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An Aesop is now definition-only, moving to a more-fitting trope.
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* AnAesop
** Be careful what you say online (or anywhere to anyone) because what you might think is a joke may be considered offensive.
** On the flip side, don't hate someone just because they say things you may not agree with. Sometimes, they may not even mean what they say.
** Be careful what you say online (or anywhere to anyone) because what you might think is a joke may be considered offensive.
** On the flip side, don't hate someone just because they say things you may not agree with. Sometimes, they may not even mean what they say.
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* InternetSafetyAesop: Be careful what you say, ''especially'' online. What you might think is a joke may be considered offensive, and combined with how people tend to overreact on...certain websites, risking kicking the proverbial hornet's nest isn't worth it for the sake of a joke.
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* WhatWereYouThinking: Lois says this verbatim when calling out Brian for writing the tweet.
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** Everyone who hates Brian are ''definitely'' all over the place with this trope, notably, during Brian's apology to the mob. Him saying "ladies and gentlemen" is seen as sexist by the men because he said "ladies" first. Then he corrects it to "gentlemen and ladies," but then the ladies find it sexist. ''Then'' he says "humans in the audience," which offends ''one'' guy (and therefore angering the crowd again) because '''he identifies as a basketball'''. It just keeps getting more ridiculous from there until Brian finally snaps.
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** Everyone who hates Brian are ''definitely'' all over the place with this trope, notably, during Brian's apology to the mob.mob is met with this at every turn. Him saying "ladies and gentlemen" is seen as sexist by the men because he said "ladies" first. Then he corrects it to "gentlemen and ladies," but then the ladies find it sexist. ''Then'' he says "humans in the audience," which offends ''one'' guy (and therefore angering the crowd again) because '''he identifies as a basketball'''. It just keeps getting more ridiculous from there until Brian finally snaps.
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* PoliticalOvercorrectness: Everyone who hates Brian are ''definitely'' all over the place with this trope, notably, during Brian's apology to the mob. Him saying "ladies and gentlemen" is seen as sexist by the men because he said "ladies" first. Then he corrects it to "gentlemen and ladies," but then the ladies find it sexist. ''Then'' he says "humans in the audience," which offends ''one'' guy (and therefore angering the crowd again) because '''he identifies as a basketball'''. It just keeps getting more ridiculous from there until Brian finally snaps.
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* PoliticalOvercorrectness: All over the place, bordering on PoliticalCorrectnessIsEvil.
** Everyone who hates Brian are ''definitely'' all over the place with this trope, notably, during Brian's apology to the mob. Him saying "ladies and gentlemen" is seen as sexist by the men because he said "ladies" first. Then he corrects it to "gentlemen and ladies," but then the ladies find it sexist. ''Then'' he says "humans in the audience," which offends ''one'' guy (and therefore angering the crowd again) because '''he identifies as a basketball'''. It just keeps getting more ridiculous from there until Brian finallysnaps.snaps.
** The students at the local college rally to have a professor fired just for ''telling his students to have a nice day''. Why, you may ask? Because, to quote the student who told Brian about it "Because in our systematic oppressive culture, ''no day'' is a nice day", therefore the professor committed a microaggression.
** Despite having nothing to do with Brian's tweet, the rest of the Griffin family are shunned (and later, ''outright attacked''), purely because of [[GuiltByAssociationGag their association with Brian]]. They end up having to kick him out to save themselves, otherwise the mob wouldn't have stopped.
** While [[JustJokingJustification using the fact that you're joking]] as an excuse to say whatever you like is not okay, Brian genuinely ''was'' joking, and he got his life ruined for it. Compounding the point tenfold, the sensitivity mob react to being told it was a joke with "There's no such thing as jokes anymore" and "We live in a post-joke world".
** On the subject of Brian's failed apology, the last straw is when, after the mob goes all GrammarNazi on him and he tells them to calm down, they get even angrier because telling them to calm down constitutes "tone-policing".
** One member of the mob even says that anything that makes them uncomfortable in this day and age should be ''illegal''.
