Reply To: [TW: rape] Helping Sea Monkeys with triggers (at karaoke and otherwise), was: JCCC4 Post-Mortem
Nobody has called anybody a monster. Nobody has said anybody’s interpretation of song lyrics is callous or unsympathetic. I have also seen zero people claim that thoughtful people never make mistakes. That’s absurd. Everyone makes mistakes.
What people have said (me included) is that launching into a debate about whether a song should be considered offensive or triggery after a person specifically said they were triggered by it comes off as insensitive.
Note that I did not say the people who did so were insensitive. This is because I follow the wisdom of Jay Smooth. (But substitute “that sounded insensitive” for “that sounded racist.”)
Back to my original point about making sure everyone knows the Code of Conduct applies to all material performed on karaoke and elsewhere: The Code of Conduct specifically says no calling slurs about race, gender or sexuality. “Blurred Lines” repeatedly calls women “bitches.”