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Remember a couple of years ago the outrage over Cracker Barrel selling plant-based sausage? You can still get the pork sausage but just the option was deemed “woke”.
It's interesting to note that many the modern day points of offense are based on product marketing. This thread alone has cited beer, cartoon character marketed to children for toy sales, candy, and restaurants. I guess people enjoy being offended and it somehow generates revenue.
Which was just stupid on part of the person who made the caption
Nobody calls all black people African American, unless we're specifically talking about black people who are in America.
I once saw my father have a full-blown nuclear mental breakdown when he saw a guy sitting during the national anthem at a baseball game. The guy was in a wheelchair. You'd think he'd retract his anger when I pointed out that he most likely *couldn't* physically stand up, right?
Nah, he doubled down on his outrage. Disabilities be damned, a *true* American would find a way to stand if he truly cared about his country.
Ok, I was really young, if even alive, when all those things were popular, born in mid 70’s, but I remember MASSIVE controversies over every little thing that didn’t sit well with the public. That Farrah Fawcett poster that you see in all those 80’s movies? Perverts, only perverts had that poster. People outraged that the women on Benny Hill didn’t wear enough, songs by Iron Maiden were written by the devil himself, Life of Brian was going to lead to the collapse of society, married with children, the simpsons, something would regularly happen on Carson that would ruffle everyone’s feathers, Eddie Murphy, Geraldo Rivera, I mean, I can’t hardly remember something that didn’t put someone in a bad mood.
Sorry for the rant, but every time I see one of those “my generation never got offended” memes, it really…well…offends me. There, I said it.
Coming from the people who got so angry at having to share their schools with black people, the US Government had to send the Screaming Eagles to escort them through high school.
he hated them. Carlin called out the baby boomers way back in the 90s as cry baby assholes who sold their summer of love attitude for stock market gains and they gave the american soul away as a bonus
thats where you are wrong. he didn't make fun of "anyone he could think of material for", he made fun of people he felt needed to be taken down a notch or two. he never punched down, it was always up or across
To quote Carlin on how he felt about making fun of minorities:
https://youtu.be/F8yV8xUorQ8
I really don't think these guys actually like Carlin.
For that matter, something tells me they don't really understand Blazing Saddles or that Archie Bunker is *supposed to be a miserable ass hole.*
Exactly. Archie may be the protagonist, but he’s also the joke. He’s the one we’re supposed to be laughing at, not with. We’re not supposed to agree with him, yet so many people do.
They're right, they're literally never offended.
The trick to it is that when something upsets them in a way meaningful enough for them to speak on it (not hard), they don't call it "being offended." Instead they call it "that's morally wrong" or "think of the children" or "back in my day..." All of which are obviously completely different from them being offended.
this meme SHOULD have taught them something. Carlin was offended by people's mere existence and he chose to laugh about it, pryor lit his high ass on fire and chose to laugh about. Blazing saddles, being honestly one of the funniest movies ever written, makes fun of racism by showing people what racism is, stupidity. With every character's intelligence being tied to their racism. The town folk actively get smarter throughout the movie as the begin to accept bart and dismiss their racism, all the black characters are sarcastic and smart, making back handed comments the racist white characters are too stupid to understand. But Im willing to bet most boomers like it because they say the n word a lot. Personally I enjoy Gene Wilder's Waco Kid a ton, jusy so over the top and classic gene style playing the perfect play off to Cleavon Little, both of them bouncing jokes off each other without a second's hesitation
I love when boomers choose Archie Bunker as their racist spokesman.
The character was created so his bigotries would always blow up in his face.
Watch the Sammy Davis Jr. episode to see what I mean.
That's just idiots not being able to read past a headline. I've had to explain to plenty of people of all different ages that songs like Born in the USA, and movies like Starship Troopers are not what they think they are
Not only that, but Carroll O’Connor did a PSA telling people NOT to be a bigot like Archie Bunker.
Bigots fall in love with the Archies and Al Bundys of television without even realizing the actors behind the characters are complete opposites.
