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> People used to make tasteless jokes all the time and it was treated as it was, just a joke and life continued. Except it was only ever "just a joke" for the
by tstrimple 5y ago
> People used to make tasteless jokes all the time and it was treated as it was, just a joke and life continued.
Except it was only ever "just a joke" for the perpetrators. What we're seeing more of now is the voice of the previously unheard and ignored, and it turns out they don't like being the butt of racist or sexist or bigoted "jokes". This is the same energy as dismissing sexual harassment as "boys will be boys".
"We can't give girls a friendly pat on the ass and compliment anymore. The liberals have taken over and ruined everything!"
- legostormtroopr 5y agoThank you for proving the parent comments point. He said "People used to make tasteless jokes all the time" and you equated it to "why can't we physically assault girls anymore". There are shades of gray to all huuman interaction, and thanks to behaviour like yours where people jump to prove they are good, anything can be considered "bad".
- tstrimple 5y agoWhy should people in position of power get to choose what others should and shouldn't be offended by? Both with physical and verbal abuse, minorities and women have been told by people in positions of power to toughen up. All we're seeing now is the repercussions of those marginalized folks getting their voice. I'm sorry you don't like it when they complain about being abused, but telling them to just toughen up is absolutely the losing position to take here.