I don't intend to suggest that people have no right to be offended by his comments nor that they have no right to voice their displeasure. I just don't subscribe to the idea that an insensitive joke equates to proof of hatred or malice. The simplest way to sum up my feelings on such is that people say often stupid crap but that does not inherently make them evil.
As too your implication that my standards are below par, all I can say is that you do not know me. I might not value exactly the same things in exactly the same way as you do, but I most certainly have values that are dear to me. For instance, I value honesty over sensitivity and actions over words and have a strong belief that insensitive jokes are only as powerful/offensive/relevant as one allows them to be. So yes, you absolutely can take offense to a multitude of stupid crap that Rush Limbaugh has said on his show. You can even post to your hearts content on as many mailing lists as you like in an attempt to solicit the appropriate level of offense from others. You can suggest that people, whose moral compass has a differing true north from yours, have sub-standard standards. You can even throw in some condescension and a dash of superiority to make those pathetic few who've failed to see the light, feel dirty and less than human. None of which proves your outrage to be anything more then an opinion based on inferring malice where stupidity (or jackassery) will equally suffice. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]>wrote: > > some other stuff in response > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Chris Stoner <[email protected]> wrote: > > some stuff > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:341696 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
