Sofa Dogs Podcast

Record Date: January 13, 2016, 11:21 AM After more than a three-year hiatus, Couch Surfing returns. Jimmy Brown joins in for some social commentary, after John experiences verbal abuse from a Twitter mob because he dared to criticize a subjectively offensive joke (yes, really). 00:04:11 - John teases his primary opinion of the joke, before reading the initial tweets that came about from his speaking up.00:11:17 - John attempts to put things into much-needed perspective, so that listeners may better understand his original intentions.00:21:49 - Jimmy makes a point about the option to speak one's mind, versus the option to stay quiet. This leads to a discussion about double standards that exist within debates between genders.00:27:06 - John focuses on a number of people applying a straw man fallacy.00:33:31 - Jimmy gets to the root of the problem.00:38:58 - Feminism is discussed more, with John establishing his credibility within the movement.00:44:56 - They take time to unpack the joke, wherein John talks abou