I hate humor. This was the phrase that someone googled to get to HumorOutcasts.com. Yes, someone from Milwaukee, Wisconsin is so embittered with life, that he or she felt the need to search that phrase. Be it dumb luck or fate or coincidence, that search led to my Google entry of a post that was entitled “I Hate Bleepin’ Censorship”.
You might wonder how I know the embittered soul is from Milwaukee. Well, that is the advantage of having Google Analytics and an electrical engineering husband who has multiple patents in computer crap. I know that sounds disrespectful and I don’t mean it to be, but when I ask him “What is this patent for?” he answers, “Computer crap.” So, I started to think it was perhaps a technical term.
Anyway, I got off topic. This bitter Midwestern soul decided to click on my post, and lo and behold, he (for simplicity, I am calling the person he) hated it. Apparently, it offended his sense of morality. So, did he leave HumorOutcasts.com then? No, he spent another nine minutes on the site and settled upon another of my articles, “The Lesson of Karma”. He didn’t like this one either.
In fact, he got mad, and decided to make a stand. I can’t explain why these posts got him fired up because my posts are at worst–PG-13. I admit that some of the writers on HumorOutcasts or HO, as we have come to know the site, trip over the R-rating bar, but I have no problem with that and neither did the “I Hate Humor” guy because he didn’t care about those articles; he only picked on my articles.
For the record, the reason I started the site was that I hate censorship, and I hated that some sites tried to squelch the creative spirit in writers. To be fair to the sites, it was not always the people who ran them; at times it was a more conservative reading audience that made it difficult for writers to spread their creative wings. So, when I invited some writers to HO and accepted the work of others, I promised them that they would have virtually free rein with their work except when Google gets really pissed off with the subject or language and takes down its ads.
The other side of the coin of writing freedom is that readers are allowed the same liberty. If someone has a coherent thought or argument, they are welcome to voice their opinion. I tend to believe that a civil debate is a good thing.
Okay, back to my “fan” who decided he needed to comment. Now, normally I would say this was a courageous and bold move, but Mr. “I Hate Humor” left the comments anonymously. So right away, he turned from Mr. “I Hate Humor” into Mr. “I am a Big Stupid Cowardly Dick”. Oops, that might be a bad word. I hope he doesn’t get offended.
I actually would not have minded the anonymous comment if it didn’t turn into the rant of a crazy person. This is the comment on “I hate Bleepin’ Censorship”:
You’re so freakin’ deluded and your sarcasm sickens me.It’s people like you who lead to the downfall of society by thinking that you can just hide behind freedom and use it as an excuse to say and do whatever you want even if they’re harmful. Didn’t your parents teach you right?
Let me warn you this: If you take your freedom too far, you will pay the price. If you think that I’m kidding, then I dare you to go out into the world, be a big jerk to lots of people, and see if they don’t retaliate at you for that.
And apparently that comment was not enough. He left and then must have experienced an “Oh, I should have said this!” moment and came back to deliver another anger-filled diatribe on the same article.
No, you should get a life. Censorship will always exist whether you like it or not. Besides, I support it, And if you don’t like it, deal with it.
Then, he went over to another article that was posted about two weeks after the censorship one and left this gem anonymously.
I thought that this is good clean fun. How misleading. If you (and I mean anyone) want it to be good clean fun, then take away all that dirty fun from this section.
Did I delete the comments? No freaking way! Instead, I made Mr. I Hate Humor/I am a Big Stupid Cowardly Dick, the topic on my Twitter and Facebook feed. Oh, he got lots and lots of attention.
Do I have a point besides reliving my experience with this idiot? Yes, believe it or not I do. I stand by my position on censorship. This week, I read that a school system in Virginia is banning books such as Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five. A conservative Christian mother initiated the movement to ban literature she thought inappropriate. And a professor in Missouri is on the same mission. How can this be? Mr. I Hate Humor/I am a Big Stupid Cowardly Dick is what happens when we squash creativity in society. That small-minded person is the result of censorship.
I hope Mr. I Hate Humor/I am a Big Stupid Cowardly Dick comes back to the site and finds the courage to put his real name and email on a comment. But he won’t. Cowards like him are a dime a dozen. They like to spew their hatred in the name of morality or God or Christ and then sit back and pat themselves on the back for being “good” people.
