[FlannelPancake]

> Well, that depends.

I don't know if it really does in this case, because...

> are you black and joking about athleticism

To extend our metaphor, the guy in the article is not black. He's very white and making a joke about segregation. To a public audience. While drunk. Then he decides to slip in a little slavery joke (i.e. the "you're lucky he didn't put a vibrator in your ear" part).

Again, if an adult is unable to see why it's a dumb decision to make that joke to a public, anonymous audience, then that person probably shouldn't be allowed to make any important decisions. They're clearly severely lacking in situational awareness.

> Of course you don't want someone that disagrees with you over X making decisions on Y and Z... Everyone is going to draw their interpretations from different value systems...

Ah, the old moral relativism argument. I think we're done here if that's what it's coming down to. You're right: That is a boring conversation to have.