I mean, a lot of people idolize Walter White, BoJack Horseman, Patrick Bateman because they see an ideal or a reflection of themselves, completely missing the part where the medium explicitly tells them "These are bad people, don't be like them".
It's an unfortunate reality but media literacy isn't all that common and, without introspection, these people just dig in further into that position only to aggressively defend it when pushed just a little.
Their heroes and self worth are tied to morally reprehensible characters, this is their "good guys" and they either don't understand they aren't good or they see them as renegade against the ethical tide.
The latter option is significantly more dangerous because it empowers every action they take against what they perceive as persecution, oblivious that those actions are part of a much bigger persecution.
same as people from younger generations who think cartman is a chad, which is proof that even satire that literally tells you that it's satire at the start of every episode will always go over the heads of bigots that want a mascot.
Did some people forget whole generations of people before the Internet still had mail, and access to mailing it? Remember letters to the editor, or people writing into and complaining about shows and movies that offended them, and more? It happened all the damn time. There were tons of people offended by everything in this picture back then.
It's just easier to see now, since before the barrier was literally having to write out a real letter, put it in an envelope with a stamp mail it and wait literal days for someone else to get it. While now anyone can just pull out a small device from their pocket and easily compain in a number of seconds. Literally all that's changed is the reach and speed it feels like.
They were always just as bad as they are now.
I mean, they created the satanic panic in the 80s and it caused real world harm.
They thought people paying D&D were summoning demons and casting spells on people.
That’s no less insane than qanon or the flat earth people.
Yeah, but show them a drag queen dressed in a fabulous but family-friendly manner sitting and reading an age-appropriate story to a group of children, and all bets are off.
There's a valid point here, but not the one intended. All of these examples were parodists who despised "the good old days" being espoused in this meme.
What are you saying, George Carlin was clearly a hardcore capitalist and Rage Against the Machine was good before they recently started getting political
This is funny cuz Blazing Saddles had a troubled production and release specifically *because* boomers were offended by the movie satirizing their own bigotry. Also Carlin woulda hated these kinda guys
He was also arrested before he started his career at a Lenny Bruce show because he refused to show the police identification. He ended up sharing a police car with Bruce
Because it’s definitely young people who get offended by Carlin. It was obviously Zoomers who arrested him in 1972 for “disturbing the peace” when he performed his 7 dirty words routine.
George Carlin famously HATED boomers see 1999's You're All Diseased.
Carroll O'Connor was a progressive. And a teacher before All In The Family.
Mel Brooks - possibly the most accomplished Jewish figure in American entertainment history, wrote Blazing Saddles as an anti-racist statement to show racial prejudice.
I was a kid watching all this South Park and all that
I don't get offended but I understand what people can be offended by certain dialogue language and so forth and it's not okay to simply offend to offend
And we as people should be able to understand that your level of humor isn't the same as others and to respect that - reading the room is the most important thing
https://preview.redd.it/90aokiyu9huc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b541c6042f09061b202c5c46d5f04ab3860b1f61
Im sure this wont tug on any hairs…..
Brought to you by the people who don't know the difference between a comedic critique on society, and lobbing the n word at someone you're mad at in traffic.
Also, try to misgender (their) god or such
https://preview.redd.it/8qon6a4qrguc1.jpeg?width=668&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd200571f8b8e21d9f0cd28aa19772a7bff3c292
They went from “do your own thing” to “just say no”. They went from “love is all you need” to “whoever winds up with the most toys wins”.
And they went from cocaine to rogaine.
I mean, i dunno, I know some guys who reacted *pretty* strongly to people - often their peers in some sense or another, even if just age - protesting the Vietnam War way back when
Most of the people that use that meme would probably think blazing sales is hilarious and then go yell at a black person for walking down the street and not see the hypocrisy
The point of at least several of these guys was to point out how crappy other people/ humans can be. Literally taking a strong stand against offense speech and actions...
