re: #763 robdouth

Thanks for the heads up. I can’t take credit for it. I’m only 29, and I hear my dad/uncles/grandfather say the same thing around the dinner table, where any joke is fair game and since everyone knows everyone else, we all know that any joke no matter how far is taken on comedic purposes and not because of some bigotry. To those on this site who cut both ways (and I see it regularly) I applaud you for your consistency, and agree that there is a certain level of decency and decorum that should be maintained, especially by public officials. I just get angry when any idiot on the left, can take offense on behalf of any group just to try to take down a political enemy because they can’t win on the merits, or as I call it: “James Carville’s career.”

It is a very fine line to walk. I can’t speak for anyone else on LGF but I must admit that I do find myself on this forum checking my political language to protect both myself and those whom I might offend. This is part of what makes civil public discourse. Would I be so guarded with my best, most trusted friends? Absolutely not!

Part of the backlash you received, I believe, is that conservatives are stereotyped as racist and insensitive and are held to extremely rigid standards (PC) by liberals. So when a very liberal, very public person such as Obama commits such an obvious gaffe, there is a tendency to want to burn him for it.

Again, you seem thoughtful and despite being 29 you should not feel intimidated to post. Though, it is a tough room! I’ve been scorched a few times too.