frankly, if you take it personally or seriously to begin with, you probably deserve to be mocked a bit. It wasn't meant to be hurtful, it was just the subject that was joked about that everyone's pissed about. If it had been about middle class white people, there wouldn't have been as much of a problem. If it was a persistant series of attacks on a specific group, and my understanding is that it was a single video, then it should be stopped. Jokingly targeting a group of people with the intent of comedic effect isn't bad, so long as it doesn't progress to harassment. The fact of the matter is that homosexuals unfortunetly lend themselves to be joked about, which is why they specifically were targetted.
Actually, I don't
really have a problem with what you're saying, apart from the context in which you're saying it. The rest of what you said is applicable, IMO, if the joke made was something other than about a group of people who've been on the receiving end of the **** for much longer than they deserve.
Jokingly targeting a group of people with the intent of comedic effect isn't bad, so long as it doesn't progress to harassment.
I agree, but remember that in this case, homosexual people are
always targeted, and the fact that it's 'the navy' doesn't really make it any better. For that group of people, a helluva lot of this stuff constitutes as harassment.
The military is unfortunately a place where homosexuals are discriminated against already, and this **** doesn't help.
How about this, what if the XO called the crew a bunch of 'n******' instead of 'f******' and bleeding hearts or whatever? Does that make those who take it personally deserving of mockery?
