Political correctness run amuck

Dec 28, 2016 16:15


Actor and comedian Steve Martin deleted a tweet Tuesday that described Carrie Fisher as a “beautiful creature” after feminists complained it objectified the late actress ( Read more... )

carrie fisher, wtf

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tallguy December 28 2016, 21:27:54 UTC
Do you feel that Steve Martin was treating Carrie Fisher with disrespect?

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subbes December 28 2016, 21:34:31 UTC
(SHRUGS.)

if when i die the first thing a colleague says is that i "had great tits... and then i noticed she was smart too" i will haunt the fucking shit out of them because that's disrespectful as fuck.

SM's comments were misguided because they're open for misinterpretation as being like the hypothetical above, even if not meant as such.

for hundreds of years we've been thought of as objects of beauty (or lack of) first, as humans second. can you see how that might lead us to be skeptical of "well intentioned" compliments and comments that focus on our beauty?

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tallguy December 28 2016, 21:54:39 UTC
you know what, I'm not going to get into a comments war on this.

My journal, my opinion,
I don't think he was being deliberately, or even accidentally, offensive with his tweet.

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