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*shakes fist angrily at rest of world and stalks off, muttering vile imprecations under her breath*
It always interests me when the powers that be protect the sensitivities of people by blatantly offending, or even discriminating against, others.
This world is so immensely fucked up.
People suck! Sometimes I forget people are jerks because I’m not an jerk by nature, so I tend to be shocked when people do such weird idiotic things. But then it just pisses me off twice as much because I’m angry AND confused.
How did they describe “MILK”? A movie about one man’s struggle with severe lactose intolerance? A vegan who was assassinated by a farmer for spreading vicious anti-diary propaganda?
Sorry for the rant.