Dobbs sign at Gameday - funny or mean?

#54
#54
apparently making fun of someone with a medical condition is hilarious, luckily I Doubt Dobbs cares at all, nothing phases him
 
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#55
My take is it's fine to make tasteless jokes when generalizing. It's different when you single people out and make it personal. That's the way I've always seen it. I love dark humor though. Some people are more sensitive than other and I don't hang with those people very long. This is different. It's mindless numbness and I have even a shorter attention span for that then singling individuals out. It just means you have no thought process going on upstairs.
 
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BruisedOrange said:
Tasteless humor has been around forever. But there's a special kind of conscience-free cruelty that happens when society tries to use "political correctness" to replace an ethical system ultimately based on individual accountability before a Higher Being.

People know they can weigh the choice whether to conform to political correctness, with limited fallout if they reject it. Their only dissuasion is public shaming from people they probably don't respect anyway.

The other ethical system (call it lower-case c christian) encourages treating every individual with the same respect (golden rule) irrespectively... whether they are disabled, wealthy, ignorant, or famous. IMHO it's healthier to believe you will stand accountable before a God who's motivated by an unchanging standard and love for every person, than to face a thousand arbitrary, usually anonymous, "fairness" judges in a mini-universe of social media.

But maybe those low brow signs were politically correct--it depends on how you profile Dobbs. Political correctness protects identity groups rather than individuals. And some identity groups are politically in-correct, so there's no call for treating those people nicely or respectfully.

If Dobbs is profiled as a victim (genetic disease, racial minority, compromised in appearance, generating dollars without receiving cash renumeration) then the eyebrow jokes are politically incorrect and thus, wrong.

But if the jokes were aimed at Dobbs as a member of the predatory ruling class (male, college football star, BMOC, and potential engineer for a defense contractor/arms dealer) then those jokes are politically correct and deserved.

It's complicated, but that's why political correctness is a hallmark of sophistication. It's incomprehensible to lowly rubes like us, clinging to our guns and Bibles.
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#58
#58
It's like A&M is trying too hard. This actually makes me think we're in their head a little bit.
 
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#59
Morning Vols,

I never knew Dobbs suffered with an autoimmune disorder until this morning. As someone who's high school sweetheart suffered with bouts of alopecia I can certainly sympathize with him living with this condition. I'm also not one who gets their jollies making fun of how other people look, but unfortunatley I guess that does it for some folks. FWIW, the idiots who brought those signs are getting absolutely lit up on the TexAgs pay board too, so we're not too happy about it either.

Hoping for a competitive, injury free game today. Looking forward to enjoying college football at its finest, win or lose. Cheers!
 
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GAVol said:
Having a medical condition where your immune system causes you to lose hair sounds absolutely hilarious to me.
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The disorder is called Alopecia and it is not hilarious! Alopecia areata is a type of hair loss that occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles , which is where hair growth begins.
 
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#63
Let's lighten up. I doubt there is widespread knowledge that he has a medical condition. I don't think most average Vol fans know.
 
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TucsonVol said:
The disorder is called Alopecia and it is not hilarious! Alopecia areata is a type of hair loss that occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles , which is where hair growth begins.
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Bruh.
 
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#65
about middle of 3rd qtr.till end of game T A-M fans gonna find out more about DOBBS &CO. than they can ever imagine knowing. Colton Jumper needs to quit revealing 1 of our formulas for success. WGWTFA !:yahoo:
 
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#67
On another note, I saw sign that showed Butch's band picture from high school with the caption "Nobody blew harder than Butch". Lol
 
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TucsonVol said:
The disorder is called Alopecia and it is not hilarious! Alopecia areata is a type of hair loss that occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles , which is where hair growth begins.
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Your lack of an ability to detect sarcasm sounds like a medical condition to me
 
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There's a good chance at least some of this is born of ignorance. I posted something about it a couple of weeks ago, and despite being a regular here I actually didn't know it was a medical issue. When I found out, I felt badly about it. It's just not common knowledge past your fan base.
 
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#74
#74
its pretty pathetic man. He has Alopecia, his mother has been through alot as well. Hes one of the classiest kids in all of college athletics and hes a special kid. I dont see how ppl can take personal shots at the guy.
 
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GAVol said:
Having a medical condition where your immune system causes you to lose hair sounds absolutely hilarious to me.
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Wow obviously you have never been around someone with alopecia. Auto immune disorders are horrible not hilarious, I'm going to assume and hope that you are a prepubescent teen and you should do research before making comments like that.
 
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