Are you offended by what Louis C.K. says? Or Aziz Ansari, or Kathy Griffin, or, for another example I forgot to include, Bill Maher and his ill-timed rant about comics right after Stan Lee passed?
So am I! I’m offended every day, but I have discovered a wonderful secret to cure perpetual offended syndrome! It’s a hard cure, you have to work for it. Here’s a meme to pass around social media and help others find this path to enlightenment:
You, too, can proudly be bigger than the petty media voices that wee in your wheat chex every morning. Learn this one simple trick! (grouchy bloggers at Vox.com hate me!)
UPDATE: The USA Network series Duckman, lightyears ahead of its time at its best, gave us a rousing speech about comedy which is important to include here:
“It’s precisely when humor is offensive that we need it the most. Comedy should provoke! It should blast through prejudices, challenge preconceptions! Comedy should always leave you different than when it found you.
Sure, humor can hurt, even alienate, but the risk is better than the alternative: a steady diet of innocuous, child-proof, flavorless mush! Demand to be challenged, to be offended, to be treated like thinking, reasoning adults. And raise your children to do the same. Don’t let a comedian, a network, a congressional committee, or an evil genius take away your freedom to laugh at whatever you want.”
Well said, Duckman!
