The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #134959 Message #4000793
Posted By: punkfolkrocker
15-Jul-19 - 07:26 AM
Thread Name: 'Money for Nothing' Banned in Canada
Subject: RE: 'Money for Nothing' Banned in Canada
If I was gay, I'd have sense to tolerate certain words in art and songs
if I felt sure they were not intended maliciously.
I would certainly make those allowances for creative works written in the less enlightened past,
when such words were more acceptable in normal everyday common use.
If I was a member of any minority - ditto...
Actually I am, and do...
I get more annoyed by self indulgently over-censorious folks who are too hyper-sensitive and quick to take offence.
Particularly when they are not members of the minority they are being offended on behalf of...
My sister was an LGBTQ+ and disabled rights activist.
She was so full of her own self-importance, so fanatical,
she became utterly obnoxious as a human being.
A complete stereotype, more of a liability and harm to her causes than she would ever accept...
As a close member of family, I knew her history of mental health issues
underlying her unforgiving public persona and zealotry...