Mitch Hedberg on the distinction between labels and the things to which they are applied:
I just bought a 2-bedroom house, but it’s up to me, isn’t it, how many bedrooms there are? Fuck you, real estate lady! This bedroom has a oven in it! This bedroom’s got a lot of people sitting around watching TV. This bedroom is A.K.A. a hallway.
“What happens if you say that and someone gets offended?” “Well they can be offended. [..] Now you have adults going ‘I was offended! I was offended and I have rights!’. Well so what? Be offended. Nothing happens”.
Steve Hughes. (link: confusion is in the mind, not the territory—so is offensiveness).
Mitch Hedberg on the distinction between labels and the things to which they are applied:
And more Mitch Hedburg, illustrating how redrawing the map won’t alter the territory.
“What happens if you say that and someone gets offended?” “Well they can be offended. [..] Now you have adults going ‘I was offended! I was offended and I have rights!’. Well so what? Be offended. Nothing happens”.
Steve Hughes. (link: confusion is in the mind, not the territory—so is offensiveness).