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This video is funny, yet useful in our "I've been offended" society. Let em have it, Bill! (warning; some bad language)
He made a good point. Conservatives often try to paint liberals as the SJW PC police, but even your average liberal finds them to be obnoxious.OK, the first half was funny....and I disagreed with him utterly.
But when he started in on political correctness, snowflakes and which group went from 'yes we can' to 'oh, no, you didn't!" I have to admit; right on, Bill!
Nothing more sensitive than an I'm-anti-pc-sjw-those-dang-millenials! being told to have a modicum of decency and respect for other cultures.SJWs: Please don't dress up as racist colonial tropes for Halloween.
Maher: Woah, you're saying i'm not allowed to dress up as *insert racial slur*, you're such a snowflake.
SJWs: Please don't dress up as racist colonial tropes for Halloween.
Maher: Woah, you're saying i'm not allowed to dress up as *insert racial slur*, you're such a snowflake.
Seldom those times are when depicting charachitures created by an oppressive expansionist empire to dehumanize a group of people. Doesnt really strike as sincere or flattering.What ever happened to the idea that sometimes imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?
It's not black and white; I wouldn't place a kid dressing as a ninja on the same level as black face. Intent and context are important.Nothing more sensitive than an I'm-anti-pc-sjw-those-dang-millenials! being told to have a modicum of decency and respect for other cultures.
I wouldn't either, and nor, I think, do most people who have serious commentary to give about cultural appropriation and when it becomes deleterious. I should make a thread about my thoughts on it sometime.It's not black and white; I wouldn't place a kid dressing as a ninja on the same level as black face. Intent and context are important.
But is a kid dressing up as Moana really the same thing?Dressing up as an "Indian" by putting on a headdress and dressing in what idiots think native people dressed like several centuries ago, is racist.
The vid in the OP?Obviously not. I don't know where that came from.
I could do a thread about this too. Actually would you mind terribly if I moved this to a new thread and clear this one of debate?This reminds me of when Speedy Gonzales was censored for being offensive toward mexicans. Do you know who wasn't offended and campaigned for his return? Actual mexicans.
Unless it's something blatantly hateful/hurtful, it seems like being offended on other people's behalf is presumpuous and patronizing.
Go for it.I could do a thread about this too. Actually would you mind terribly if I moved this to a new thread and clear this one of debate?
Seldom those times are when depicting charachitures created by an oppressive expansionist empire to dehumanize a group of people. Doesnt really strike as sincere or flattering.
Dressing up as an "Indian" by putting on a headdress and dressing in what idiots think native people dressed like several centuries ago, is racist.
He made a good point. Conservatives often try to paint liberals as the SJW PC police, but even your average liberal finds them to be obnoxious.
Say to who, when, and in what situation? And how does "the media" represent random, regular citizens?It would be nice if said 'average liberal' would actually SAY so. Unfortunately, we don't get that from the media.
Seldom those times are when depicting charachitures created by an oppressive expansionist empire to dehumanize a group of people. Doesnt really strike as sincere or flattering.