Why can't people make fun of others anymore?

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I actually think Donald Trump right now is a breath of fresh air. We can't make fun of other people anymore or say whatever we want without offending others. Now, we live in a world where being fat, obese, is not only accepted, but encouraged, rather than shamed on. I think we might as well go back to the old days where people made fun of other races and homosexuality was shamed. F-ck political correctness. We never "tolerated" smoking. Pretty soon when obesity is the "new normal" we won't even be able to speak about making the world thin again without offending other people. I'm willing to trade today's tolerant society for the old days where nobody gave a damn if you made fun of other groups.

Now, society is in decline and there is nothing anybody can do to stop it.

Society is in decline because people don't make fun of others for their race and don't shame homosexuality, and because many people accept obesity is a health issue and that shaming people for it doesn't make them healthier? I just don't think I can agree with that. Not to mention just look around the internet and IRL there are still plenty of mean-hearted people who bully and make fun of others.

Granted political correctness can be taken too far, which is annoying...however constantly being as offensive and unpleasant as you possibly can with how you speak to or about people is just as bad as extreme first amendment violating censorship.

Trump whines way too much, as to plenty of his supporters....they go on about 'f*** political correctness' and how people should say anything they want whereever and whenever they want. Then when anyone says anything insulting about trump supporters they cry like great big babies. Can dish it out but obviously can't take it when it's pointed at them.

Sweetleaf, I'll apologize for being offensive, but why can't there just be a good happy medium instead of taking PC too far, which is where I believe we are headed today?

The issue is identity politics and the toxic strand of leftism that incorporates it, "social justice warriors" being the enforcers of a political correctness. We don't need to discriminate or make fun of minorities or homosexuals or whatever protected class, these people have thicker skins than the SJWs that supposedly champion their cause more times than not. The issue are the cultural Marxists, the SJWs, and regressive left.

Self-analyze.

What does it do for you to call people names?

You want to inflict pain?

You want to feel superior?

Controlling people's language is one of the principal tools of the authoritarian Left. It's all about raw political power.

There's a very good documentary that came out recently, "Can we take a joke?" Trailer:

It is still very acceptable to make fun of fat people.

It is all about context. I grew up pre political correctness. I heard the "how stuff 100 Jews into a car? Throw a penny in it" joke all the time. My friends would say "do you smell gas?" a reference to the holocaust. I was not offended because we would tell the Italian guy we found his car with bullet holes in a mafia reference. The Irish guys got the drunk references(In truth the funniest Irish drunk jokes were made by the Irish). Bieng called an ethnic slur or homo in certain situations meant they liked and accepted you, in other situations the opposite. Sometimes I could not tell the difference because my undiagnosed autism

But how can anybody on the internet tell intent? Even then people running for office did nothing remotly like what Trump does because political speeches are not casual conversation amoung friends nor a show at a comedy club.

The intent of Trump's "jokes" if that is what they are is not to have a good laugh it is to be intentionally mean to spite political correctness.

How is mocking someone with acne,a mental disability,overweight,too skinny,different color,different religion,bad teeth,bad hair,bald,short,too tall,different sexuality,physical disability,braces,glasses "fun"??I suppose it makes small minded people feel big when they do it.
It's rude,that's what it is.Just a lack of basic human decency and manners.