I’ve realized that my friend group and the people I feel closest to has dramatically shifted in the past year. They said it would happen, but I don’t know how I feel about it.
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I hate it when people try to shame others for expressing how they were offended.
I was offended by The Lazy Chaperone so I left, and said my speal about why it was offensive.
If you were part of the show, your job should be to apologize for not realizing the material…
Perfectly said ^ You cannot judge a show by a little bit you saw. Had you seen the entire thing, you would have realized the many layers of how it makes of itself. I mean, I played a flamboyant middle-aged gay man, should I have been offended by that seeing as how I’m gay? No. Because I am not going to let something so fucking petty get to me, because I realize that I don’t need to point out the flaws of society or art to make myself feel better. That isn’t “activism,” it’s self-glorifying “look at me, I actually care” activism.
Then it was a bad decision to put this out of context.
If I can’t say when someone should or shouldn’t be offended, then I don’t believe you can decided when something is a good or bad decision. If it helps, we only lost the talent show by 2 votes. So… Apparently it wasn’t a bad decision at all.
That doesn’t help at all.
and thanks for not apologizing.
I don’t have to apologize. Spending four months of my life working day-in-and-day-out to see the show succeed (which it did) because I believe in its message only to have someone come along and say they were offended (when they didn’t even see the actual show) offends me. So, it seems as though we are in the same boat.
Well I apologize for not seeing the show in full. I really wanted to but didn’t get the chance. I really wanted to support you.
And I apologize for getting hot-headed. It’s just that show is my baby, and whenever a baby is attacked, the mother becomes offended and attacks as well. But, in all honesty, the bits you saw do not depict the show in its entirety. We were just asked to perform a few songs - out of context - to showcase the theatre club.
Thank you for apologizing, If you want, we can discuss more personally so that other people can’t chime in.
I really respect you and your contributions to the college, and I think our talking would be beneficial to us both.
Sounds good to me.
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I hate it when people try to shame others for expressing how they were offended.
I was offended by The Lazy Chaperone so I left, and said my speal about why it was offensive.
If you were part of the show, your job should be to apologize for not realizing the material…
Perfectly said ^ You cannot judge a show by a little bit you saw. Had you seen the entire thing, you would have realized the many layers of how it makes of itself. I mean, I played a flamboyant middle-aged gay man, should I have been offended by that seeing as how I’m gay? No. Because I am not going to let something so fucking petty get to me, because I realize that I don’t need to point out the flaws of society or art to make myself feel better. That isn’t “activism,” it’s self-glorifying “look at me, I actually care” activism.
Then it was a bad decision to put this out of context.
If I can’t say when someone should or shouldn’t be offended, then I don’t believe you can decided when something is a good or bad decision. If it helps, we only lost the talent show by 2 votes. So… Apparently it wasn’t a bad decision at all.
That doesn’t help at all.
and thanks for not apologizing.
I don’t have to apologize. Spending four months of my life working day-in-and-day-out to see the show succeed (which it did) because I believe in its message only to have someone come along and say they were offended (when they didn’t even see the actual show) offends me. So, it seems as though we are in the same boat.
Well I apologize for not seeing the show in full. I really wanted to but didn’t get the chance. I really wanted to support you.
And I apologize for getting hot-headed. It’s just that show is my baby, and whenever a baby is attacked, the mother becomes offended and attacks as well. But, in all honesty, the bits you saw do not depict the show in its entirety. We were just asked to perform a few songs - out of context - to showcase the theatre club.
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I hate it when people try to shame others for expressing how they were offended.
I was offended by The Lazy Chaperone so I left, and said my speal about why it was offensive.
If you were part of the show, your job should be to apologize for not realizing the material…
Perfectly said ^ You cannot judge a show by a little bit you saw. Had you seen the entire thing, you would have realized the many layers of how it makes of itself. I mean, I played a flamboyant middle-aged gay man, should I have been offended by that seeing as how I’m gay? No. Because I am not going to let something so fucking petty get to me, because I realize that I don’t need to point out the flaws of society or art to make myself feel better. That isn’t “activism,” it’s self-glorifying “look at me, I actually care” activism.
Then it was a bad decision to put this out of context.
If I can’t say when someone should or shouldn’t be offended, then I don’t believe you can decided when something is a good or bad decision. If it helps, we only lost the talent show by 2 votes. So… Apparently it wasn’t a bad decision at all.
That doesn’t help at all.
and thanks for not apologizing.
I don’t have to apologize. Spending four months of my life working day-in-and-day-out to see the show succeed (which it did) because I believe in its message only to have someone come along and say they were offended (when they didn’t even see the actual show) offends me. So, it seems as though we are in the same boat.
-________-
I hate it when people try to shame others for expressing how they were offended.
I was offended by The Lazy Chaperone so I left, and said my speal about why it was offensive.
If you were part of the show, your job should be to apologize for not realizing the material…
Perfectly said ^ You cannot judge a show by a little bit you saw. Had you seen the entire thing, you would have realized the many layers of how it makes of itself. I mean, I played a flamboyant middle-aged gay man, should I have been offended by that seeing as how I’m gay? No. Because I am not going to let something so fucking petty get to me, because I realize that I don’t need to point out the flaws of society or art to make myself feel better. That isn’t “activism,” it’s self-glorifying “look at me, I actually care” activism.
Then it was a bad decision to put this out of context.
If I can’t say when someone should or shouldn’t be offended, then I don’t believe you can decided when something is a good or bad decision. If it helps, we only lost the talent show by 2 votes. So… Apparently it wasn’t a bad decision at all.
-________-
I hate it when people try to shame others for expressing how they were offended.
I was offended by The Lazy Chaperone so I left, and said my speal about why it was offensive.
If you were part of the show, your job should be to apologize for not realizing the material…
Perfectly said ^ You cannot judge a show by a little bit you saw. Had you seen the entire thing, you would have realized the many layers of how it makes of itself. I mean, I played a flamboyant middle-aged gay man, should I have been offended by that seeing as how I’m gay? No. Because I am not going to let something so fucking petty get to me, because I realize that I don’t need to point out the flaws of society or art to make myself feel better. That isn’t “activism,” it’s self-glorifying “look at me, I actually care” activism.
Honestly, if all your life consists of is blogging about how the Drowsy Chaperone offended you, you are the only one out of hundreds of audience members- of all backgrounds, mind you - who didn’t love every minute.
Your form of activism is actually over-the-top and annoying. Calm down.
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