Am I ticked off that he felt the need to try and insult me and threaten me? No, I don’t really care about him personally, but I do care that his mentality now runs rampant in the world. He is worried that my insignificant writing is going to be responsible for the downfall of society. He gives me too much credit. Well, I least I have the guts to put my name on what I write. Mr. I Hate Humor/ I Am a Big Stupid Cowardly Dick, you scream about the freedom to support censorship; yet, the person you screamed the most at about the need for censorship, didn’t stop your voice from being heard. Doesn’t that make you think?
Preach on, Sister…..I’m with Mike, when we limit what people can read, we curtail their ability to think for themselves which is just one step away from following the leader. It always amazes me that people like your “friend” there don’t use their ability to avoid their dislike by not reading rather than trying to convert everyone else. I say to each his own. As far as humor goes, if more people looked for the humor in this life, there’d be a lot less problems.
I don’t understand how people hate humor. It is so good for us physically and emotionally. I think this is why this guy is so bitter. Not everyone agrees with what we write but to hate all humor is a sad situation. Thanks Pattie.
Donna-
We’ve spoke via twitter and realized that we have philosophical differences, but that’s what makes America great!!!
YOU AND I DON’T HAVE TO AGREE ON ANYTHING!
This country affords us the right to agree to disagree. I think you’re a great writer and support you even if you are a libtard and I’m a right wing nutcase. That’s what makes this country great!
Keep up the good work and don’t let the bastards wear you down.
Bilijohn
Thanks Bill, I always do enjoy our lively discussions! 🙂 It was sweet of you to comment on this too.
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How Do Yo Like That fuckin’ comedians!!?
I always pity people who don’t know how to laugh. It’s really a shame that there are people like you who go through life bitter, stupid and cynical. Do you have friends or even family who care about you?
Our cowardly friend from Milwaukee came back for another visit. This was the person who was “upset” that some content in “good clean fun” didn’t belong there. Based on the above comment I guess this person didn’t really get offended given their use of the “F” word and their outstanding graphic capability. We deleted about 3 of the graphics from their comment because they made their point with the 3 we left and quite frankly they were just wasting space.
Amazing they once again came to the site by searching on Google, “I hate humor”. What a waste of time, he probably hates sunshine and puppy dogs too.
what kind of idiot spends ALL that time drawing a hand to give the finger? this is a very lonely person…sorry people laugh at you, donna is trying to write stuff that everyone can laugh WITH you donkey
sorry donna, could not help myself!
More than okay Julie, thanks. He is a lonely person but still an idiot. LOL First he threatens and then he sends “cartoons” 🙂
I would venture to say this guy probably knows a lot about being “a big jerk to lots of people” whose seen some retaliation.
Perhaps there are some books that should be censored like that one that talks about incest, castration, sadism and masochism. What’s it called? Oh yeah, the Bible.
HA HA Thanks Larry! He is a jerk and you are right – the Bible breaks all censorship rules
I believe if your art and/or writing isn’t offending someone you’re not trying hard enough. Bravo Donna for your hard work and excellent writing!
Thanks so much, Deb. Couldn’t do this without you!
Honestly, I think it was just a Troll.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)
None the less, I’m not a fan of censorship; even when I don’t agree with what’s being said. So while I doubt the sincerity of the person who left the idiotic comments, I don’t doubt your sincerity in disdaining censorship. Good for you Donna!
I like the picture of the troll. So attractive! Thanks so much Jack. I do appreciate the nice comment. They are far better to receive than mean ones
Someone has gotten “Slaughterhouse 5” banned from a high school? Sheeeessshhh! Kurt Vonnegut was one of the great American writers of the 20th Century, a fact that is now, finally, being fully recognized. We should not prevent students from reading his works.
What did that woman do — pick up the book, look for the “dirty parts” and skip the rest of it? If so, it’s her mind that needs some censoring, not the book.
That is exactly what happened. Apparently, it is “Rife with profanity and explicit sex”. Don’t get what is going on in this world. Not at all. The guy in Missouri was even worse. Sherlock Holmes is also on the chopping block.
Reading IS dangerous for the people brought up on FOX “news” and Rush Limbaugh, because it can lead to independent thinking (which is un-American, I think, or at least is apotential cause of scialism)!