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Originally Posted by Boomer
Nope. Not thin skinned. Also, not surprised that I was immediately categorized. I knew what the reaction would be when I wrote that post this morning.
Here’s the thing — the example given by the first one to take umbrage with me — and quoted here above — is not the same thing…….
Ethnic jokes have been a part of our American Melting Pot forever and those kinds of jokes can let us laugh at ourselves — and laugh with others…..
For instance:
All those “how many (whoever) to change a lightbulb” jokes are funny to me. Those can be ethnic jokes. They can also be religious denomination jokes or regional jokes or job jokes. All in fun.
Anyway, I am not thin skinned. But Holocaust jokes cross the line where I am concerned. And I feel the same way about Helen Keller jokes. (There is no lightness, no snappy comebacks, to such jokes.)
Hope that’s not too nuanced to be understood.
Boomer
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Trust me. The "nuance" is impossible to miss.