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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:01 PM Original message |
Stereotypes, caricature, and humor: what's acceptable? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. If a couple gets divorced in Alabama |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Shut up you stupid Texas redneck. |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. My wife and I had a conversation about "Jew" vs "Jewish" |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Cartman |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Yeah, I agree. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. some of us like saying womyn |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Is creating unnecessary controversy more important than being heard? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. nuclear" as "new-cu-lar" mispronunciation |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Well... |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Two quick points |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-04 02:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
49. 'Womyn' has always been off-putting to me |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. have you read shakespeare? |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Imagine somebody sends you a sexist joke in email... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. i am extremely bright |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I'm sure you can. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. was it a required course? |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Yes, it was a freshman writing seminar. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Was the book |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I don't remember |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. These books are by a man |
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Delano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-04 03:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
52. It's absolutely silly |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I dunno. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Minor threadjack: The Japanese |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. lol |
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Delano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-04 01:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
53. Did you respond likewise about Hiroshima/Nagasaki? |
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FunBobbyMucha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. There was a great debate in "10" about 'lady' versus 'broad.' |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. If "all generalisation is harmful"... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. Anything that's not overtly meanspirited or hateful |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. This sort of stuff seems to fulfill a need in people. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yes, it fulfills a need... |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Case in point: |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Yeah, that meme is very adaptable. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. everything is fair game |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here's my issue... |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Then they're being hypocritical. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. txlib i am sorry |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I think you're not getting my main point. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. should that not be for "us" to decide |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Should what not be for you to decide? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. i too was a bit harsh |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. OK, we may be on the same page now. |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-04 02:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
50. Arrrggghhhhh! She changed 'write,' too!! |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Perhaps you have lost track |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. No, there are lots of things that aren't on my pet peeve list. |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Then let |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I guess my question was |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-04 02:57 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Huh...just like a womyn |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. i am in complete agreement here... |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's acceptable if they are making fun of me or a group I am a part of. |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. Context Context Context!!! |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
40. I find the Irish rumors my grandma told me to be applicable personally. |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 04:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. But can one who DOESN'T base opinions of others on stereotypes |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
47. It depend on the power relationships between the groups involved |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
48. Bigotry vs Bad Taste in Jokes |
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