Do we really have a right to not be offended? That's the basic issue at the bottom of a situation where a Colorado Councilwoman refused to remove a joke that was posted on a community message forum and resigned in protest. While it's clear that she did not have to resign and the web forum owner removed the joke that some found offensive, it's a common joke that has been out there for quite some time. How funny you find it is of course an individual taste thing.
In doing some more searching on the topic, Sandy Tucker is reported as saying:
"I'm sick and tired of all of this political correctness," Tucker told The Denver Post. "I'm not going to apologize if you don't have a sense of humor."
Posting on a community forum as an elected official was probably not the smartest move yet what's interesting is how quickly this story became national news.
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One thing I've found about jokes as such is that there are 3 types of people. Those who laugh, those who over-exagerate their being offended and those who are afraid to laugh in order to avoid being labeled as insensitive.
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