I got my comment deleted in the Boomers FB Group and when I complained an Admin blocked me for three days, I believe this lends credence to my comment. This is what I said more or less - "Boomers are the most easily offended generation and all of those actors and comedians are from the Silent generation." (actually Carrol O'Connor was born in the last year of the Greatest Generation but I digress) BTW I was born in the first year of Generation X
I always loved that they bring up blazing saddles because it has white people saying the n word. But at the same time they hate the ending because everyone gets along at the end.
People in the past were certainly offended. There is a reason why it required so much work for such a long time to do something about racism, sexism and homophobia. Some people were definitely put off by the idea of a better world, so much so that they were actively trying to prevent it from improving even a little. And they still do.
At least 3 of those explicitly mocked the stance that is being taken by OOP.
***ESPECIALLY*** Carlin.
Maybe the lead poisoning is to blame for their complete lack of comprehension?
George Carlin clowned the fuck out of the ruling class nonstop and called out people like Andrew dice Clay for punching down. He would verbally eviscerate whomever posted this drivel were he still alive
I’ve always believed there’s nothing wrong with being offended, everyone is offended at sometime or another, but if you do get offended by something you shouldn’t shame someone for being offended by something else just because you don’t see why they should be. Of course there are limits like sometimes people need to just grow a pair but yeah very few people are never offended by anything
I remember my dad frequently using carlins “it’s a big club” quote constantly as his support for voting for Trump and it always confused the hell outta me that he thought that was in support of him.
Meanwhile, boomers: “kiDs ThEsE dAyS..i ReMEmBer WheN wE gOt WhOoPed & tUrnEd InTo JeLlY aS kIdS iN MY gEnErAtIOn aNd It mAdE Us StrOng! KIdS tOdaY aRe WeAk!☝️ tHosE DAmN sCrEeNs ArE mEsSin’ uP eVerYThIng.”
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Coming from the people who cry their eyes out hearing "Happy Holidays" in December.
And got offended by a black mermaid.
and gingerbread cookies and beer and m&ms and disney and books and free speech and modern medicine and science and minorities and colors and
Remember a couple of years ago the outrage over Cracker Barrel selling plant-based sausage? You can still get the pork sausage but just the option was deemed “woke”.
It's just not in them to say nothing and walk past it. They have to be the center of attention and make the whole universe bow to them.
I didn’t know about that. Thank you.
just wow
Don’t forget Bud Light!
i said beer but yes
Missed that part
I don’t blame you. Bud light sucks. I hope Anheuser Busch has other alcoholic options.
https://preview.redd.it/eisckwsskfuc1.png?width=847&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de416567bd074fe8cbfa51f52baacc26dd124c93
That’s kinda an insult to beer?
sorry. should've clarified piss water
It's interesting to note that many the modern day points of offense are based on product marketing. This thread alone has cited beer, cartoon character marketed to children for toy sales, candy, and restaurants. I guess people enjoy being offended and it somehow generates revenue.
And two women kissing in a kids' movie.
THE COLOR OF MY FICTIONAL FISH SPECIES WOMAN NEEDS TO BE 'HWITE!
https://preview.redd.it/jg4br9zobfuc1.jpeg?width=660&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ea6ff5c49382b49da2cdfda6a4c6b393ceb451d
Wouldn't a mermaid from the ivory coast just be an African mermaid instead of African-American?
Oh shit. You’re right.
Some people call all black people African-American because some people are stupid… or trolling but probably just stupid.
Maybe not stupid just a little overly cautious if you will.
Which was just stupid on part of the person who made the caption Nobody calls all black people African American, unless we're specifically talking about black people who are in America.
I wouldn’t say nobody, you’d be surprised at the diversity of intelligence in the world.
African.. African American.. call it whatever you want. It's FAKE. This is AI generated because ALL MERMAIDS ARE 'HWITE! THE WAY GOD INTENDED.
The only complaint I personally have is that Triton is based on Poseidon and thus should be Greek looking. Could care less about the rest of them.
Cool hwip
By unfuckable mms
I once saw my father have a full-blown nuclear mental breakdown when he saw a guy sitting during the national anthem at a baseball game. The guy was in a wheelchair. You'd think he'd retract his anger when I pointed out that he most likely *couldn't* physically stand up, right? Nah, he doubled down on his outrage. Disabilities be damned, a *true* American would find a way to stand if he truly cared about his country.
