--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_couscous_ff > <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" > > > > > > > <jpgillam@> wrote: > > > > > > > > ---authfriend wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does this strike anybody as just a wee bit racist? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Probably. But I consider all such criticisms of humor > > > > > > > > to be category errors. In my world, humor cannot be > > > > > > > > racist, insensitive, unjustified or subject to any > > > > > > > > descriptors other than "funny" or "not funny." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All humor derives from something being wrong or > > > > > > > > out of the ordinary. To condemn it for being *too* > > > > > > > > wrong or *too* out of the ordinary seems to miss the > > > > > > > > point. To me, it's either amusing or not. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The greatest condemnation I can apply to a joke is > > > > > > > > not to be amused. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well said. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Humor is exempt. It has immunity, and is beyond > > > > > > > the jurisdiction of political correctness. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mmmmmm... > > > > > > > > > > > > Did you hear the one about the two niggers? > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, wasn't the punchline something about all them > > > > > niggers want is tight pussy and a warm place to shit? > > > > > > > > If a comedian / comedy entourage makes fun of everyone, and if > > they > > > > are funny, its hard to make a case of bigotry. > > > > > > I don't recall The Onion ever having made fun of > > > black people *as a group*, or of Jews *as a group*, > > > or of Muslims *as a group*. > > > > > > > Is Margaret Chou a bigot when she makes fun of her korean > mother? > > Or > > > > faghags? > > > > > > I'm not familiar with Chou's jokes about her mother. It > > > would depend. As to fag hags, that's a bit different, > > > because fag haggery is a behavior of choice--usually adult > > > choice--not something one is born into or brought up with. > > > Behaviors of choice are pretty much fair game, by me. > > > > > > On the other hand, if by making fun of fag hags she's > > > also making fun of homosexuals *as a group*, that's > > > another story entirely. > > > > Fag hags are women that chase homosexual men because they are > > homosexual. > > Yes, or women who just hang out with homosexual men.
Usually those are not given the term "fag hag" unless they hang with them BECAUSE they are homosexual. > Your point was? > How would making fun of a fag hag be making fun of the people they are chasing? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
