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[jennsrear]

I went to a Halloween party last night with James, Meaghan, Leanne and Rhonda. I had fun, but couldn't really get into the partying mode

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[nathanscan]

I think that there is a difference between making a gay joke and being anti-gay. There is nothing mutually exclusive in the acts of promoting gay rights and making gay people. I know people that actively promote gay rights, some of whom are even gay, and they both laugh at and make gay jokes. I work with a black guy that does the same with black jokes. I'm a drunk irishman who is quite okay with being made fun of on those grounds. Part of celebrating difference is being able to make fun of them. If the kind of jokes people make is sufficient to judge their character, I would be worse than hitler in a lot or respects.

For example: "what do Ethiopians do at night?"...."starve"
I laugh at this joke, and I have no guilt in it.

You don't have to find it funny, but to say that I'm racist or pro poverty or whatnot would be a stretch.

[jennsrear]

While I totally get what you're saying, and James made the same arguement, the difference for me is that this is such a personal issue with me, and I feel like being so close with me, James should know and respect that