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Oh, so it's simple political correctness when you take umbrage to negative stereotyping about where you grew up, a place where you still have many ties, both emotional and familial? Funny, I thought it was self-defense. Or not allowing yourself to be insulted without a fight.

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[wcg.livejournal.com]

I've found that many people trot out the "political correctness" label when they want to be just rude.

[calebbullen.livejournal.com]

Feel free to make all the fat and drunk or politically corrupt and mob run jokes about Chicago, you want. I love em!

But really, the joke doesn't work without the negative stereotyping. Sometimes you have to go along with a negative stereotype to make a joke work. LIke when someone uses me as an example in a cheap or rich Jew joke. I'm clearly not good with money and will spend any I have on anyone. But to make the joke work, I go along.

Humor is bigger than all of us.