while cancel culture reigns in the States, else where, a semblance of common sense still remains. As i reflected and watched i saw people like Trevor Noah being attacked by an interviewer for making jokes that he was Milk Chocolate, his parents were dark chocolate and white chocolate because one was a black the other was a white.
i saw Trevor’s class in the video contrasted with the narrow minded interviewer’s absolutely bigoted attempts to force the narrative that his joke about the colour of his skin were offensive. to a black such as herself.
The role of comedy then had that moment of glory where it stood for something more than a platform to make fun of people, but to highlight the hypocrisy of people in power. People who fight for inclusivity of but at the same time force feed their ideology down people’s throats. The modern day dictator uses social media. They label other nations as socialist and oppressive. In the same breath, they control social media platforms and eradicate ideas that do not align with theirs. The taking down of the book ” When Harry became Sally” from Amazon being an example.
They have taken a world of diverse thinking and made it a monolith.
The modern dictator dosnt need to burn books. They just need to control the spread of ideas and shut down anyone who questions them.
Its interesting to note that just 25 years ago when i was still in school, we were breaking out of an oppressive society that locked down freedom of expression. Where stars like Eminem who started off criticized for his lyrics became accepted as a norm. A society which painted people who wished to live without using offensive expletives as offensive.
Now, its taken a regressive step. People can no longer say for certain if a person is a man or woman for fear of offending someone else. 25 years later, men participate in women’s sports. And people praise it because they are living their own truth. While people who speak up against groups like LGBT are condemned for the exact same thing.
I wonder what will happen given another 10 years. How decadent society would have become.
At least in Singapore per sae, i pray that our society would recognize that a person with a male genitalia is a man, and a person with female genitalia is a woman. I believe there will be a pushback. A time when people regain their sanity to be able to once again say 1 + 1 = 2.