01-22-2011, 04:23 PM
hey, Mauka, I'm fine, thanks for feeling bad for me but not your fault. In the process of this topic, Tom has gone from veiled hostility towards me to open hostility. Well, we all know I hope that a veil doesn't mean it's not there, so nothing really changed.
I knew that the Mauka who posts here would not post that as a way of showing his inner bigot. So it was a performance, a good one, got me too.
Let's see if I understand. There are people here who say that humor is humor no matter if it attacks someone or belittles them -- even "jokes" that are really no more than a string of insults and stereotypes. You wrote a post that pushed the envelope but basically employed the same technique of insult, mockery, sarcasm, bigotry.
They say that telling this kind of joke says nothing about who they are.
By their stated definition of humor, they should have laughed at your post, but instead they said, "see, now we see who Mauka truly his, his true colors."
Yep, you made your point.
I knew that the Mauka who posts here would not post that as a way of showing his inner bigot. So it was a performance, a good one, got me too.
Let's see if I understand. There are people here who say that humor is humor no matter if it attacks someone or belittles them -- even "jokes" that are really no more than a string of insults and stereotypes. You wrote a post that pushed the envelope but basically employed the same technique of insult, mockery, sarcasm, bigotry.
They say that telling this kind of joke says nothing about who they are.
By their stated definition of humor, they should have laughed at your post, but instead they said, "see, now we see who Mauka truly his, his true colors."
Yep, you made your point.