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RE: Racist jokes (just for good humor)
March 19, 2015 at 7:09 pm
*shrug* Feel free to offend. I'm enough of a lad that I can stand a bit of offense.
Bear in mind that I never said you couldn't say these things, just that saying them makes you a bigot. Say whatever you like.
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RE: Racist jokes (just for good humor)
March 19, 2015 at 7:23 pm
What did one gay sperm say to the other one?
How do we find an egg cell in all this shit ???
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RE: Racist jokes (just for good humor)
March 19, 2015 at 7:35 pm
(March 19, 2015 at 7:09 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Bear in mind that I never said you couldn't say these things, just that saying them makes you a bigot. Say whatever you like.
Boru I sure wish I could feel superior to those "other" bigots by judging a person's character on the basis of a single joke they find amusing. I wonder if you're familiar with the concepts "irony" and "nuance"?
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RE: Racist jokes (just for good humor)
March 19, 2015 at 8:03 pm
There's evidence that long term exposure to stereotyped jokes can help mental projection of harmful prejudices, but there's nothing on the occasional racist or sexist joke... My take is that as long as you're not constantly telling these jokes you will probably not end up believing it's true.
Oh, and feel free to make jokes about white people problems, I welcome it.
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RE: Racist jokes (just for good humor)
March 19, 2015 at 9:00 pm
(This post was last modified: March 19, 2015 at 9:00 pm by Darkstar.)
Well they're just jokes...
I mean, it would be different if they actually meant it, but we know we're all just kidding here, so what's the big deal?
Personally, I think that it is possible to go too far, even in jest, but none of the jokes in this thread have done so in my opinion.
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RE: Racist jokes (just for good humor)
March 19, 2015 at 9:33 pm
I think this whole charade of moralizing over jokes---as if context, intention, character were irrelevant---is a stupid exercise of the actual bigots.
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RE: Racist jokes (just for good humor)
March 19, 2015 at 11:11 pm
Here's my personal response to racist jokes.
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Man, there's nothing like fucking with racist scum.
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RE: Racist jokes (just for good humor)
March 20, 2015 at 12:32 am
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(March 19, 2015 at 5:40 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (March 19, 2015 at 12:24 pm)Dystopia Wrote: I feel bad for laughing at this... But damn it's funny
I disagree. It isn't funny. It is hurtful and demeaning.
I'm trying to decide who is the bigger idiot - Dirty Deeds for posting the joke or you for finding it funny.
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Don't get butt hurt buddy, grow a pair and learn to take a joke. And also "Feel free to offend" you forgot to finish your statement so I'll do it for you "Feel free to offend, but I'm going to be a bitch about it and cry myself to sleep" You're welcome, no payment necessary
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Makes perfect sense.
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RE: Racist jokes (just for good humor)
March 20, 2015 at 12:56 am
(March 20, 2015 at 12:32 am)DIRTY_DEEDS_93 Wrote: (March 19, 2015 at 5:40 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I disagree. It isn't funny. It is hurtful and demeaning.
I'm trying to decide who is the bigger idiot - Dirty Deeds for posting the joke or you for finding it funny.
Boru
Don't get butt hurt buddy, grow a pair and learn to take a joke. And also "Feel free to offend" you forgot to finish your statement so I'll do it for you "Feel free to offend, but I'm going to be a bitch about it and cry myself to sleep" You're welcome, no payment necessary
I didn't plan on getting involved in this thread. I have almost no opinion on people who tell racist jokes, with some exceptions, I don't tell them myself, and I don't find them funny. I also don't find them offensive, as a general rule.
However, just as you have the right to offend others, others have the right to express their unease. That doesn't mean they're being a "bitch about it".
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RE: Racist jokes (just for good humor)
March 20, 2015 at 1:03 am
(March 20, 2015 at 12:56 am)rexbeccarox Wrote: However, just as you have the right to offend others, others have the right to express their unease. That doesn't mean they're being a "bitch about it". It doesn't have to mean that but in this case that's pretty much how it came across. It's one thing to express your disagreement or dislike---as you did---its another thing to start labeling people racists and bigots.
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