** Everyone who hates Brian are ''definitely'' all over the place with this trope, notably, during Brian's apology to the mob. Him saying "ladies and gentlemen" is seen as sexist by the men because he said "ladies" first. Then he corrects it to "gentlemen and ladies," but then the ladies find it sexist. ''Then'' he says "humans in the audience," which offends ''one'' guy (and therefore angering the crowd again) because '''he identifies as a basketball'''. It just keeps getting more ridiculous from there until Brian finally
** The students at the local college rally to have a professor fired just for ''telling his students to have a nice day''. Why, you may ask? Because, to quote the student who told Brian about it "Because in our systematic oppressive culture, ''no day'' is a nice day", therefore the professor committed a microaggression.
** Despite having nothing to do with Brian's tweet, the rest of the Griffin family are shunned (and later, ''outright attacked''), purely because of [[GuiltByAssociationGag their association with Brian]]. They end up having to kick him out to save themselves, otherwise the mob wouldn't have stopped.
** While [[JustJokingJustification using the fact that you're joking]] as an excuse to say whatever you like is not okay, Brian genuinely ''was'' joking, and he got his life ruined for it. Compounding the point tenfold, the sensitivity mob react to being told it was a joke with "There's no such thing as jokes anymore" and "We live in a post-joke world".
** On the subject of Brian's failed apology, the last straw is when, after the mob goes all GrammarNazi on him and he tells them to calm down, they get even angrier because telling them to calm down constitutes "tone-policing".
** One member of the mob even says that anything that makes them uncomfortable in this day and age should be ''illegal''.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: Brian attempts to tweet about how he was kidding about watching the new Kevin Hart movie. Unfortunately, because also he tweeted, "I'm white and went to college #[=BaywatchMovie=]", many people interpreted it as Brian being racist towards black people and then turn on him big time.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: Brian attempts to tweet about how he was kidding about watching the new Kevin Hart movie. Unfortunately, because he also he tweeted, "I'm white and went to college #[=BaywatchMovie=]", many people interpreted it as Brian being racist towards black people and then turn on him big time.
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** On the flip side, don’t hate someone just because they say things you may not agree with. Sometimes, they may not even mean what they say.
* AdultsAreUseless: To Brian after he posts the tweet. Everyone turns on them relentlessly.
* AdultsAreUseless: To Brian after he posts the tweet. Everyone turns on them relentlessly.
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** On the flip side, don’t don't hate someone just because they say things you may not agree with. Sometimes, they may not even mean what they say.
* AdultsAreUseless: To Brian after he posts the tweet. Everyone turns on them relentlessly.
* AdultsAreUseless: To Brian after he posts the tweet. Everyone turns on them relentlessly.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: Brian attempts to tweet about how he was kidding about watching the new Kevin Hart movie. Unfortunately, because also he tweeted, “I’m white and went to college #[=BaywatchMovie=]”, many people interpreted it as Brian being racist towards black people and then turn on him big time.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: Brian attempts to tweet about how he was kidding about watching the new Kevin Hart movie. Unfortunately, because also he tweeted, “I’m "I'm white and went to college #[=BaywatchMovie=]”, #[=BaywatchMovie=]", many people interpreted it as Brian being racist towards black people and then turn on him big time.
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* WorldOfJerkass: Everyone except Brian in the town of Quahog here.
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* WorldOfJerkass: Everyone except Brian in the town of Quahog here.here.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: Brian attempts to tweet about how he was kidding about watching the new Kevin Hart movie. Unfortunately, because also he tweeted, “I’m white and went to college #BaywatchMovie”, many people interpreted it as Brian being racist towards black people and then turn on him big time.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: Brian attempts to tweet about how he was kidding about watching the new Kevin Hart movie. Unfortunately, because also he tweeted, “I’m white and went to college #BaywatchMovie”, #[=BaywatchMovie=]”, many people interpreted it as Brian being racist towards black people and then turn on him big time.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: Brian attempts to tweet about how he was kidding about watching the new Kevin Hart movie. Unfortunately, because also he tweeted, “I’m white and went to college #BaywatchMovie”, many people interpreted it as Brian being racist towards black people and then turn on him big time.
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Strawman Has A Point is YMMV, replacing with the original entry.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint:
** Brian pointed out that Peter did stuff that was so much worse than what Brian did and he didn't get kicked out or sent to jail. He also pointed to the angry mob that there are many worse tweets and posts that people look at online, but nobody cares, and they worry about minor things.
