Even more Wankery that we find acceptable...

[sandwichwarrior.livejournal.com]

While I generally disagree with his politics I think Mr. Savage raises an excellent point.

Now consider this...

Bill Maher and NYT's David Carr the "Middle Places" and "Low-Sloping Foreheads".

I apologise for linking as I seem to be having trouble embedding the video.

Now I would assume that both men in the second video consider themselves to be reasonably intelligent and enlightened men. If accused of being racist or bigoted I would imagine that they would be properly offended.

Which is why I'm going to ask an uncomfortable question, why is it ok to disparage one socio-political/ethnic class as stupid, dangerous, useless, ect... but not another. Would his comments have been more or less offensive had he been talking about "Fags" "Twats" "Spics" "Wops" "Chinks" or *Gasp* "N*ggers"?

Discuss.

Comments

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

Hey, there's more to it than it seems. For example, one of the reason racist jokes work differently here is that it's always been part of the Australian psyche to make fun of other people (especially the government). The conditions is, however, that you always make the most and harshest jokes about yourself. Self deprecation is an artform here that just can't be appreciated properly by those who don't grow up here. So it's about owning your differences, owning your flaws, but at the same time calling everyone else on their bullshit.