• Gram@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Eh. I’d say there’s exceptions. Maybe more to the point of “Don’t Punch Down”?

    I can laugh all day at the rich/privileged suffering the consequences of their own mistakes.

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      1 year ago

      “Don’t Puch down” is good rule to live by.

      Maybe the rich/privileged are controlling/influencing so much of our lifes that this counts as your own pain.

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      1 year ago

      Not certain the rich feel pain the same way, but you’re right. Punching up has value and often is the right thing to do

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      1 year ago

      I feel that privilege is a concept that should be applied to classes, not individuals. You can’t just judge someone as privileged based on one aspect of their life.

      The whole “punching up” concept just leads to it being accepted to make misogynistic jokes at white women, ablist and body-shaming jokes at “creepy” men, racist jokes at wealthy Asians, and so on.

      Rather, I think the intent behind the joke, and the consequences of the stereotypes it reinforces, is what should be examined rather than the demographic on the receiving end.