And I would agree with you that saying "you can't take a joke" is a slight indicator of malice. It's still only a slight one, however. Not all indicators have the same amount of strength. A person making an ethnic joke who gets embarrassed when challenged on it is not, IMO, the same as a person who publishes a book of ethnic jokes and says "They can't take a joke, can they? Humorless twits!" about people who object to one or two of the jokes in it, nor is it the same as a person who makes egregiously, overtly, and maliciously racist statements in addition to telling racist jokes.
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Date: 2006-04-11 07:02 pm (UTC)