Posted on 08/18/2015 3:21:19 PM PDT by The Looking Spoon
Months ago Jerry Seinfeld pointed out how college kids were too PC. I shared the story on my personal Facebook and an epic (yet pleasantly and surprisingly civil) discussion ensued. It didn't take the liberal/conservative divide that you'd expect. One of the most vocal participants on "my side" of the thread is the Joker to my Batman in every other political discussion I've had on Facebook.
Basically, it was people with a sense of humor vs. people who are wrong.
To be sure, the college kids getting their panties in a wad are exclusively liberal (which would be more offensive, that their panties are wadded or that I'm sexist for using the word "panties"...OR that I'm sexist for assuming panties are exclusive to women and men who identify as women - See? I'm trying). Conservative college kids don't have time to be offended because they're busy laughing at the jokes. I just thought the dynamic that emerged was interesting.
In any case, the comics who complained such as Seinfeld, Chris Rock, and Bill Maher, are liberals themselves. So the point is this, people who disagree with them aren't more liberal, they're less so. They're tyrants without a throne to sit in or subjects to rule over, so they'll take anything they can get with their self-deluded sense of moral righteousness under the guise of giving voice to the voiceless and liberating the oppressed...by preventing a joke from being told. It's a notion that is as condescending as it is narcissistic.
Being politically incorrect isn't synonymous with being an unmitigated jerk, and being politically correct shoudn't mean avoiding stereotypes at all costs. They exist for a reason, after all. Besides, for all of the self-congratulation the left does about it's own sense of sensitivity nobody is quicker than a liberal to engage in stereotyping when they lose a debate to conservatives
*queue whiny voice* "Maybe you should get your information from something other than Fox News."
The response to Seinfeld proves this all of this perfectly (per the link above and here, and per my opponent on my own thread) to Seinfeld was basically this:
(We) college kids arent' politically correct, just enlightened, if you want us to laugh you need better material.
That's tantamount Babe Ruth taking advice on hitting home runs from a blind guy with no arms...I've got a better idea for these twits, get a sense of humor.
I'm only a decade removed from college myself, and I have no idea what today's students are getting at other than anything can seem enlightening when you have your head jammed so far up the deep, dark recesses of your own pretentious rear.
It's not hard to imagine the impossible task of telling jokes to an audience that is SO arrogant they've left no room in their souls for humor.
Stan Freberg parodied this in his classic “Elderly Man River” back in the 1960s. Very similar to these panels.
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There is nothing new under the sun.
Humor, and music are on respirators, and about to permanently go “tits up”.
Today’s music is bubble gum pablum, or “I shot a n—— in tha head rap, and today’s comics are crass crude and unfunny.
Led Zeppelin, or Earth Wind, and Fire, and Richard Pryor, or Robin Williams would flop with today’s young adults.
Maybe it means I’m old and don’t understand, but I don’t think so.
My Grandsons like AC/DC, Def Leppard, The Eagles, and other music I listened to much better than today’s stuff.
When I show them movies like Blazing Saddles, or the Original Pink Panther movies they giggle about them for days like we used to.
If you shop at a market such as Trader Joe's where the background music consists of hit songs, the music is almost always from 40 to 70 years ago. They will almost never play Justin Bieber, Snoop Doggie Dog, or other hits of today.
“If you shop at a market such as Trader Joe’s where the background music consists of hit songs, the music is almost always from 40 to 70 years ago.’
They probably use it as a repellent (like Holy Water) to keep the feral shoplifters away. :)
Every time I have visitors from other countries I try to arrange a time we can watch “Blazing Saddles,” “Team America,” and “Undercover Brother.”
I loaned Blazing Saddles to a Malaysian friend and he loved it so much he kept it. He’d never seen anything like that since he moved to America
I could not show at a store that played “Snoop Doggie Dog” music while I was looking for hamburger meat. My mind would translate that rapper into “Snoop Doggie Poop” and I would lose my appetite, for weeks.
Eagles, always great. AC/DC - ROCKS THE WORLD!
Mel Brooks was/is a rare jewel.
“It’s good to be the King”
I find it tough to blame kids for being PC. There are several sources pushing for PC that kids can’t control; parents, school, and entertainment/media. But even with those pressures, kids can be heavily influenced by non-PC parents. My kids and many of their friends can turn on a PC facade when needed for institutional purposes, but when they are safe to be themselves they are pretty normal. Most of my kids friends listen to music from the 70’s, but I have noticed they have some other musical tastes from online that you would never hear on the radio, such as nordic/viking metal. (Not has harsh as the name, it has a lot of folk elements). By they way, a lot kids don’t even listen to the radio and many don’t watch TV, they rather watch Netflix or something online. They have a sense humor and it not PC. So I am happy to report that there is some hope.
That was said by a guy that reneged on an appearance in support of St. Jude Children's Hospital.
Can't remember why exactly. Maybe because Trump was involved (way before his 2016 POTUS ambitions), or somebody else not of Seinfeld's insular liberal clique.
(Yes, he ended up donating cash in lieu of his appearance.)
Time to subject them to Lenny Bruce’s “nigger” routine. I think he did a good job.
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