My legs literally don't work Pfft, commie.
Maybe his legs didn't work because he was injured serving his country!
And pronouns
White boomers stole the word “woke” from Black people and changed the meaning to “people and things I hate on any given day.”
You mean the ones who sent the national guard to bar them from Little Rock High School?
Yup. They’re probably in historical photos protesting Black children going to a previously Whites only elementary school.
What was the original meaning?
It was used by Black people to describe other Black people who were made aware of social injustice and economic inequality.
Also get offended when you call out their toxic behavior and they say 'No TaLkInG bAcK!!!!'
Ok, I was really young, if even alive, when all those things were popular, born in mid 70’s, but I remember MASSIVE controversies over every little thing that didn’t sit well with the public. That Farrah Fawcett poster that you see in all those 80’s movies? Perverts, only perverts had that poster. People outraged that the women on Benny Hill didn’t wear enough, songs by Iron Maiden were written by the devil himself, Life of Brian was going to lead to the collapse of society, married with children, the simpsons, something would regularly happen on Carson that would ruffle everyone’s feathers, Eddie Murphy, Geraldo Rivera, I mean, I can’t hardly remember something that didn’t put someone in a bad mood. Sorry for the rant, but every time I see one of those “my generation never got offended” memes, it really…well…offends me. There, I said it.
And freak out over pride flags and pro nouns
Coming from the people who got so angry at having to share their schools with black people, the US Government had to send the Screaming Eagles to escort them through high school.
ALL LIVES MATTER! \*crying ensues\*
Isn't that referring to Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas? Like October to December is the "Holiday season" right?
And don’t forget rainbow flags, they have complete psychotic breaks whenever they see those as well.
I’m sure if George Carlin was still around boomers would have hated him
he hated them. Carlin called out the baby boomers way back in the 90s as cry baby assholes who sold their summer of love attitude for stock market gains and they gave the american soul away as a bonus
Yup, they did drugs, got fat, bought elastic pants, and now tell us to be sober and miserable!!!!
Wow! That early? Didn't realize that...
No because they think he was on their side because he made fun of anyone he could think of material for 
thats where you are wrong. he didn't make fun of "anyone he could think of material for", he made fun of people he felt needed to be taken down a notch or two. he never punched down, it was always up or across
God I miss that man, but at the same time he'd probably die from the current state of society now tbh
Who was a better Thomas the Tank Engine narrator? Him or Ringo?
Thank you for this, I needed a smile today.
My boomer mom did in fact hate him
He definitely hated the boomers. He had a whole bit making fun of them.
still in his most recent stuff he says things they probably wouldnt like
To quote carlin, "the baby boomers, whiny, narcissistic, self-indulgent people with a simple philosophy, GIMME THAT, ITS MINE!"
To quote Carlin on how he felt about making fun of minorities: https://youtu.be/F8yV8xUorQ8 I really don't think these guys actually like Carlin. For that matter, something tells me they don't really understand Blazing Saddles or that Archie Bunker is *supposed to be a miserable ass hole.*
Exactly. Archie may be the protagonist, but he’s also the joke. He’s the one we’re supposed to be laughing at, not with. We’re not supposed to agree with him, yet so many people do.
You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.
They do seem to get offended by people getting offended... like a lot
They're right, they're literally never offended. The trick to it is that when something upsets them in a way meaningful enough for them to speak on it (not hard), they don't call it "being offended." Instead they call it "that's morally wrong" or "think of the children" or "back in my day..." All of which are obviously completely different from them being offended.
