Howzabout a Warnin'?

[Piratecat]

what i do know for a fact is that people like mythus see people like me as having absolutely zero value in life. there is nothing funny about that.

No. If we are going to have this conversation, we are NOT going to ascribe motivations to people that we haven't actually met. It is absolutely possible to tell a racist joke without being racist, or a sexist joke without being sexist. Please don't label other people with absolutes.

I can accept "It feels like people like..." No one can argue with how you feel. But it's far from established as a fact, Clay, and it's not fair to say that it is one.

 

[alsih2o]

No. If we are going to have this conversation, we are NOT going to ascribe motivations to people that we haven't actually met. It is absolutely possible to tell a racist joke without being racist, or a sexist joke without being sexist. Please don't label other people with absolutes.

I can accept "It feels like people like..." No one can argue with how you feel. But it's far from established as a fact, Clay, and it's not fair to say that it is one.

my apologies, i was basing that information on the vitrolic emails i recieved from mythusmage yesterday. that was unfair.

i will limit my end of the discussion to statements everyone has had access to

 

[MerakSpielman]

I get the feeling that Jeff Foxworthy's redneck jokes are funny because - accurately or not - he considers himself to be a redneck. Just like the only people who can really pull off racial jokes are people of that race. Oddly, either gender can tell jokes about men or women and it's still funny.

 

[diaglo]

Oddly, either gender can tell jokes about men or women and it's still funny.

what would Cousin It do?

 

[Piratecat]

Tell jokes about barbers.

It's worth pointing out that above and beyond the specific thread, we're hearing what you guys are saying. We'll continue to evaluate each problematic thread on its own merits before deciding what to close. Thanks for the feedback.

 

[DaveMage]

what would Cousin It do?

Make fun of "Thing"?

 

[Mark]

...how many X to screw in a light bulb can be funny because we all knwo it takes only one.

My X wouldn't even do that much around the house...

what would Cousin It do?

I didn't notice your bracelet under all of that hair...

 

[Gnarlo]

what would Cousin It do?

Date dwarf women.

Damn, I hate working back to back double shifts, you miss out on all the good fights that way. And y'all know how us rednecks like a good fight.

 

[KnowTheToe]

Being offended at at the word redneck is like McDonald's being offended about the term McJob. Names shouldn't hur people. My closest friend growing up had CP and hated words like retard and cripple. When hearing them he would get angry and feel hurt. Being a good friend I wanted to help him, so jovially I called him cripple and retard and gimp and other horrible names. Now when people use these terms, it does not faze him and he can still interact positively with them and stay in emotional control. If any dumb red... need help with this, I have experience.

I thought the thread was funny, real funny, but if people were upset then I guess it is not that important of a thread and should have been shut down. Did I mention, I thought the thread was hilarious, especially the staff being a 2x4 with nails.

 

[MerakSpielman]

KnowtheToe, this has been mentioned before, but nobody has the right to go around saying what should and shouldn't offend people. If somebody is offended by something you say, it's your fault, not theirs.