View Single Post
 
Old Oct 17, 2014, 10:55 AM
venusss's Avatar
venusss venusss is offline
Maidan Chick
 
Member Since: Mar 2010
Location: On the faultlines of the hybrid war
Posts: 7,139
Quote:
Originally Posted by MotownJohnny View Post
I can honestly see both sides of this debate. It is "all in fun" but it also stigmatizes. In this day and age, it's important to be sensitive. No one - at least no one with any morals, IMHO - would go to a Halloween event dressed as, say, in blackface, carrying a watermelon, as was done 100 years ago in Vaudeville to portray African Americans as somehow inferior to whites. It would be extremely tasteless and very hurtful. Same arguement can be made about portraying people with MI as somehow dangerous. But, we also MUST be able to laugh at ourselves at times. So, I'm kinda on the fence on this. Overall, I say err on the side of caution.

I feel though that all the psychward stereotypes are more aimed at the keyholders, rather than those locked in.

I mean, craziest don't wear straightjackets cause they find them fancy. They are/had been forced into them.
__________________
Glory to heroes!

HATEFREE CULTURE