Political Correctness Gone Mad/Quotes

"Grover: Frazzle? But you are not fuzzy and blue. You are fuzzy and orange! Frazzle: Mrawrarfraramra! Grover: All right, all right! Just thought I'd mention it."

- Sesame Street, "Fuzzy and Blue (And Orange)"

"PFY: No I think you mean Affirmative Action. Equal Opportunities means that they'd both be considered regardless of who they were. Affirmative Action is intended to address a perceived lack of some group in a company for PR purposes. BOFH: Well this flies in the face of my Unequal Opportunities Policy! Boss: Your what?!? BOFH: Unequal Opportunities Policy. Which is basically 'if you can do the job, you're in!'. Couldn't give a crap about age, sex, race, etc. It's a simple policy, but it seems to work. Unless... Boss: Unless what!? BOFH: Unless you're a thicko. I can't stand thickos. No offence. Boss: What do you mean?! BOFH: Thickos, you know, people who can't... well.. tie their shoelaces without assistance. No offence. Boss: What do you mean 'no offence'!? BOFH: Well you know, some people get upset when you say something like that -- especially if they're a complete 'tard. No offence."

- The Bastard Operator From Hell guide to equal opportunities (Episode 5: Affirmitive action)

"Civilian displacement. We used to just call it "kidnapping" and "forcing people into slavery", but that just didn't test well in today's ever-toughening market."

- Mickey the Spider, Fable 2

"Constable Habib is a woman of the opposite sex!"

- Chief Inspector Fouler,The Thin Blue Line

"...one of the many fine things one has to admit is the way that the army has carried the American democratic ideal to its logical conclusion in the sense that not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed, and color, but also on the grounds of ability."

- Tom Lehrer, It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier

"Now this political correctness it must come to an end, 'Cause we're in the business of killing, who gives a fuck if we offend? I can mow 'em down by the thousands but I can't say a dirty word, Now that's the dumbest fucking thing that I have ever heard!"

- Dos Gringos, You Gotta Be in the Guard

"Porky: First they tell me to lose the stutter, now they tell me I'm not funny. It's a pain in the butt being p-p-politically correct. Speedy: You're telling me."

- Looney Tunes: Back in Action

""I know there are people in the world that do not love their fellow human beings -- and I hate people like that.""

- Tom Lehrer, "National Brotherhood Week"

"Bleat, bleat, creature of non-specific colour and species, have you any home-spun fabric? Yes sir or madam, yes sir or﻿ madam, enough to share, but not in a communist way. One is for the titled person of non-specific gender, one is for the other titled person of non-specific gender, and one is for the child of non-specific age, height and gender, who co-exists in harmony with the lane, but not in a gay way."

- Wil Anderson, The Glass House (on a reworded 'Baa Baa Black Sheep')

""Coming this summer, it's the motion picture that changed America. Saving Private Ryan, the re-re-release, where the word "nazi" has been changed to "persons with political differences," and all their guns have been replaced by walkie-talkies. And now, for your feature presentation: the classic re-re-re-release of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. In this version, the word "Wookie" has been changed to "hair challenged animal" and the entire cast has been digitally replaced by Ewoks.""

- South Park, "Free Hat"

""Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. You can't be politically correct and portray a story like this at the same time. In trying to be politically correct by avoiding sensitive topics, the game undermines its own points, because a lack of these elements makes Columbia look more attractive than it would in reality.""

- matthewmatosis on the lack of brutal racism in BioShock Infinite, his review.