Not My President

[GMDino]

(02-14-2017, 06:53 PM)michaelsean Wrote: It's kind of shocking sometimes what used to get by..  I mean look at MASH.  They had a guy called Spear Chucker Jones.  Planet of the Apes may be the most racist movie in history if you look at the hierarchy of the apes.  Now some people say you couldn't get away with All in the Family, but I think you could because the racist was purposely presented as an   ignorant fool by Norman Lear. 

I probably still have all the "Truly Tasteless" joke books I bought when I was in high school.

And truthfully those kinds of jokes don't offend me even if *I* am the target.  But I'm wise enough to not use them where my intent/history might not be understood.

But my kids don't get it at all.