Posted on 11/19/2017 9:22:01 AM PST by Morgana
Good thing Steve Martin came along before it was a thought crime to have a sense of humor:
Comedian Steve Martin’s rendition of “King Tut” is triggering social justice warriors at Reed College because they see it as a form of cultural appropriation.
For moonbattery at its most Jacobinic, there is no better place to look than a college located in Portland, Oregon.
The song, originally performed on “Saturday Night Live,” actually criticizes the commercialization and trivialization of Egyptian history and presents a caricature of the Treasures of Tutankhamun traveling exhibit that toured seven United States cities from 1976 to 1979.
Subtleties like that are lost on snowflake fascists, as they frenziedly demand bans on every conceivable aspect of our culture on grounds of political incorrectness. They regard the harmless song as equivalent to blackface, which is the ultimate historical pop culture sin from the liberal point of view, and even to uttering the forbidden N-word.
Steve Martin’s generation-old infringement upon their delicate sensibilities has inspired the brownshirts of Reedies Against Racism to issue a long list of demands, including “mandatory conferences for building race sensitivity for staff and faculty” as well as a yearly “anti-oppression workshop for all students, faculty, staff, and administration.”
As noted at Downtrend,
that a bunch of thin-skinned, intolerant twits in 2017 would be bleating like stuck pigs over a song that is four decades old is a testament to the failure of our educational system which is dominated by cultural Marxist professors who have poisoned the minds of impressionable young people.
Let’s have another look at King Tut, before it goes down the Memory Hole lest ancient Egyptians be offended. This originally aired back in 1978, when Saturday Night Live was funny on a regular basis — which would never be allowed today:
***VIDEO ON LINK***
Yes, and from a time when we could take a joke! Do these little snowflakes have no appreciation for levity or irony? What a miserable existence they must have.
I need to expand my
Steve Martin collection.
What is That From?
The Man With Two Brains
Can't blame a man for protecting his livelihood. I don't mention my politics as work either unless I'm with people I trust.
I never thought of him as conservative, he did once make a joke about how “Ronald Reagan would make this country what it once was, an arctic region covered in ice.”
Always wondered if their female bass player “Michael” ever officially came out as a homosexual?
who invented the 3 piece suit? talk about cultural appropriation!
actually, in ‘the jerk’, his dog’s name is shithead
King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark. Cool trivia.
Considering their relatively small numbers, Vikings made a huge impact on “civilization.”
—Normans, incl. invading and ruling England
—Kievan Rus culture in Russia, Ukraine
—Discovery of North America
—Settlement in Britain & Ireland (pre-Norman Invasion)
—Conquered Sicily and Naples, ruled for centuries
—Security to Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire)
—Last but not least, pretty women.
**Bluetooth inventor was a Swede, btw
I’m tired of seeing black and brown people walking about with laptop computers and smart phones... that’s “ cultural appropriation” of MY white culture.
How dare they?
Or Randy’s “Rednecks” which basically calls out the North for their Faux Sanctimony against Southerners.
If they’re not triggered by Susan Hoffs, they’re not men.
“If the snowflakes have a problem with this then they must be sent into epileptic seizures over Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein.”
Bart: Are we awake?
Jim: We’re not sure. Are we... black?
Bart: Yes, we are.
Jim: Then we’re awake... but we’re very puzzled.
“See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup?
Yeah buddy, that’s his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot, he’s a millionaire”
I get an earwig of that verse every time I see Shep Smith, Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon, etc.
Wait until they find out about Ray Stevens’ “Ahab the Arab.”
Steve is to Talented to blackball
I’d think.
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