Look what came in the mail today! Your super-awesome set of funny t-shirts that you've ordered from the Internet just showed up and you couldn't be more excited! There is nothing you can't do! You are King of your Domain, and you will march forth into the wilderness to conquer all with the hilarity of your funny t-shirts! You decide that the ground of your first comedy conquest will be at the vegetable stand of your local Farmer's Market, because you are in dire need of fresh veggies for the stew you are making later that evening.
That seemed like a great plan until you actually arrived and left the safety of your vehicle. Once you walked up to the fruit and veggie stand you popped your chest out so that everyone could read your funny t-shirt in order to join you for a laugh. Well, that's not what is happening. What's happening is that you are being yelled at by an old farmer lady and being chased back to your car. Something has gone wonderfully wrong. You have offended everyone with one of your funny t-shirts. I wonder what could have happened?
I can tell you what your problem is right now. Your taste in funny t-shirts may be great, but the problem is that you are part of a generation of people who have been completely desensitized to offensive material. You have spent so much of your younger years online, that there is nothing new under the sun that you have not seen. Car crashes, shoot-outs, nakedness, and cursing are how you spend your lazy down time. It's no wonder that you've become so blind to what is "offensive" and what is not.
There are just a few things you have to remember in order to avoid wearing one of your funny t-shirts in a place where people may find it offensive. Look very, very closely at your new funny t-shirts. Try to put yourself in the shoes of a stranger in order to judge these shirts as appropriate. If I were a devout Christian or Muslim, would my shirt upset me? If I were a young woman who had undergone the difficulties of an abortion, would I find my t-shirt hard to look at? See how that works? Just try to think about the feelings of others.
So does this sound very fair to you? Should people be able to dictate what funny t-shirts you are allowed to wear and which you are prohibited from wearing? The idea of public opinion dictating the clothes that others are allowed to show the world seems a bit silly. Have you noticed how long people stare at something they find offensive? Wouldn't it be wiser and easier on everyone if people just looked away? These questions seem fair to me, but I doubt we'll see an end to public scorn for funny t-shirts anytime soon.
That seemed like a great plan until you actually arrived and left the safety of your vehicle. Once you walked up to the fruit and veggie stand you popped your chest out so that everyone could read your funny t-shirt in order to join you for a laugh. Well, that's not what is happening. What's happening is that you are being yelled at by an old farmer lady and being chased back to your car. Something has gone wonderfully wrong. You have offended everyone with one of your funny t-shirts. I wonder what could have happened?
I can tell you what your problem is right now. Your taste in funny t-shirts may be great, but the problem is that you are part of a generation of people who have been completely desensitized to offensive material. You have spent so much of your younger years online, that there is nothing new under the sun that you have not seen. Car crashes, shoot-outs, nakedness, and cursing are how you spend your lazy down time. It's no wonder that you've become so blind to what is "offensive" and what is not.
There are just a few things you have to remember in order to avoid wearing one of your funny t-shirts in a place where people may find it offensive. Look very, very closely at your new funny t-shirts. Try to put yourself in the shoes of a stranger in order to judge these shirts as appropriate. If I were a devout Christian or Muslim, would my shirt upset me? If I were a young woman who had undergone the difficulties of an abortion, would I find my t-shirt hard to look at? See how that works? Just try to think about the feelings of others.
So does this sound very fair to you? Should people be able to dictate what funny t-shirts you are allowed to wear and which you are prohibited from wearing? The idea of public opinion dictating the clothes that others are allowed to show the world seems a bit silly. Have you noticed how long people stare at something they find offensive? Wouldn't it be wiser and easier on everyone if people just looked away? These questions seem fair to me, but I doubt we'll see an end to public scorn for funny t-shirts anytime soon.
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