personally i find truther more offensive than asshole.

I strongly doubt people of color are more likely do get raped because of their skin. It's like the wage gap feminists whine about and prison sentence gap the MRAs whine about. To blame those things on sexism or racism is to ignore very obvious variables that have nothing to do with race or sex of the individuals concerned.

Belittling would mean that those things aren't little to begin with. And I think they are. Many people need excuses for their failed lives, so they need to pin it on society instead of taking responsibility. For example even if I accept that people of color have a harder time finding jobs... it's still the responsiblity of every individual if they fail at it. Think of it like this: If an ugly face gives you a harder time finding a girlfriend, do you whine about society preferring pretty faces? No, you hit the gym and get a hot body instead. And the same thing can be done about every of the so-called hardships of minorities and women.

I agree with you.

Have to laugh every time I hear someone saying western women are an oppressed class

No,no,no,no. Don't for one second mistake this thread as equal to a personal story about being body shamed.

This is one guy (well, a few people actually) taking opinions of a very small segment of people on the internet, projecting them out onto society as a whole, and then claiming that society is being hypocritical and unfair to groups that, in a genearal sense, don't suffer the kind of injustices being presented. Since the majority of society doesn't perscripe to the opinions in the OP.

1. Saying "men are horrible" in normal society is NOT acceptable.

2. Saying "White peope need to stop commiting crimes" is both something your unlikely to ever actually here, and isn't something that's going to garner any sort of agreement pretty much no matter who you're with.

3. It is totally acceptable in most instances to say you prefer skinny people. What isn't okay, is to shame somebody for being skinny.

4.  Not only is it okay to say that Muslims need to reform their issues, but if someone says that than it is a particularly level headed conversation on the topic.

5. What the fuck is a heterosexual joke?

6. If you think it's not okay to tell jokes about liberals, you aren't spending enough time with conservatives.

The complaints in the OP are not societal problems. My issue, and what I find offensive, is that I'm supposed to be upset over made up bs like this.

This OP is for people who live in a bubble.

What would that article be, exactley? What would it look like? What's the headline?

"8 black people say something shitty about white people over gorilla incident:"? It isn't news worthy. Those are just 8 random people being shitty on Twitter.

Oh, and to avoid any confusion going forward....No, talking about people getting death threats is not the same.

Was talking about gender in that specific example.

Edit: I should point out that your example isn't very good. When choosing something as personal as a significant other, any and everything becomes a factor. When a business is choosing an employee, race is not a legitimate factor in making that decision.

And of course it's our responsibility as individuals to work to make our lives better. But you can work through your disadvantages and speak up about injustices you see in the world around you.

OP is basically a giant, unsubstantiated strawman fallacy.

Welcome to the internet and the PC people...

I couldn't care less about jokes... I have been "victim" of bullying for my whole school life and see no problem with it. And I'll keep doing my jokes with my friends, which are gay, black, women and of course hetero, white/yellow and men.

Since they know what I truly think they know it's a joke and the ones that don't know me and want to judge, I couldn't care less about their opinion.

could you tell me one of these "Straight jokes"? I've never heard one and now I'm curious.

OP is basically a giant, unsubstantiated strawman fallacy.