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Do We Sometimes Take Political Correctness Too Far?
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ruggerson
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Sat Nov-04-06 09:43 PM
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Edited on Sat Nov-04-06 09:44 PM by ruggerson
And does that cause unneeded and unwarranted hostility from people who feel their right to free expression is being squelched by schoolmarmish codes of behaviour when it comes to joking around about straights and gays?
Do we not have a right to laugh at Reverend Haggard at the same time we see the tragedy in his situation and the situation of all people in the closet?
Or do we have to be relentlessly sanctimonious and humorless about ourselves and our stature in America in 2006?
You see, imho, people like Lisa Lampanelli (sp?) serve a real purpose in our society. She plays on stereotypes that most people just mutter under their breaths, and in so doing exposes them to the light of day and reduces their stigma. She makes us all one in the human experience.
Shouldn't gays and lesbians be able to laugh at themselves at the exact same time we are deadly seriously fighting for our rights and our lives?
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