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Your post reminds me of how silly the way our society protects certain categories is. "Attention-Deficit Teenegers" could be viewed as offensive to some, as it
by swatow 12y ago
Your post reminds me of how silly the way our society protects certain categories is.
"Attention-Deficit Teenegers" could be viewed as offensive to some, as it uses a medical diagnosis as a pejorative. Perhaps the author could argue that they are referring to typical teenage behavior, and not ADD, but that would to me be a completely ridiculous and artificial distinction.
So either we can't make fun of stereotypical teenage behavior (which is a slippery slope since about a lot of HN posts make fun of, or are directly hostile to, people in their early 20's) or have to admit that some medical categories are also things we can joke about.
- hga 12y agoYour post is a bit silly in that you're talking about bourgeois truth, when revolutionary truth is what governs the part of "society" you're referring to. Important person makes bad ethnic or medical condition jokes? No problem, he's advancing the causes of the "revolution". Desire to trash an adversary, or just revel in your SJW power to damage or destroy at a whim? Take something innocent like this and make a felony jaywalking case of it.
- swatow 12y agoThanks for getting it. Interesting how there are not replies other than downvotes, even though my post wasn't phrased in an inflammatory way.