erttheking said:
Commanderfantasy said:
Your opinion isn't invalid because you're a cis-het white male, but I can't help but notice it shows a shocking amount of apathy for people who don't feel right at home in environments where racist, sexist, and homophobic slurs are idly flung around. And something I notice a lot about these kinds of situations is that the people who so often downplay or ignore the issues women, PoC and LGBT people have to go through are the kind of people who never had to go through this kind of shit, so I find it rather telling. It's kind of like what Lunatic said at the top of this page, with him not seeing what the problem is because it didn't affect him personally. It's that mindset that made me ask that question, wondering if I was seeing a case of second verse same as the first.
Sounds like more of this war on words we are having these days. Where jokes are not allowed because people will always be offended regardless of intent. There have been comedians who have been forced to defend themselves for jokes or all kinds, sexist, racist, etc etc etc.
Razzing your friends by calling them names does NOT have the same intent an malice as directly calling someone out insultingly. But because people are SOOOOOO eager to be offended, any utterance of anything they can deem offensive they'll surely blog about it and play the victim when in reality they should have just minded their own fucking business.
We live in a society now where I have to actually be careful how I joke with my friends when we are out to dinner, or out playing cards or whatever, because if some passerby takes offense they can then start a witch hunt to try an ruin my life. Outrage and offense rules, and frankly it's not only ridiculous, it's disgusting. Especially when people are so afraid of being called out, that they will believe someone before any proof is presented.
You take these article's claim of dick pics being sent unsolicited around the office, but where is the evidence? Why would you not copy that e-mail and either print it or save it in some way to take it to someone in charge? Or show it to news outlets? Anyone can say they got harassed, and people can lose their jobs with no proof being presented by anyone.
This exact shit happened to Aziz Ansari, who had a bad date with a bad sexual encounter that was completely consentual, but because she regretted or didn't enjoy it later she decides to call him a rapist and starts a bunch of aligations that TARNISHED him even after the truth of her lies came out.
You telling me that you just believe it all at face value? Does nothing about that seem wrong to you?