** Lois not only called out Brian's stupidity in posting a tweet like that, but she did have a good point about kicking Brian out. Not only is Brian a pariah, but it affected them as well even getting death threats and things thrown at their house.
** Brian pointed out that Peter did stuff that was so much worse than what Brian did and he didn't get kicked out or sent to jail. He also pointed to the angry mob that there are many worse tweets and posts that people look at online, but nobody cares, and they worry about minor things.
** Lois not only called out Brian's stupidity in posting a tweet like that, but she did have a good point about kicking Brian out. Not only is Brian a pariah, but it affected them as well even getting death threats and things thrown at their house.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Lois not only called out Brian's stupidity in posting a tweet like that, but she did have a good point about kicking Brian out. Not only is Brian a pariah, but it affected them as well even getting death threats and things thrown at their house.
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* [[Strawoman has a Point/Strawman Has a Point]]: Lois not only called out Brian's stupidity in posting a tweet like that, but she did have a good point about kicking Brian out. Not only is Brian a pariah, but it affected them as well even getting death threats and things thrown at their house.
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* [[Strawoman has a Point/Strawman Has a Point]]: StrawmanHasAPoint: Lois not only called out Brian's stupidity in posting a tweet like that, but she did have a good point about kicking Brian out. Not only is Brian a pariah, but it affected them as well even getting death threats and things thrown at their house.
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** The entire town ostracizes Brian, and then the Griffins, only because of Brian's ill-advised tweet, despite the Griffins having done much worse in the past and the tweet itself being intended as nothing more than a joke.
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** The entire town ostracizes Brian, and then the Griffins, only because of Brian's ill-advised tweet, despite the Griffins having done much worse in nothing to do the past tweet Brian sent and the tweet itself being intended as nothing more than a joke.
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** Brian pointed out that Peter did stuff that was so much worse than what Brian did and he didn't get kicked out or sent to jail. He also pointed to the angry mob that there are many worse tweets and posts that people look at online, but nobody cares, and they worry about minor things.
** Lois not only called out Brian's stupidity in posting a tweet like that, but she did have a good point about kicking Brian out. Not only is Brian a pariah, but it affected them as well even getting death threats and things thrown at their house.
** Brian pointed out that Peter did stuff that was so much worse than what Brian did and he didn't get kicked out or sent to jail. He also pointed to the angry mob that there are many worse tweets and posts that people look at online, but nobody cares, and they worry about minor things.
** Lois not only called out Brian's stupidity in posting a tweet like that, but she did have a good point about kicking Brian out. Not only is Brian a pariah, but it affected them as well even getting death threats and things thrown at their house.
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* [[Strawoman has a Point/Strawman Has a Point]]: Lois not only called out Brian's stupidity in posting a tweet like that, but she did have a good point about kicking Brian out. Not only is Brian a pariah, but it affected them as well even getting death threats and things thrown at their house.
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-->'''Brian:''' You know what? '''Fuck you!''' I'm not a racist, all right? I just told a bad joke. There's a huge difference. But nobody on the internet ever takes the time to ask themselves, "Is this worth freaking out over?" or, "Are there bigger problems in the world than this tweet?" Well, I assure you, there are. And just for the record, I love black people. I've watched tons of black porn. So, what do you all want from me, huh? You-you want to ruin my life? Then congratulations. You did it. Everybody hates me. I can't leave the house without getting harassed. No one will hire me. I can't turn on my phone without strangers telling me to kill myself or that they're gonna kill my family. Leave me alone! ''I'M'' the self-righteous, liberal douchebag, not you! I've kissed a transsexual before! How many of you can say that?! Where's my fucking medal?!! '''''I am so far left, I'm spinning in circles, you shitheads!!! INSTEAD OF KILLING MYSELF, I SHOULD KILL ALL OF YOU!!!'''''\\
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-->'''Brian:''' You know what? '''Fuck you!''' '''[[PrecisionFStrike Fuck you!]]''' (''everyone gasps'') I'm not a racist, all right? I just told a bad joke. There's a huge difference. But nobody on the internet ever takes the time to ask themselves, "Is this worth freaking out over?" or, "Are there bigger problems in the world than this tweet?" Well, I assure you, there are. And just for the record, I love black people. I've watched tons of black porn. So, what do you all want from me, huh? You-you want to ruin my life? Then congratulations. You did it. Everybody hates me. I can't leave the house without getting harassed. No one will hire me. ('''Stewie:''' That's been a problem before.) I can't turn on my phone without strangers telling me to kill myself or that they're gonna kill my family. Leave me alone! ''I'M'' the self-righteous, liberal douchebag, not you! I've kissed a transsexual before! How many of you can say that?! Where's my fucking medal?!! '''''I am so far left, I'm spinning in circles, you shitheads!!! INSTEAD OF KILLING MYSELF, I SHOULD KILL ALL OF YOU!!!'''''\\
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* PersonaNonGrata: The main conflict of the episode.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Chris and Meg deliver devastating ones to every member of the mob that attacks them. And it is epic.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Chris and Meg deliver devastating ones to every member of the mob that attacks them. And it is epic.''epic''.