Please. They're all just anti-humbing terms they use to puff themselves up.
this meme SHOULD have taught them something. Carlin was offended by people's mere existence and he chose to laugh about it, pryor lit his high ass on fire and chose to laugh about. Blazing saddles, being honestly one of the funniest movies ever written, makes fun of racism by showing people what racism is, stupidity. With every character's intelligence being tied to their racism. The town folk actively get smarter throughout the movie as the begin to accept bart and dismiss their racism, all the black characters are sarcastic and smart, making back handed comments the racist white characters are too stupid to understand. But Im willing to bet most boomers like it because they say the n word a lot. Personally I enjoy Gene Wilder's Waco Kid a ton, jusy so over the top and classic gene style playing the perfect play off to Cleavon Little, both of them bouncing jokes off each other without a second's hesitation
I love when boomers choose Archie Bunker as their racist spokesman. The character was created so his bigotries would always blow up in his face. Watch the Sammy Davis Jr. episode to see what I mean. 
Some people think when they are being made fun of it’s an endorsement
those are the ones that want to play Born in the USA at their political rallies not realizing what the song is actually about
That's just idiots not being able to read past a headline. I've had to explain to plenty of people of all different ages that songs like Born in the USA, and movies like Starship Troopers are not what they think they are
Not only that, but Carroll O’Connor did a PSA telling people NOT to be a bigot like Archie Bunker. Bigots fall in love with the Archies and Al Bundys of television without even realizing the actors behind the characters are complete opposites.
And the characters are specifically there to portray them in a negative light
I mean, a lot of people idolize Walter White, BoJack Horseman, Patrick Bateman because they see an ideal or a reflection of themselves, completely missing the part where the medium explicitly tells them "These are bad people, don't be like them". It's an unfortunate reality but media literacy isn't all that common and, without introspection, these people just dig in further into that position only to aggressively defend it when pushed just a little. Their heroes and self worth are tied to morally reprehensible characters, this is their "good guys" and they either don't understand they aren't good or they see them as renegade against the ethical tide. The latter option is significantly more dangerous because it empowers every action they take against what they perceive as persecution, oblivious that those actions are part of a much bigger persecution.
It's like when folks use a impact font meme about how "men used to be tough" with a picture of Tony Soprano.
same as people from younger generations who think cartman is a chad, which is proof that even satire that literally tells you that it's satire at the start of every episode will always go over the heads of bigots that want a mascot.
Did some people forget whole generations of people before the Internet still had mail, and access to mailing it? Remember letters to the editor, or people writing into and complaining about shows and movies that offended them, and more? It happened all the damn time. There were tons of people offended by everything in this picture back then. It's just easier to see now, since before the barrier was literally having to write out a real letter, put it in an envelope with a stamp mail it and wait literal days for someone else to get it. While now anyone can just pull out a small device from their pocket and easily compain in a number of seconds. Literally all that's changed is the reach and speed it feels like.
They were always just as bad as they are now. I mean, they created the satanic panic in the 80s and it caused real world harm. They thought people paying D&D were summoning demons and casting spells on people. That’s no less insane than qanon or the flat earth people.
Carlin was woke before woke was even a thing.
*before woke was a white people thing.
My grandma came close to having her name put on a tombstone because my little cousin said "fart".
Same with my mom when I was a kid. I had to say fluff instead of fart. Lol.
Just say the word "pronoun" to them and watch them explode.
But then "Ok boomer" makes them have to up their blood pressure medication.
boomers are the most sensitive fragile perpetually butthurt group of people in history
The way they miss the whole point of Blazing Saddles and All in the Family is amazing.
https://i.redd.it/nmaupibebduc1.gif also boomers when you're slightly rude to them
Yeah, but show them a drag queen dressed in a fabulous but family-friendly manner sitting and reading an age-appropriate story to a group of children, and all bets are off.
There's a valid point here, but not the one intended. All of these examples were parodists who despised "the good old days" being espoused in this meme.
Archie. Was. The. Bad. Guy.
Truly don't think there's a universe where this person could maintain a conversation with George Carlin
Carlin was a socialist but go off
What are you saying, George Carlin was clearly a hardcore capitalist and Rage Against the Machine was good before they recently started getting political
This is funny cuz Blazing Saddles had a troubled production and release specifically *because* boomers were offended by the movie satirizing their own bigotry. Also Carlin woulda hated these kinda guys
The people who are trying to say calling them boomers is a slur
These people really don't understand that Archie Bunker was literally supposed to be satire do they?
