A joke neither directly referencing, vaguely alluding to, or attempting to draw parallels to Jews, being described as “straightforwardly antisemetic” is the most manufactured outrage I’ve seen on Lemmy so far.
Yeah, I agree, “straightforwardly antisemitic” really needs some direct reference to Judaism in the material. I definitely got that wrong. Dunno what I was thinking there. “I straightforwardly noticed an indirect reference to a bigoted trope” maybe got whacked around in my blender of a mind.
Based on this and the reest of the subthread, while I can’t upvote the initial comment, I’m just pointing out that I’ve upvoted the entire subthread because we should encourage such discussions - especially ones that don’t devolve into personal attacks and arguments. This subthread discussed the issue and pretty much cleared things up. While I knew basically all of this in this instance, with these types of discussions, I often learn things that are good to know.
So I encourage folks to see this as a positive, and encourage it. :)
Indeed! I am always a bit happy to get corrected on something, because it means I just learned something. It also means I will start spreading more accurate information in all my discussions.
A joke neither directly referencing, vaguely alluding to, or attempting to draw parallels to Jews, being described as “straightforwardly antisemetic” is the most manufactured outrage I’ve seen on Lemmy so far.
Yeah, I agree, “straightforwardly antisemitic” really needs some direct reference to Judaism in the material. I definitely got that wrong. Dunno what I was thinking there. “I straightforwardly noticed an indirect reference to a bigoted trope” maybe got whacked around in my blender of a mind.
Downvotes deserved. 😄
Based on this and the reest of the subthread, while I can’t upvote the initial comment, I’m just pointing out that I’ve upvoted the entire subthread because we should encourage such discussions - especially ones that don’t devolve into personal attacks and arguments. This subthread discussed the issue and pretty much cleared things up. While I knew basically all of this in this instance, with these types of discussions, I often learn things that are good to know.
So I encourage folks to see this as a positive, and encourage it. :)
Indeed! I am always a bit happy to get corrected on something, because it means I just learned something. It also means I will start spreading more accurate information in all my discussions.