The Absurd GOP

[TheWhiteMarten]

If they are offended, they can ask the person not to make those comments or jokes around them.

If that person then harasses them by intentionally going out of their way to make those remarks to this individual, the harasser should be fired on the spot.

It's really not that hard; if someone at work says something you don't like, ignore it.

It should be noted that asking the speaker to "not to make those comments or jokes around them" is not "ignoring it", which means that you're actually advising two contradictory responses.

That's a weird conclusion to make.

My personal belief is to just ignore it; if you cant do that, there are professional steps you can take to ensure that you are not harassed or otherwise made to feel uncomfortable at work, and if the coworker intentionally violates those terms they should be immediately fired and you have a clear line of steps taken to ensure you were in the right.

Accepting that some people cant just ignore it is not contradicting that my advice should be to ignore it.

Great. So how are you going to fire the harassers and defend that in an unemployment court if the company doesn't itself have rules against that harassment?

It's not the speech that is harassment but the behavior.