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Originally Posted by Pairadocs
I think of things on TV programs, sexist things, racist things, dumb things, mocking things, something to "hit" everyone, and we all just laughed, did not take each word in a TV show as some personal assault or insult... we laughed, like it was no different than an live comedy show where the comedian targets every group in the audience from seniors to clergy to teens, people then did not sit there just waiting for an opportunity to jump up and be "insulted". NOW .... that's the name of the game !
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Perhaps there was less awareness of empathy, and mental health? I am thinking back to the dark ages when war was a daily fact of life and impalement was a regular form punishment. Each age has its values and those values seem to be constantly “evolving”. For the better, or for the worse?