‘Seinfeld’ is the latest TV classic to offend millennials over jokes about ‘Soup Nazi,’ same-sex relationships (propaganda, New York)

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by Hopelesscause

Seinfeld and Friends were a blot on the 90s. Neither had any racial diversity to speak of even though they were both supposed to occur in diverse NYC.

They were a blot on your idea of the 90s. The rest of us loved the show about nothing.

Kramer did have a black attorney. Is that diverse enough for you?

[bawac34618]

Leave it to Beaver offends me. Not because there's anything inherently wrong with the show. It's because that's what conservatives believe is the world was really like in the 1950s and they want to force us all to turn back the clock.

[turkeydance]

"I'm sure if you ask enough people someone will even claim the weather forecasts on TV are offensive."
yeah, with all that Black ice on the roads with the Chinook winds, and the Mammatus clouds.

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by bawac34618

Leave it to Beaver offends me. Not because there's anything inherently wrong with the show. It's because that's what conservatives believe is the world was really like in the 1950s and they want to force us all to turn back the clock.

That is Pence's dream.

[buddy5]

Originally Posted by bawac34618

Leave it to Beaver offends me. Not because there's anything inherently wrong with the show. It's because that's what conservatives believe is the world was really like in the 1950s and they want to force us all to turn back the clock.

I grew up in the fifties, that is the way it was.

[HockeyMac18]

Originally Posted by buddy5

I grew up in the fifties, that is the way it was.

lol...no it wasn't.

[moneill]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

this is exactly why jerry seinfeld refuses to do stand-up at college campuses.

These 13 Jokes From 'Seinfeld' Are Super Offensive Now — Yes, That Includes The "Soup Nazi"
https://www.bustle.com/p/these-13-jo...-nazi-10191949

So is this bustle.com a new media outlet (no I didn't click on your link). Never heard of them.

Had to look up this bustle media site -- never heard of it.

I see bustle is suppose to be a women's magazine that was created by a guy.

Meh -- not taking what one of their writers says as a thing as a thing.

[moneill]

And do you know any millenials that even care about Jerry Seinfeld. They wouldn't pay to see him.

Think of it -- that would have been like if we went to see Bob Hope on campus -- it wouldn't have happened.

He doesn't play the campus because it doesn't pay enough -- not a big enough venue...and the kids don't care for his humor.

And I would argue it isn't those young people who don't watch tv, who don't listen to radio and who don't care about the older comics who are concerned about the content in each of those.

[HockeyMac18]

Originally Posted by moneill

And do you know any millenials that even care about Jerry Seinfeld. They wouldn't pay to see him.

Think of it -- that would have been like if we went to see Bob Hope on campus -- it wouldn't have happened.

He doesn't play the campus because it doesn't pay enough -- not a big enough venue...and the kids don't care for his humor.

And I would argue it isn't those young people who don't watch tv, who don't listen to radio and who don't care about the older comics who are concerned about the content in each of those.

Millennials aren't in college, and haven't been in most cases for over a decade. Many are nearing 40. Do you know that it is 2018, not 2005?

And everyone I grew up with (millennial here) loved Seinfeld. Whatever...

[Pilot1]

I don't allow things to have enough power over me to be offensive. If I don't like something, I ignore it. Nobody is forcing anyone to watch Seinfeld, nor Leave it to Beaver. If either of them actually offend you maybe consider therapy, or changing the channel.