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MurrayDelph

(5,292 posts)

15. This is America. You have a right to make fun of anyone,

Reply to tenderfoot (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 04:17 PM

Mar 2015

but if you make fun of Jewish culture and you're not a lantsman, I have every right to denounce you as a racist chozzer.

People confuse "right" with "license."

The right to say pretty-much anything is always there. The license to get away with it is another story.

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Does Mel Brooks making light of being Jewish give me a right to make anti-Semitic jokes [View all] tenderfoot Mar 2015 OP

I would like to have a chance to vote on the Isn't Scarborough a worthless dickbag? poll. n/t Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #1

Wait, aM I voting Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #2

No - unless trackfan Mar 2015 #3

Scarborogh a worthless dickbag? Yes, absolutely. Paladin Mar 2015 #4

I thought Mel was Druish Capt. Obvious Mar 2015 #5

Funny . . . He doesn't look Druish! RockaFowler Mar 2015 #8

The joke is only funny if you are making fun of your own experience. alphafemale Mar 2015 #6

A friend converted from her family's Jewish faith to paganism. riqster Mar 2015 #7

Yes Mel Brooks humor is influenced by being Jewish and perhaps the fratboys were influenced by rap Johonny Mar 2015 #9

Well, you're off to the Ignore List for this bullshit strawman argument. nt valerief Mar 2015 #10

So you agree with Joe Scarborough... tenderfoot Mar 2015 #16

Can you call him a "dickbag"? Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #11

Interesting question onenote Mar 2015 #12

I voted yes because> Beside the point of whatever Mel Brooks does, you do have the right... BlueJazz Mar 2015 #13

The right as in...my opinion that you can or not, or some other right by law? Rex Mar 2015 #14

This is America. You have a right to make fun of anyone, MurrayDelph Mar 2015 #15

Some get where I'm coming from... for others that don't. tenderfoot Mar 2015 #17