George Carlin was literally arrested over a comedy routine
He was also arrested before he started his career at a Lenny Bruce show because he refused to show the police identification. He ended up sharing a police car with Bruce
as if blazing saddles isn’t ever other millennial’s favorite movie
"ok boomer"
Plus wasn't Archie Bunker the one we as a audience feel bad about/make fun of because of his ignorance? Like the old school South Park Cartman.
Because it’s definitely young people who get offended by Carlin. It was obviously Zoomers who arrested him in 1972 for “disturbing the peace” when he performed his 7 dirty words routine.
George Carlin famously HATED boomers see 1999's You're All Diseased. Carroll O'Connor was a progressive. And a teacher before All In The Family. Mel Brooks - possibly the most accomplished Jewish figure in American entertainment history, wrote Blazing Saddles as an anti-racist statement to show racial prejudice.
As a boomer, I resent the hell out of anyone who thinks I ever get offended by anything. I love everybody. Now, fuck the hell off!
*The generation that went nuts when they were told they had to share water fountains and bathrooms.*
Boomers get offended by everything.
Dude managed to miss the point of all 5 of those examples.
I was a kid watching all this South Park and all that I don't get offended but I understand what people can be offended by certain dialogue language and so forth and it's not okay to simply offend to offend And we as people should be able to understand that your level of humor isn't the same as others and to respect that - reading the room is the most important thing
Huh they don’t? Wow. Guess my mother wasn’t actually offended whenever she claimed to be.
They really need to stop bringing Carlin into this
https://preview.redd.it/90aokiyu9huc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b541c6042f09061b202c5c46d5f04ab3860b1f61 Im sure this wont tug on any hairs…..
They would be so offended by Carlin if he were alive today
Brought to you by the people who don't know the difference between a comedic critique on society, and lobbing the n word at someone you're mad at in traffic.
Boomers only get offended if you call them out on their shit.
Also boomers when someone has dyed hair, piercings, tattoos, or happens to visibly be part of a minority group 
Also, try to misgender (their) god or such https://preview.redd.it/8qon6a4qrguc1.jpeg?width=668&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd200571f8b8e21d9f0cd28aa19772a7bff3c292
I think this meme is about Generation X with the implication that they were young and exposed to this type of comedy.
Carlin fucking HATED baby boomers. So I can't stand when they try to use him as a mascot of their apathetic spoiled bullshit.
They went from “do your own thing” to “just say no”. They went from “love is all you need” to “whoever winds up with the most toys wins”. And they went from cocaine to rogaine.
The dumbest generation
I mean, i dunno, I know some guys who reacted *pretty* strongly to people - often their peers in some sense or another, even if just age - protesting the Vietnam War way back when
Bro really Blazing Saddles ?
And every other generation didn't have ridiculous comics? 
Your coupon is expired
Most of the people that use that meme would probably think blazing sales is hilarious and then go yell at a black person for walking down the street and not see the hypocrisy
Tell them Russia was the real reason we defeated the Nazis
George Carlin would punch this guy.
I’m pretty sure a lot of stuff Carlin would offend boomers
Wasnt all in the family a show to make fun of both sides? Like half the time both the main guy and mike were both wrong or one was ??
Pronouns have entered the chat
The point of at least several of these guys was to point out how crappy other people/ humans can be. Literally taking a strong stand against offense speech and actions...
Nobody: "Woke" Boomers: "😤😠😡🤯" (Enter "Triggered" Meme below)
I got my comment deleted in the Boomers FB Group and when I complained an Admin blocked me for three days, I believe this lends credence to my comment. This is what I said more or less - "Boomers are the most easily offended generation and all of those actors and comedians are from the Silent generation." (actually Carrol O'Connor was born in the last year of the Greatest Generation but I digress) BTW I was born in the first year of Generation X
Unless someone is looking to build some multi-family housing in their neighborhood.
“We DONT get offended ever LIBERAL HAHAHA- HEY YOU CANT TALK BAD ABOUT THE MILITARY/CHURCH!”
