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Ironically, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/05/matt-lucas-little-britain-black-up-society-empathetic https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr
by mattmanser 9y ago
Ironically, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/05/matt-lucas-little-britain-black-up-society-empathetic https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/05/matt-l...
The comedians themselves are contradicting you.
Re-watch many comedians from the 80s and 90s and they're just being close-minded rather than actually being funny.
The worst I remember was when in the office we'd all call each other gay for silly things. "You not coming out tonight drinking? Are you gay?".
Then we hired a homosexual.
For months we still all made 'gay' jokes. He said he didn't mind. They would just slip out, that's how we talked to each other. "ah man, who would write a function like that? It's so gay!".
I still feel ashamed today thinking back on actually how hostile that workplace actually was to him. Even if he really didn't care, we were still basically constantly saying Gay Is Wrong. We were idiots. We were wrong.
It's not being sensitive, it's simply being close-minded.
- colllectorof 9y agoThere is a lot of irony in accusations of close-mindedness when they come from people who think all the past generations and everyone outside of Western middle-class left-wing cultural sphere are "wrong" about humor.
- StanislavPetrov 9y ago>Re-watch many comedians from the 80s and 90s and they're just being close-minded rather than actually being funny. Obviously not a Carlin fan! Its very easy to be open-minded and completely insensitive. Emotional sensitivity is not a desirable attribute, despite its current popularity.