Racial jokes
My stomach turns as i see a headline "the Jewish mule"- a joke about a jew whose wife nagged him and then got kicked to death by the mule-and how the men congradulated him and the women expressed sorrow.
As i try to find out more about the person writing this joke-i see he is trained as a social worker-how is it possible ?
do i not have a sense of humor? frankly no!
I am pretty tired of the way certain jokes are excused : jokes about women ,certain racial groups , that is really funny, "pricelss" was one reaction...but do you actually realize what the joke is about?
It makes fun of a killing of a woman for god's sake and it uses a Jewish background to make light of it,after all we know how jewish women are..but do we?
I have been lucky not to have encountered too many ethnic jokes on my behalf, why?First of all because i grew up in a Jewish state that made fun of jews and somehow the rule works that it's o.k. to laugh about your own mother but when someone else tries to do it, it's in bad taste..
Second of all , i don't look Jewish and besides being very neurotic ,a trait not exculsive to Jews, i don't really have any traits that are typically thought of as Jewish which is why perhaps i am very offended when racial jokes turn to me..
This evening Wolf Blitz was interviewing a Saudi diplomat , a prince , new to the states..he had shown him caricatures mocking Jews in the Saudi newspapers , one of them showed Israellis drinking blood of children , a typical antisemitic image used to fuel antisemitism in the middle ages in Europe, a classic you may say..and more..the Saudi prince said he was offended but at the same time explained that the mid east dispute causes a lot of unrest and that until the peace agreement will be applied and Jerusalem given back,this is to be expected...
I don't want to get into explanations on what is wrong , what is the point if people can not see what is wrong with a society that publishes vicious anitamerican and antisemitic caricactures as a way of manipulating images of hate and distortion such is the power of a racial caricature on a regular basis and then screaming bloody murder when one caricature is published with Moslems as the subject-can't they take a joke? obviously not..
Why can't i take a joke? because this joke is a fuel the Moslem news papers know only too well can feed a racial hate and what's more this is a gender hate-a caricature of the negging wife kicked by a mule-how funny!
Hate based on race comes from a very deep place of inferiority .
A confident balanced person does not feel the need to put other people down for being different than he or she is,
and so a man that jokes about a women kicked by a mule is obviously feeling very insecure as a man and threatened by strong women ,
it's my business when the person writing and publishing this joke is doing that in a world where one out of three women are abused by their partner..yes, i know so are men , but as long as men and women are not offered the same financial opportunities as men and are in a weaker starting point i'll support women lib.
On top of this today we part from Betty Friedan, a pioneer in the women liberation movment in the U.S. and incidently a Jew..
so i am not laughing from this joke about kicking a woman to death, not as long as many women and girls need protection from violent men
I am surprised this fine community of writers accepts this joke ,
perhaps there is something wrong with democratic societies that allow so much freedom of speech that everything is allowed, nothing means anything and no one is enraged-
I am upset and so i am protesting ,holding my banner ,not burning flags ,not stoning churches and not breaking into Danish embassies just standing up for my beliefs and say:
a joke about a woman being kicked to death is not funny,
nor is a joke about a stupid racist man kicked to death,
I can take a joke, i just can't wash bad taste it leaves in my mouth away .
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Comments: 18
Sigalit, you have a bitter tongue and your remarks are very telling. Most people in the forum are encouraging and when critical are tactful about it - delivering constructive criticism. If nothing else, maybe you can learn to make your point and move on as eloquently as Kathryn Esplin-Oleski does. Again, Thank you Kathryn.
Q: What do you see when you look directly into a _______'s eyes?
A: The back of their head.
John D. I agree with you- what's up with the male bashing? TV shows with doltish, penpecked dads, commericals featuring brainless men, "boys suck" t-shirts and that Rolex magazine ad (ICE IS LIKE A MAN'S EGO. FUN TO CRUSH) aren't funny. When did it get to be amusing to belittle and berate our sons, fathers, grandfathers and husbands?
people are different sorry if i don't fit into your ideal gather person-the way you wrote your comment was so nasty- thank you kathryn godo gil, repair your ways, bad girl..
perhaps you should try being nice yourself. i share a lot of lmy thoughts and feelings in this place and do it out of love and care..if i am bitter it is because i have been hurt-who hasn't ? and i express it , words are not always kind or nice..it's amusing how mean your words are yet accuse me of being mean.. perhaps you should try writing something instead of putting people down who are intense.
i agree with you that kathryn is a great person though.
not everyone has the talent to be supportive..perhpas you can teach us..
about men-agree..lets make it a be nice to everone day! agree?
mock someone than actually learn about another culture!
*rimshot* ba-dum-bum *cymbal crash*
thanks, folks. here all week.
you seem to have no sense of humor, thus the first line.
one more try:
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One night a wealthy older couple decided to go to a cocktail party at a friend's house. They got dressed to the nines and gave Jeeves, their butler, the night off. Half way through the party the wife began to feel ill. "Honey, you stay here. I'm going home. Call for the car when you're ready." On entering the house the wife turned to the left and found a very startled Jeeves standing in the hallway. "Jeeves, follow me." She called out to him. She led him up a flight of stairs, down the hall, and into her bedroom.
"Jeeves, take off my shoes." He did. "Jeeves, take off my dress." He did. "Jeeves, take off my bra." He did. "Jeeves, take off my underwear." He did. "Jeeves..." She took a deep breath. "If I ever catch you wearing my clothes again your ass will be out on the street!"
you think i should take it to the stage?
cute cat!!