Notaro for some reason, and, of course, the Little Drummer Them, because God forbid we call a boy a "boy".
Chris: Dad, what are you sa—?
Peter: I DON'T LIKE WHAT THE WORLD IS! I'M WHITE! WHEN'S IT GONNA BE OUR TURN!
Family Guy, "The First No L"

"In the new edition, which Puffin says contains only minor tweaks, Willy Wonka holds a competition to win a golden ticket to tour his factory, with enough golden tickets available for any child who wants one.

Given its potential to promote unhealthy habits, the word "chocolate" has been removed throughout.

"Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her ongoing mission, to seek new life, to explore new worlds. To boldly go where no man has gone before. (theme music stops as Picard pauses Captain's Log) Sexist! Aaah...where no human has gone before. No, no, no—racist! Where no carbon-based...no-no! Silicon? No... Particulate entity with any sentient characteristics, whatsoever, has gone before!"
Star Trek: The Pepsi Generation

"You can't just define me by my Slayerness. That's....somethingism."

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