Although kindness and respect are important values, we have to avoid an obsession with political correctness.
By BRITTNEY BUTLER – Print Managing Editor
Should I be offended? Probably not.
Should I be offended?
Probably not.
We as a culture try to be extremely politically correct at all times. Some people are so scared of what is coming out of their mouths that they are afraid to classify people as “black” or “white” and instead struggle through trying to describe someone they don’t know by name.
Where do we draw the line between comedy and offensive remarks?
It is becoming more and more difficult to discern where jokes end and hate starts.
The most recent “Comedy Central Roast” featured Justin Bieber among other comedians and famous people such as Kevin Hart and Martha Stewart. The group took turns bantering back and forth making jokes at each other’s expense.
The jokes ranged from Comedian Jeff Ross saying, “Justin, you have such a huge career behind you” to Natasha Leggero saying “All these rappers on stage and Martha Stewart has done the most jail time.”
Everyone laughed along through the hour long event at jokes that in any other setting would be considered politically incorrect.
The Daily Show’s new host Trevor Noah has been involved in recent controversy after fans resurfaced six less-than-tasteful tweets sent from his Twitter account.
He was accused of being anti-semitic, sexist and racist.
One of his tweets mentioned was posted on Oct. 14, 2011, a date much before he was even considering hosting the Daily Show.
The tweet read, “Oh yeah the weekend. People are gonna get drunk & think that I’m sexy!” – fat chicks everywhere.”
With 361 retweets and 199 favorites, responses ranged from laughter to disdain.
Instead of ignoring the controversy or simply brushing it off, Comedy Central came to Noah’s defense by saying, “Like many comedians, Trevor Noah pushes boundaries; he is provocative and spares no one, himself included. To judge him or his comedy based on a handful of jokes is unfair. Trevor is a talented comedian with a bright future at Comedy Central.”
The fact that the public was so willing to bring up a 96 character tweet four years after it was tweeted is laughable.
People almost seem to look for reasons to be offended or call someone else out for what they did or said.
I would imagine such people who are offended all the time lead miserable lives.
If you read a post on social media you find off-color, nobody is making you follow that account, just simply scroll past.
And guess what, nobody gets hurt.
It is hypocritical of us to laugh at some things but criticize other jokes of similar topic.
Of course we need to treat others with respect, but there is truly no reason to get worked up about little unimportant things people aimlessly say on their twitter profiles.
