Guide to making insensitive jokes on sensitive topics
Don't.
Well, okay, if I stopped making insensitive jokes on sensitive topics, people would probably notice my sudden silence. But I do try to restrict myself to people I know ("Haha, aren't dead baby jokes hilarious? Oh. Sorry to hear about your loss.") and who know me.
So before delivering oneself of a long and vague rant on a subject you haven't thought about (and O sweet jesu, the irony of *me* being the one saying this) ask yourself if you're dismissing the concerns of an entire group of people. If you are? Proof read the damn thing. Random brain-farts aren't good enough. And don't whine afterward about how people shouldn't take your words out of context. If you're explaining why someone's demand for justice should be dismissed, the burden of clarity is on you.
And your jokes should probably be struck.
Well, okay, if I stopped making insensitive jokes on sensitive topics, people would probably notice my sudden silence. But I do try to restrict myself to people I know ("Haha, aren't dead baby jokes hilarious? Oh. Sorry to hear about your loss.") and who know me.
So before delivering oneself of a long and vague rant on a subject you haven't thought about (and O sweet jesu, the irony of *me* being the one saying this) ask yourself if you're dismissing the concerns of an entire group of people. If you are? Proof read the damn thing. Random brain-farts aren't good enough. And don't whine afterward about how people shouldn't take your words out of context. If you're explaining why someone's demand for justice should be dismissed, the burden of clarity is on you.
And your jokes should probably be struck.