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I think this decade saw the right become the new snowflakes
Trump stole the election.
If the judges refused to let him compete, is there really anything he could've done about it?
What are some movies like Ma, The Roommate and The Gift?
How many people do you think wouldn't have even heard of this movie if the death didn't occur?
If I was Saul, I would've turned myself in when Walt died.
The episode "En Garde" has the worst message.
Randy was kinda selfish for killing himself in the ring.
Am I the only one who thinks Stephanie overreacted to Randy missing dinner?
This is the only animated movie I'd love a live action remake of.
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I know I'm pretty much saying what I've already said, I don't know how else to say it, but I really don't see how the ad was celebrating transgenderism, it was just a transgender person talking about beer. If it was a cis schizophrenic person, would you say that encourages people to be schizophrenic? Are people with mental illnesses not supposed to do anything, at risk of encouraging their mental illness?
I don't see why most people being straight makes a difference, and there are ways gay people can have kids, I don't see what difference that makes either anyway. I really don't see why kids knowing about them is a problem, and even if it was, they can see can people kissing whenever they go outside.
OK maybe some of the jokes about Trump are a little more mean-spirited, but again, nothing should be nothing should be off-limits in comedy. So many comedians joke about things like the holocaust, I don't see how that's less mean-spirited.
Well I love dark humour, and I think no jokes should be condemned. Your factors are very subjective. A family member of the man who was killed in the Trump assassination attempt would find a joke about that much more offensive than a holocaust joke, but a holocaust victim would feel the complete opposite.
I think mockery is an intention, you can't know for sure the intentions unless you read their minds. But even if it is mockery, unless we have a different definition of it, I don't see anything wrong with it, it goes back to the whole "nothing should be off limits in comedy" thing. When the left complained about Apu, people pointed out that The Simpsons makes fun of pretty much everyone, including people from other cultures, such as Scotsmen. Again, I think it's only a problem if the purpose is to make people feel bad, but you can never know peoples intentions. I watched that video you suggested, and it is pretty cringe, but I don't think it seems like the purpose is to hurt women's feelings, it seems like just a comedy bit. Sure, it stereotypes women, but so do lots of other things, such as movies like Mean Girls which nobody has a problem with, lots of things stereotype men too, stereotypes are often part of comedy. I don't think Dylan Mulvaney has had bottom surgery, but I don't see what difference that makes.
I haven't done the research, but I really don't see how exposing children to homosexuality could introducing them to sensuality and kinkiness any more than hetorosexuality could. And if it could, I'm not saying that's a good thing, but it seems pretty stupid to avoid it just for that reason. It's a part of life, kids could see gay people kissing whenever they go outside, they have to learn about it at some point. Lots of kid's movies cover topics I think are much more mature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame for example. Also, as long as both parties are consenting adults, I don't see what's wrong with skipping romance and going straight to sex. It doesn't work for everyone, but it does work for some people, everyone's different, neither option is better or worse.
Why do we have to target one specific political group, instead of harmful ideologies in general? Why can’t we just take everyone with harmful ideologies, so both woke people and Nazis, and either rehabilitate them both or make them both social pariahs?
I agree transgenderism is a mental illness, but I don't see how the ad was trying to encourage people to become transgender. It was just a transgender person talking about beer. Are people with mental illnesses not supposed to do anything, at risk of encouraging mental illness? Would you say the same if it was a cis person with schizophrenia?
How many kid's movies show straight people kissing? How is it any different?
I think lots of people are angry about a playable character in GTA 6 being a woman, and there's no evidence that it will be woke.
Even if the jokes are mean-spirited, so what? So many conservatives made fun of Biden's obvious dementia, which I have no problem with, you can't get much more mean-spirited than that, nothing should be off-limits in comedy. In regard to them not being funny, that's very subjective.
I really don't know how to further explain the GTA complaints, lots of people simply seem angry that one of the playable characters is a woman. Some of them make excuses, they say things like "it's supposed to be about crime, not many criminals are women". That's clearly not true, and they're probably the same people who complain about men always being portrayed as the villain.
We can't read Lizzo's mind, there's no evidence that it was deliberately done as an insult. Are black people simply supposed to stay away from things that were owned by slave owners, at risk of accidentally insulting them? But even if it was an insult, so what? What's wrong with insulting a president and condemning slavery?
Nothing should be off limits in comedy. Anything can be joked about. How many comedians joke about much worse things, such as the holocaust? If you're against it, doesn't that mean you're against free speech?
There's a character limit, so I have to do this in two replies.
I know not all conservatives think the same, but I thought conservatives in general had no problem with blackface, and I don't have a problem with it either. I never understood how it's any different from dressing up a Scotsman or whatever. I know the history is different, but lots of harmless things have bad histories, that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it now, unless it's done deliberately to make black people feel bad, but the same can be said about dressing up a Scotsman.
So in the same way, I don't see what's wrong a man dressing up as a woman. I personally find it rather cringe, but I don't see how it's an insult. Being offended over it seems just as ridiculous as the left being offended over cartoon characters who are people of colour being voiced by white people. Yet I'd argue Dylan Mulvaney isn't even really dressing up like a woman, since he got a sex change, something that can't be instantly reversed, like Michael Jackson becoming white. Are transgender people simply not supposed to do anything, to avoid being "blackface for women"?
I suppose being gay is "inherently sexual", since "homosexual" means sexual attraction to the same sex. But the exact same thing can be said about being straight, since "heterosexual" means sexual attraction to the opposite sex. I really don't see how a movie featuring a gay kiss could encourage kids to be gay any more than a straight kiss could encourage them to be straight. Your sexuality is something nobody could change no matter how hard they tried, that's why gay conversion therapy never works.
OK I already specified some to someone else, I'll copy and paste it:
Yes, I am referring to Dylan Mulvaney.
Lots of people were angry about the brief lesbian kiss in Lightyear.
Lots of people are angry that one of the playable characters in GTA 6 is a woman.
Lots of people were angry about Lizzo playing James Madison's flute.
Lots of people are angry over any jokes or criticism of Trump, and say it's all TDS.
I never said the left is much better, I'm just saying the right doesn't exactly have the moral high ground. I think it definitely does fit the definition of "storm". Everyone thinks their reasons are valid. You realise anyone can find an excuse to claim the election was stolen if their preferred candidate lost?
I'm not even sure whether or not I'm a liberal, I've never taken a political compass test, and I have beliefs that would anger both sides. But the fact that you're assuming I'm a liberal just because I point out ridiculousness on both sides, and haven't actually refuted any of my points, kinda proves my point.
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