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Post by gameboy on Apr 6, 2021 16:38:29 GMT
I understand that "blackface" is offensive to some and on a more egregious level than "whiteface" because of a history of slavery, racism, segregation and Jim Crow.
And "White Chicks" was definitely offensive to preppy white schoolgirls. Lol.
But my point here, and as a political commentary on "blackface", is that people do not have a right not to be offended.
Gotta disagree there. People absolutely do have a right to be offended. No one has a right to tell someone else what is and isn't offensive to them. That's a bit arrogant. We don't get to decide for others how they should feel about something.
That is actually a completely separate issue. And while I agree for the most part that anything goes in comedy, particularly lampoons, that does not negate people's right to feel offended by something. The two are not intertwined. I can absolutely believe in no politically correct ban on free speech and still be offended by blackface.
Let me clarify in terms of rights protected by government. Of course it's a free speech right to express offense. But you cannot limit the free speech rights of others to protect yourself from being offended.
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