Thursday, February 22, 2018
Can't Anyone Take a Joke?
That being said, many others can't or don't want to because it can be "used" for their own purposes...
At AmericanThinker.com, Steve Feinstein recently shared this story and made some astute observations:
"A few days ago, he made an on-air a quip in which he mimicked the stereotypical speaking style of a foreign ethnic group. It was a joke, the kind of thing every one of us has done a thousand times, in reference to any one of a dozen or two well known ethnic and national groups.
Well, apparently, in this highly charged, 'everyone's a victim,' incredibly thin-skinned, and humorless environment in which we all now live, it wasn't a joke. It was a heinous personal crime, betraying a shocking lack of sensitivity and cultural awareness on the part of the 'joke'-teller, injurious to the self-image of the target group to an irreversible degree. The morally indignant brigade struck with Blitzkrieg-like (I probably can't say that, either) suddenness and fury: no fewer than three very high-profile sponsors immediately – and publicly – announced that they were pulling their advertising from the station. The station, trying desperately to get in front of what could be a P.R. disaster, instantly issued a public apology on all fronts – on-air, on social media, and on its website. And of course, they wasted no time announcing that the offending on-air host was suspended at once without pay, pending further investigation – with the implication that a firing was imminent."
