Nigel Lythgoe Quotes

Political correctness is anti-empathetic because it has correctness in it. We all have biases, we all have prejudices and if we cant talk about them openly - if we get attacked for it then this is an anti-empathetic movement and therefore it cannot complain about a lack of empathy.

I haven't learned to be politically correct yet.

We're so politically correct; we take things so seriously.

I'm not PC all the time in my phrasing, because that meets a wall; people won't hear it.

We've gotten to a point where you can't be a politician and actually say what you're thinking because someone's gonna get offended, and God forbid, like, everyone's so sensitive now, it's ridiculous.

Political correctness is a bit like a granny, a maiden aunt arriving at a party when everyone's having a good time. And she comes in, they all start sort of buttoning up and becoming self-conscious and behaving properly and then when she leaves, you can have fun again.

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

Political correctness is the the inability to state certain truths because they may offend certain people

We're gonna get away from political correctness .

The Voice has been politically correct in many of its aspects since before that term was ever used.

I think political correctness is a moving line.

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.

I'm completely allergic to being politically correct.

It's very difficult to speak to a large group of people these days and not offend someone. I know people walk around with their feelings on their shoulders waiting for you to say something - ahh - did you hear that? And they can't hear anything else you say. The PC police are out in force at all times.

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

There's been an amazing backlash for the last decade in America: political correctness. In many ways, I think that, while we've been remarkably violent in our media, there's been a real schizophrenia. In private, on the Internet, and on public-affairs shows or talk radio, we're way more explicit than we've ever been. But traditional Hollywood has been much more frightened than it ever was in the '70s about presenting things that could be perceived as politically incorrect.

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

I think the big problem in America has is being politically correct.

Political correctness is a minefield

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

There's this whole debate about whether being PC is just being like political or whether it's just being a good person, and I feel like that's something that people need to take into consideration because, you know, people are like, "Oh PC culture is ruining America." It's being a good person. If you're offended when people are not, you know, sexist or racist, then you're a part of the problem.

At a time when political correctness is valued over honesty I would also like to say right on motherfuckers!

Why would you want to be politically correct when you can be right?

The P.C. police are out in force at all times... We've reached a point where people are actually afraid to talk about what they want to say.

I just think political correctness is crap.