Is this video offensive? - Democratic Underground

elshiva

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Thu Apr-16-09 09:03 PM
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Poll question: Is this video offensive?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uICCpXJKApA

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MrSlayer

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Thu Apr-16-09 09:33 PM
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1. No.

Pretty stupid though.

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elshiva

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Thu Apr-16-09 10:00 PM
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2. You win:

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MrSlayer

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Thu Apr-16-09 10:35 PM
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3. Thanks.

I guess.

:shrug:

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elshiva

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Thu Apr-16-09 10:54 PM
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4. You are welcome. Thank you for responding.

Edited on Thu Apr-16-09 10:58 PM by elshiva

:hug: I'm just in a sad mood. I love the video, but I saw a lot of comments on youtube that it was "homophobic" or something. I realize that not everybody's taste in comedy is the same, but I don't think it was meant to be homophobic or glorify nazism.

On edit: I am at a place in my life where I am starting to think for myself for the first time. I still let people's opinions "get to me" too much. I think I overreacted to the "stupid" comment. You have a right to your opinion and I have a right to mine. This video was a big pickmeup for me, but I to each his or her own. Peace.

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MrSlayer

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Thu Apr-16-09 11:14 PM
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5. I chuckled at a couple of places.

Taking his weapon and spilling the ammo all over the floor was a good line.

I was looking for something to be offended about but I didn't find anything there. It was a silly bit.

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elshiva

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Thu Apr-16-09 11:21 PM
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6. I couldn't find anything to be offended about, either.

It is a very campy, over the top kind of humor. It reminds me of John Inman as Mr. Humphries "In Are You Being Served?" There are some GBLT activists who think that this kind of humor is making fun of gay men, but I disagree. It's more "laughing with" kind of humor than "laughing at."

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Aristus

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Thu Apr-16-09 11:25 PM
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7. Pink was the branch-of-service color of the Infantry Branch of the German Army

in WWII. Why pink for a bunch of macho ground-pounders, I don't know. Must be a German thing...

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elshiva

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Thu Apr-16-09 11:34 PM
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8. Hello, honey. How are you? I wish I could talk with you,

but it's 12:30 am here and I want to try to get to bed. :hug:
Thank you for responding to my thread. I had no idea that they were pink. Of course, it is a big camp gay thing to dress in bright pink like that.

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Aristus

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Thu Apr-16-09 11:38 PM
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9. Hi. Well they actually only wore pink around the edges of their uniform collar-tabs.

But still...

:hi:

Sleep tight! :hug:

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