Rufus Q. Bodine III@lemmy.world to There Was An Attempt@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThere was an attempt to give a speechyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1144file-text
arrow-up1144external-linkThere was an attempt to give a speechyoutu.beRufus Q. Bodine III@lemmy.world to There Was An Attempt@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareli10@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoIt’s more that when you mock someone like this, you’re essentially mocking everyone else going through the same thing inadvertently. I remember a panel show where comedians ripped into this homophobic journalist, and they really went after her having a lazy eye. She deserved it, but the jokes were extremely harsh and they were essentially making fun of the condition rather than the person.
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoExactly this. Make fun of them for the shitty things they are / do, don’t attack things they can’t control. That’s not right.
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It’s more that when you mock someone like this, you’re essentially mocking everyone else going through the same thing inadvertently.
I remember a panel show where comedians ripped into this homophobic journalist, and they really went after her having a lazy eye.
She deserved it, but the jokes were extremely harsh and they were essentially making fun of the condition rather than the person.
Exactly this. Make fun of them for the shitty things they are / do, don’t attack things they can’t control. That’s not right.
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