Meghan Daum Quotes

The politically correct crowd is tolerant of all viewpoints, except those they disagree with.

Hamas is anti-Western, anti-Semitic, anti-gay, misogynist, and anti-intellectual. Israel is the exact opposite.

Liberals are not always so liberal with people who disapprove - disapprove of their point of view.

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

Political correctness, to me, is an enemy.

When you tolerate intolerance, you're not really being a liberal.

I think political correctness is a moving line.

People are beginning to doubt the moral certitude of people on the right, especially the far right.

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.

I just think political correctness is crap.

I think that, as is the case offline, we should not be tolerant of hate speech, racist comments, or groups that promote hatred or intolerance in any shape or form.

Do not give voice to bigotry.

If you're gay or religious you're always hearing this word tolerance. It's a pathetic word. It's actually just a politically correct word for the term intolerance.

In commendably seeking to protect freedom of speech, we must not lower our defences against the evil of racial and religious intolerance.

If we are going to have to worry all the time that we might offend some students' sensibilities, we are not going to be able to teach in a way that actually matters. We're not going to be able to teach about sex, gender, race, religion, or violence.

The best way to deal with the neo-Nazi movements is not to overreact and curtail their free speech rights which would make you no better than they are.

Maine is a lot of things but one thing it will never be is the headquarters for hate groups and organizations of bigots.

There is nothing that dies so hard and rallies so often as intolerance.

We have taken the idea of tolerance so far that we have to put up with intolerance.

I don't like bigotry and intolerance, but they do exist and I don't think you're going to get them out by passing laws.

This country, our tradition, permits you to be a bigot, but it also requires you to take responsibility for your bigotry. The fact that you could hide behind a mask allows you to be a bigot without being responsible.

Political Correctness: The valuation of sensitivity over truth.

Banning hate speech doesn't end racism or antisemitism. Social pressure does that. It becomes socially unacceptable.

I think we have gone too far into the PC culture, but there's a limit to how far we can take that.

When was the last time you were super offended? I might be like, 'That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard!' Or, 'It's not my thing,' or, 'It was a stupid joke.' But there's such a sensitivity now. Political correctness has become really insidious.