Macy's had to pull some plates because they, in their own words "missed the mark". I actually agree that it was a stupid business move because their market is easily offended, the society we live in is easily offended, and everyone is easily offended. Macy's should have known better-so yes, they shouldn't have tried to sell the plates in the first place. In 2019, you can't make a joke, you can't do something politically incorrect, basically you have to be as vanilla as possible.
All humor is based, to some degree, in cruelty. In fact, sometimes the more real the joke the funnier it is. In theory anything can be funny and often times we use humor as a defense mechanism or a coping mechanism. Our society today, in the name of political correctness and sensitivity, has lost that ability. Calling for Macy's to be boycotted (that's only a matter of time) or, perhaps, shut down (yup, that too) is indicative of how thin skinned we've become. It's just a plate everyone. Just. A. Plate.
I'm adopted. I wonder sometimes if I can make jokes about being adopted without getting called politically incorrect, insensitive, or monstrous and inhuman. I'm also very short. Can I make jokes about being short? Probably not. I feel sorry for comedians. Any joke they tell, no matter how plain and boring, will be misread by SJWs on both sides of the aisle.
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