I agree with you albummaster. I just don't feel the cartoons and videos I have posted are offensive. Perhaps some of our members are hyper sensitive. I have apologized to those that can't take the humor. It is hard to judge how sensitive unknown viewers will be. Just remember they are cartoons and videos expressing the views of the authors often in a farcical manner. If you think you might be hyper sensitive, it might be best not to view items in the ghetto.
You might not think they are offensive, but some people do, and I can certainly see why. As advice, I'd say if you are in doubt about something, then don't post it. If it's an image, link to it on another site and don't use the [ img] tag (that way they won't be in plain sight). They might be cartoons, but it still doesn't mean that everybody will find them as funny as you do, and just because this is the Politics forum doesn't mean that somehow the same standards shouldn't apply here as anywhere else on the site.
You might not think they are offensive, but some people do, and I can certainly see why. As advice, I'd say if you are in doubt about something, then don't post it. If it's an image, link to it on another site and don't use the [ img] tag (that way they won't be in plain sight). They might be cartoons, but it still doesn't mean that everybody will find them as funny as you do, and just because this is the Politics forum doesn't mean that somehow the same standards shouldn't apply here as anywhere else on the site.
To move on - the election is over. Unless you want to do more postmortem on the Republican defeat, we should start thread called "Obama's new mandate" or "How to build bridges in Washington" or "Can Boehner and Obama work together".
Or if we really want to be masochistic, someone should start a 2014 or 2016 election thread. _________________ Finnegan was super bad-ass.
No, you weren't just offended, you made a massively shit-stirring big deal about it that actually gave NAPLES' accusations of you being "overly-sensitive" (though an argument he levies against everyone) some credence.
I disagree with your point that something involving Jim Jones and the Jonestown tragedy can "never be funny". I've lost my shit at some hilarious 9/11 and holocaust jokes. There isn't a thing on earth that doesn't have comic potential - what matters here is context, not content.
Making a Jim Jones joke is fine in my books - but the racial implications in the context in which he used the joke was pretty unacceptable _________________ A dick that's bigger than the sun.
No, you weren't just offended, you made a massively shit-stirring big deal about it that actually gave NAPLES' accusations of you being "overly-sensitive" (though an argument he levies against everyone) some credence.
I disagree with your point that something involving Jim Jones and the Jonestown tragedy can "never be funny". I've lost my shit at some hilarious 9/11 and holocaust jokes. There isn't a thing on earth that doesn't have comic potential - what matters here is context, not content.
Making a Jim Jones joke is fine in my books - but the racial implications in the context in which he used the joke was pretty unacceptable
I made a massively shit-stirring big deal about it for reasons you do not understand. And if something touches a VERY raw nerve for me, I should be able to express that without having you spanking me for it. _________________ May we all get to heaven
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