I think Gottfried's got it exactly right. About three weeks ago, I posted a joke on Facebook involving seeing a person with a white and red cane crossing Wacker Drive suddenly hustling when the signal turned red. A former high-school classmate took me to task in the comments about the fact she may not be totally blind, the cane could be for assistance, etc. and that I should know better because her brother (who was also a classmate) is legally blind but can still see. And I felt obligated to explain that, yes, I totally understand that, but it's a joke, and blah, blah.
Fast forward a week, and I posted a link to the complaint against Cards Against Humanity for having a white card for "Passable Tranny" and how the game creators admitted the card was removed in later editions because they didn't realize how insensitive that word was when they created it. I have several friends who are LGBTQ, and one in particular who is T. The same classmate proceeded to bitch about how people are becoming too sensitive about things and what's wrong with that card. My friend quickly and politely explained how deeply offensive that term was. I looked for the Facebook app that would've allowed me to slap my classmate silly for her failure to get it, but no such app exists yet. On Jul 7, 2014 10:39 PM, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: > It is a topic that often surfaces here and elsewhere when a star says > something that offends somebody else. I both agree and disagree with > Gilbert's take on the situation, but regardless the essay is well-composed. > Not sure if everybody at work will be able to view it since it's on Hugh > Hefner's website. > > http://www.playboy.com/playground/view/stop-saying-sorry-on-twitter > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
