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Sheldon Cooper

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36. Yes, I still long for the days when you could call people all sorts of names, and then tell them to

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 09:13 PM

Jul 2015

calm down, you're just joking. Oh, many's the time when a good ni**er, or a sp*c, or p*ssy or c*nt joke could keep you laughing all night. I mean, if women don't like the secretary under the desk routine, that's their problem. And how about those J*ws, am I right? LOL. But seriously folks...

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Is our society too PC? This article says Seinfeld was racist, sexist, and homophobic at times... [View all] gobears10 Jul 2015 OP

I agree olddots Jul 2015 #1

How would I know? LiberalAndProud Jul 2015 #2

I loved Speedy Gonzalez when I was a young lad. hifiguy Jul 2015 #20

The writer of that piece is either clueless or deliberately stretching things. arcane1 Jul 2015 #3

EXACTLY gobears10 Jul 2015 #9

Being offended is becoming a national pastime. arcane1 Jul 2015 #11

+1 Hissyspit Jul 2015 #32

I think it's gone a bit overboard aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2015 #4

I recently watched Eddie murphy raw Egnever Jul 2015 #5

LOL I had that same experience last year! I actually sought it out... arcane1 Jul 2015 #6

To this day when camping Egnever Jul 2015 #8

That's going to be stuck in my head all day now arcane1 Jul 2015 #10

I posted about Eddie Murphy being homophobic and misogynistic and was Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #44

you can get away with anything, so long as it's funny geek tragedy Jul 2015 #7

You should check out Redd Foxx's comedy routines. X_Digger Jul 2015 #13

Redd did not cater to sensitive types. hifiguy Jul 2015 #19

Humor and standup comedy in the U,S., is gone, thanks to politcal correctness. I feel we may, demosincebirth Jul 2015 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jul 2015 #14

I'm tired of the HappyMe Jul 2015 #15

Hell's bells, it goes on here at DU all the time, hifiguy Jul 2015 #18

Ah yes, the angle of the picture and the ass.... HappyMe Jul 2015 #22

Even after literally DOZENS of Spider Man panels with Peter Parker hifiguy Jul 2015 #24

Is this the one? MicaelS Jul 2015 #28

That's it, and to quote the great Bette Davis hifiguy Jul 2015 #31

Night, not flight. :) DawgHouse Jul 2015 #51

I don't like Seinfeld. hunter Jul 2015 #16

Don't watch it. HappyMe Jul 2015 #23

I sat through a few episodes of Seinfeld as a guest, to be polite. hunter Jul 2015 #42

It is fortunate that none of these precious, delicate souls hifiguy Jul 2015 #17

Salon panders to the lowest common denominator nowadays LittleBlue Jul 2015 #21

Yep. 840high Jul 2015 #41

I think everyone just needs to sit down NobodyHere Jul 2015 #25

Thread winner! TreasonousBastard Jul 2015 #26

Speaking of...... hifiguy Jul 2015 #33

Just throwing this out there (again) wheniwasincongress Jul 2015 #27

Back in the mid-90's I saw a woman who was a late night tv producer Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2015 #29

there was an article awhile back at one of the feminist sites about tv Doctor_J Jul 2015 #30

Heading for a karmacoma seveneyes Jul 2015 #34

The article nails it... Positrons Jul 2015 #35

Yes, I still long for the days when you could call people all sorts of names, and then tell them to Sheldon Cooper Jul 2015 #36

None of which ever came close to happening on Seinfeld. Strawman much? arcane1 Jul 2015 #38

Well, in case you missed it, I'm not the only one talking about our society Sheldon Cooper Jul 2015 #52

PCness is used by the RW as to tool shut down discussion of issues. nt valerief Jul 2015 #37

I agree... gobears10 Jul 2015 #39

What irrational leftists? You mean the RWers who disguise themselves as lefties? valerief Jul 2015 #47

There are plenty of irrational intolerant liberals too Democat Jul 2015 #50

Again, it's that agenda thing. If I was being paid to harass the left, that's how I'd do it. valerief Jul 2015 #56

as more and more communication is via the written word and less by human contact we have lost Hiraeth Jul 2015 #40

Yes, we have definitely become to PC. TM99 Jul 2015 #43

Tune in for Sola Agustsson's next article... Dr. Strange Jul 2015 #45

Word police scare me. Go Vols Jul 2015 #46

I hate the term PC. KentuckyWoman Jul 2015 #48

Everyone is racist, sexist, and homophobic at times... MattSh Jul 2015 #49

Mostly Seinfeld was boring and self-indulgent n/t Scootaloo Jul 2015 #53

^^^This^^^ truebrit71 Jul 2015 #55

It was an accurate reflection of our society Motown_Johnny Jul 2015 #54

Anyone who thinks that the "George's black friend" episode "insinuates that you can't be racist Nye Bevan Jul 2015 #57

well, maybe KG Jul 2015 #58