Older liberals working at college campuses and in the media are realizing that they’re just not politically correct enough to satisfy younger Social Justice Warriors (SJW) who can be offended at anything.
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Justin Theroux — Mr. Jennifer Aniston — is facing criticism and a boycott over the new film he wrote, Zoolander 2.
SJW are claiming the film is offensive for its “representation of non-binary individuals” or people who don’t clearly define themselves as male or female.
The film features an androgynous character played by Benedict Cumberbatch who is asked by the lead characters if he’s “male or female” and if he has “a hot dog or a bun.” SJW say the character is portrayed in a cartoonish fashion and it is highly disrespectful that a non-transgendered actor is playing the character.
“By hiring a cis actor to play a non-binary individual in a clearly negative way, they film endorses harmful and dangerous perceptions of the queer community at large.”
More than 21,000 people have signed the petition that they are boycotting the film.
Theroux said the criticism caught him by surprise and hurt his feelings.
“I don’t even know what to make of it, because it hurts my feelings in a way. I take great care in the jokes I write, and the umbrage being taken is out of the context of the scene. I wish people would see the movie first. Satire is a thing that points out the idiots, and we went through it on Tropic Thunder with the ‘R’ word,” Theroux said to The Wrap.
The film Tropic Thunder received heavy criticism for use of the word “retard.”
“The goal was not to mock or be cruel to the mentally challenged, but exalt in the stupidity of people who use that word,” Theroux continued. “I’m all for letting words be ugly when the target is correct. With social media and all the rest of it, people’s issues need to be heard … at the end of the day, people are looking for bandwidth. People are looking for places to inject their voice. But our target is not, and never was, to disenfranchise anyone.”
Poor Theroux, lessons don’t matter. Humor is outlawed in the world according to Social Justice Warriors.
