Face in the Crowd

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POINT – Keep Your Politically Incorrect Genetic Material to Yourself

“Please don’t tell gay jokes-there are gay people on this bus!” my cousin called from her seat. The darkness of the humid Tennessee night made her request anonymous.“Oh yeah, who’s gay on this bus?” the joker fired back.“We are.”“Do you need a sperm donor?”The bus was filled with awkward laughter and then a pregnant silence.… Continue reading POINT – Keep Your Politically Incorrect Genetic Material to Yourself

COUNTERPOINT – Political Correction

In the December 4 viewpoints column Robin Cherry argued that our acceptance of “politically incorrect” jokes has gone too far. Robin stated that jokes about gay dogs in South Park have made us “too comfortable” by creating “a lack of inhibition that itself is problematic.” Referring to a drunken joker at a wedding party the… Continue reading COUNTERPOINT – Political Correction

Keep Your Politically Incorrect Genetic Material to Yourself

“Please don’t tell gay jokes-there are gay people on this bus!” my cousin called from her seat. The darkness of the humid Tennessee night made her request anonymous.“Oh yeah, who’s gay on this bus?” the joker fired back.“We are.”“Do you need a sperm donor?”The bus was filled with awkward laughter and then a pregnant silence.… Continue reading Keep Your Politically Incorrect Genetic Material to Yourself