Thanks, ryhog. I fully understand your point, and i agree. But I'm a little confused by the fact that it was The Advocate, not RR, that chose to quote those three tweets -- and only those three -- that I was referring to out of (apparently) lots of other tweets and quotes that many people consider offensive. Why do you suppose that is?
When I posted my question above, I had only read the three quotes in The Advocate article, but now that I have been made aware of and have read some of the others, I completely understand. To cite one example, that tweet at the expense of Asians -- the one that Wayman quoted -- was really cheap and offensive, in my opinion, and far more obviously so that the "MISS JENKINS" tweet and the one about the black and white cookies. |
