MythTickle by Justin Thompson for December 04, 2023

Bi-Polar is right, it is insensitive. Anansi obviously is not sensitive calling others names but is very much so when called a name. Sounds like a lot of people I know – very self-centered.

There is insensitive, and there is also being frustrated by today’s short-fused, high-offense society.

Oh! My!! Cat!!! Yes!!! Anything you say, can & probably will be held against you!!! Yes, people DO make incredibly thoughtless, stupid, insane comments, but, to be rudely yelled at for saying “Happy Thanksgiving” or “Merry Christmas” is just too awful. Fine. You have no use for religion, or “ancient people who did wrong things”. Just smile & say thank you, but I don’t celebrate holidays, or some such thing. Don’t yell at me.

I got into an argument with one fellow who insisted it was fine to refer to Muslims as “Mohammedans,” because they followed the teachings of Mohammed (or however anyone chooses to spell it). I pointed out that Muslims don’t approve of being called Mohammedans. Although I can’t recall his exact phrasing in response, it was something to the effect that they should “get over” being concerned with how other people chose to describe them.

Then, since he was Roman Catholic (and frequently brought that into conversation), I asked if he objected to being called a “papist,” since he followed the authority of the Pope (at least as long as the Pope wasn’t taking a liberal line as Francis does). He acknowledged that he found “papist” a very offensive term. The corollary regarding Muslims, however, still seemed to completely go over his head.

The web material doesn’t come from the spider spitting, but we understand the censor’s are watching. Bill Mauldin had a WWII cartoon where an under impressed army cook commented about a general officer coming for dinner said, “Another dang mouth to feed, and his spit don’t smell like ice cream.” GIs knew the uncensored word without him spelling it out.

Little Miss Muffett, sat on a tuffett

Eating her curds and whey.

Along came a spidder, and set down agin’ er

And said, shall I refill your bowl, dear?

(No apologies necessary to the Diceman)

I call ‘em ’rock doves’.

Life can be insensitive, but that’s no excuse to stop living.

Ever heard of Pigeon Pie? The fatter the tastier.

Any comment calculated to be offensive, is. And by the way, Mohamedan isn’t equivalent in terms of actual meaning to ‘’Jesusian’, or Cristian. The term Islam means more than someone who follows the teachings of Mohamed, and this from someone who is far more familiar about both than anyone should be and doesn’t ‘believe’ in either.

Hey! Anansi has no leave to abuse poor Bi-Polar Bear!

Wing’drats were less of a problem when po’folk ate them.