Ooo! Oooo! My personal soapbox!!!!!!!!
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bigot
Bigot (bgt) - One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion,
race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.
Keypoint = tolerance and humor are two different things...look 'em up in
the dictionary. I bet you the definitions are different. TRUST ME!
Okay... so I make/laugh-at jokes about all the groups you listed ('cept
Australians...what kind of joke would I tell? "You call that a knife?")
and more. In fact, when I hear Chris Rock tell a joke about a
"cracker", I laugh. Why? Because I'm not a bigot...I just enjoy a good
joke. And it doesn't have to be Chris Rock. Cedric the Entertainer or
David K., it doesn't matter (disclaimer: I could make a list of all
non-caucasion American and non-American groups, but it would take a
while...geez). If it's funny, I laugh. Sure, I've said "Me love you
long time" many-a-time, but it wasn't out of bigotry. It's a great line
from a great movie.
The point is, political correctness is phewy. One must look at the
context in which statements are made and at the intentions of the person
saying them...if you even want to bother. The fact is, we are all
people. We have our strengths and weaknesses. Mine? I enjoy a good
joke whoever it targets (unless it is John Kerry....leave the man alone!).
Oh, and Joe, I too am from Mississippi....and as you know, the ONLY
thing we have down there IS a sense of humor (I make fun of MY origins
on a daily basis...sadly, it is the only way to cope....hehe)! For the
record, there are a few homosexuals in my family (openly, but not
"flagrantly"...though it wouldn't matter either way as they are great
people which is all that counts when you get down to brass tax), plus my
stepmother is black, there are at least two different kinds of Native
American blood in my veins, my stepdad is from Indiana (who may have
decended from 1800s bank robbers know as The Littles, who renamed
themselves to "Morgan", ya know, after the Captain...ok, so I made that
last bit up...hehe), my mom decends from poor white trash sharecroppers
(from Mississippi...I'm not making this up....stereotype galore!), and
my dad decends from my grandfather (who decended from horse theives!)
and my grandmother (imagine that?) who is 70+, from Mississippi and
still known to say to my grandfather when a black man walks down the
street (I kid you not), "Papa...look at that. Go get your
shotgun...just in case."...even though my stepmother lives about 50 feet
from her. It's friggin' crazy. Ironically, my dad went from this
environment to having a PhD in micro-biology (I think)....he's a Green
Party member, election commissioner for his district in Tupelo
Mississippi, runs a farm with several dozen fowl and all sorts of weird
vegtables, and during a protest rally tells the local reporter that he
"is gay"....in an attempt to blur lines and help break down the social
norm barriers. To quote an alternative-country band, "Such is the
duality of the Southern thang". Naw mah...ware's mah chew?
So ya'll don' te'l me 'bout big-o-tree, my fam'ly tree isa full up an' I
jus' keepa laughin' (it's easier than cryin', you all know).
Phil
My feelings exactly Sue. While being humorous which
is something I can appreciate. I don't think joking
about bigotry goes over quite well now. First off,
it's quite off topic. Secondly, why joke about
bigotry? If I joked about blacks, hispanics, asians,
southerners, Australians, British, Texans..., that
would be rude, not on topic, and hurtful. Why bother?
Got any better jokes? I think David's humorous
answer to this is commendable. But why start?
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