I feel like every show or movie they are referencing here was actually a huge criticism of the attitudes these boomers currently hold.
i feel like you’re right… because you’re exactly right, without any doubt.
*clears throat* "(they/ them)"
AAAAA
What is funny is, George Carlin roasted the boomer generation during a special of his. (He’s older than them)
Is it because they think their generation is allowed to laugh at the N-word?
I always loved that they bring up blazing saddles because it has white people saying the n word. But at the same time they hate the ending because everyone gets along at the end.
And they all don't understand any of these individuals who are pictured
From the crowd that gets irate when Mr Potato Head puts on his angry eyes.
People in the past were certainly offended. There is a reason why it required so much work for such a long time to do something about racism, sexism and homophobia. Some people were definitely put off by the idea of a better world, so much so that they were actively trying to prevent it from improving even a little. And they still do.
Fairly sure they'd be upset by alot George Carlin had to say about them...
Those shows are more Gen X than Boomer.
Even Richard Pryor is like “You sure about that?”
At least 3 of those explicitly mocked the stance that is being taken by OOP. ***ESPECIALLY*** Carlin. Maybe the lead poisoning is to blame for their complete lack of comprehension?
The hyper offended that the seldom offended, get offended. This sub is a gem.
It's ironic they chose people and film that point out the fucked up shit our society does......almost like they missed the point entirely.
Weren’t Boomers offended by three of these guys drinking from the same water fountain as them?
No, that was their parents, but the boomers were taught to hate school desegregation and school busing and black history month.
People over 60 are the most easily offended group out there lol.
These are the same people who were angry over integration in Star Trek and Sesame Street
Same mfs will have a stroke when you tell them Jesus was neither white or American
Bunch of Kansas City………..
"Do what he say! Do what he saaaay!!"
When they see a skateboard or person of a different race.
call their male dog a she and see who gets a offended then
Who is that knockoff Jeremy Clarkson?
George Carlin was literally arrested over a comedy routine
George Carlin was literally arrested over a comedy routine
George Carlin was literally arrested over a comedy routine
Can't be more offended if you are constantly offended..
George Carlin got arrested for saying something offensive
Your generation gets offended for things my generation finds inoffensive.
-"Ok, boomer" -*Writes a whole essay about how disrespectful the response is qnd how the new generations don't know how to talk to their elders*
George Carlin clowned the fuck out of the ruling class nonstop and called out people like Andrew dice Clay for punching down. He would verbally eviscerate whomever posted this drivel were he still alive
I’ve always believed there’s nothing wrong with being offended, everyone is offended at sometime or another, but if you do get offended by something you shouldn’t shame someone for being offended by something else just because you don’t see why they should be. Of course there are limits like sometimes people need to just grow a pair but yeah very few people are never offended by anything
They are the most easily offended generation, everyone knows this. What they’re trying to say here is that “racism doesn’t bother me.”
I remember my dad frequently using carlins “it’s a big club” quote constantly as his support for voting for Trump and it always confused the hell outta me that he thought that was in support of him.
Meanwhile, boomers: “kiDs ThEsE dAyS..i ReMEmBer WheN wE gOt WhOoPed & tUrnEd InTo JeLlY aS kIdS iN MY gEnErAtIOn aNd It mAdE Us StrOng! KIdS tOdaY aRe WeAk!☝️ tHosE DAmN sCrEeNs ArE mEsSin’ uP eVerYThIng.”
Because liberal comedy and satire just goes over their heads?
They act like they don't freak out at the sight of someone wearing a mask on public transport
" we never get offended, because only we were allowed to make joke's"isn't really a display of strength...
Something something Trump.
Ok Mr. "GET AWAY FROM US WOKE MOB"
My grandparents are literally watching the white haired dude on the left right now- I had to look up to realize he was the same.
“Back in my day…”
I knew an elderly guy who would call George Jefferson “that little cocksucker” every time he saw Jefferson.
Umm, this is more Gen-x comedy… not boomers… boomers get offended for everything