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minus-squarethecrotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoKnow who else generalizes huge groups of people and defends themselves with “it was just a joke”? Racists. Homophobes. Transphobes. That the company you wanna keep?
minus-squaresquirrels@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoWow, I had no idea that making fun of boomers is the same as transphobia. Thank you for blessing me with your wisdom
minus-squarethecrotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s not the same. But using a line out of the transphobes’ playbook is a really fucking bad look.
minus-squaremagnetosphere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s a pathetically bad comparison. This distinction is key: It isn’t serious or mean-spirited. Bigots often makes “jokes” that are serious but hide under a thin veneer of humor, and those “jokes” are often discriminatory. Some people might have trouble telling the difference. I don’t.
Know who else generalizes huge groups of people and defends themselves with “it was just a joke”? Racists. Homophobes. Transphobes. That the company you wanna keep?
Wow, I had no idea that making fun of boomers is the same as transphobia. Thank you for blessing me with your wisdom
It’s not the same. But using a line out of the transphobes’ playbook is a really fucking bad look.
That’s a pathetically bad comparison. This distinction is key:
Bigots often makes “jokes” that are serious but hide under a thin veneer of humor, and those “jokes” are often discriminatory.
Some people might have trouble telling the difference. I don’t.