> just like the old “I have a black friend” doesn’t
Yeah, funny how the whole "lived experience" thing is only for one side of the culture war.
Yeah, funny how the whole "lived experience" thing is only for one side of the culture war.
Who can keep up any more? The rules change faster than slang and fashion.
But that's not good enough for people bc now you're expected to walk a linguistic minefield due to all the pedantic asshole on the internet who won't listen in good faith, then accuse you of speaking in bad faith
A good example is this thread. Chappelle was trying to use anecdotes to meet people halfway, and he did it in his language of comedy.
People accuse him of punching down... But comedy that concerns itself with punching up or lunching down is comedy + something else. Its not comedy. Just like atheism+. And so Chappell is coming from a different perspective and no one wants to see and listen to what he's trying to say.
Comedians say all kinds of fucked up shit to each other. That's their language. He extended the olive branch and for that.... There's firings and walkout and internet arguments.
Golden rule can't apply on the global stage when there's 20% of the left SEEKING offense wherever they can find it and constantly demanding others change on their behalf.
The Golden rule never took cry-bullies who cry foul for power games into consideration
And I think (or maybe hope) that it's a lot less than 20%. The problem is that much of the internet is a broadcast or oratorical medium, and those seeking offense will find you. They find offense everywhere. It must be a miserable way to live.