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** On the flip side, don’t hate someone just because they say things you may not agree with.
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** On the flip side, don’t hate someone just because they say things you may not agree with. Sometimes, they may not even mean what they say.
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** Be careful what you say online because what you might think is a joke may be considered offensive.
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** Don’t hate someone just because they say things you may not agree with.
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** Don’t On the flip side, don’t hate someone just because they say things you may not agree with.
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Chris and Meg's actions qualify as self-defense, since the mob not only instigated the confrontation, but were the ones to escalate it to lethal force, as Chris and Meg largely just smacked students with their trays until Chris' broke into stakes, at which point the other students made clear they wouldn't back down and brought out other weapons like glass bottles and knives.
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** The entire town ostracizes Brian, and then the Griffins, only because of Brian's ill-advised tweet, despite the Griffins having done much worse in the past and the tweet itself being intended as nothing more than a joke. In this same episode, Meg and Chris brutally massacre most of the students harassing them at lunch, but this incident is never brought up again.
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** The entire town ostracizes Brian, and then the Griffins, only because of Brian's ill-advised tweet, despite the Griffins having done much worse in the past and the tweet itself being intended as nothing more than a joke. In this same episode, Meg and Chris brutally massacre most of the students harassing them at lunch, but this incident is never brought up again.
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* KarmaHoudini: PlayedForLaughs. Meg and Chris brutally fight their way through the mob of students harassing them at lunch, clearly ''killing'' most if not all of them, but in typical ''Family Guy'' fashion, this incident is never brought up again and it's not indicated if they face any punishment for it. [[HypocriticalHumor Even though Brian is ostracized to the point where he has to move out]] [[DisproportionateRetribution simply for writing a bad tweet]].
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* TeensAreMonsters: Everyone at the school as well as Meg and Chris themselves, who beat everyone up.
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* TeensAreMonsters: Everyone at the school as well as Meg and attempts to bully Chris themselves, who beat everyone up.and Meg for not speaking out against Brian's tweet, causing the situation to escalate into a full on brawl with both sides fully intending on ''murdering'' each other.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Brian gives his speech about how everyone should use their heads instead of ruining his life over a tweet he posted.
* TeensAreMonsters: Everyone at the school as well as Meg and Chris themselves, who beat everyone up.
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* TeensAreMonsters: Everyone at the school as well as Meg and Chris themselves, who beat everyone up.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Brian gives his speech about how everyone should use their heads instead of ruining his life over a tweet he posted.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Brian gives his speech about how everyone should use their heads instead of ruining his life over a tweet he posted.
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* GuiltByAssociationGag: Because of being associated with Brian, Chris and Meg are ostracized by the other kids, Lois is shunned at the grocery store, and Peter gets rejected by his friends, complete with Joe threatening to arrest Peter because of Brian's actions. All this happens despite them being just as annoyed at Brian as everybody else was. That said, the moment Brian's kicked out, the town stops going after them.
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* GuiltByAssociationGag: Because of being associated with Brian, Chris and Meg are ostracized by the other kids, Lois is shunned at the grocery store, and Peter gets rejected by his friends, complete with Joe threatening to arrest Peter because of Brian's actions. All this happens despite them being just as annoyed at Brian as everybody else was. That said, the The moment Brian's kicked out, the town stops going after them.them and resumes their lives as if nothing happened.
