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KentuckyWoman

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48. I hate the term PC.

Sat Jul 25, 2015, 01:35 AM

Jul 2015

The people who've been getting stepped on in American culture are more able to speak up. Thankfully. There are some things we should not have ever put up with in the first place and our society will be much better for it when we rid ourselves of them. We can deal with the perpetually outraged, the fake whiners that just make it hard on everyone. But slapping PC on any and every complaint doesn't serve us well either, IMHO.

About humor..... Part of the progress we make is thanks to humorists who are willing to shine a spotlight on our collective mistakes and shortcomings. Humor is a very tricky thing though. It doesn't often translate to another time or culture. My Dad really laughed with Don Rickles. I think his humor is bully humor and not funny or offensive.

So know your audience, do your thing... but don't expect everyone to like it. It's the beauty of America. Jerry Seinfeld can do this thing... and I am free to not laugh.

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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