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The problem is, someone will always find offense at something especially once culture teaches them it gives them power over others. Once you give in to the ext
by loudtieblahblah 5y ago
The problem is, someone will always find offense at something especially once culture teaches them it gives them power over others.
Once you give in to the extreme end, you'll be giving in to more and more and more.
People tried canceling Weird AL bc he said "spastic" in Word Crimes, and that's supposedly ableist.
What's he to do? Tell you its only a joke so you can come back with your retort about "these types of people" for whom it's "always a joke"
Power has been given to the mobs and they keep moving the line and we're at their mercy of what is allowed and not allowed to not only be funny but be said at all
Even more maddening is that this little group of authoritarians spend so much time crying about fascism anytime someone is to the left or the right of the Democratic Party, without having a hard look in the mirror.
All these perpetually offended types weren't mad at Netflix when it peddled a movie that paid preteen girl actresses to twerk and grind on a floor for a film with "a message". But black man hurt fee fees by trying to find a middle ground no less, so let's bring out the tiki torches.