TAGS: Self Censorship

Censoring Self over Jokes - Contribution Made at the San Mateo County History Museum and Redwood City Library March/April 2007

The following story of self-censorship was submitted anonymously on 1/27/2009

I sometimes laugh with people who make jokes that are demeaning when actually I am insulted and should say something about it. It’s hard to speak against a joke because they are not being serious in the first place.