What does a Politically Correct Sense of Humor look like?

I am growing more and more concerned about what seems to be America's loss of a sense of humor.

The air is filled with perversion and vulgarity which should be
appalling yet it is permitted under the guise of 'Freedom of Speech'. However, at all costs we are politically correct in all other aspects of media to the point that we have silenced laughter--unless it is the
product of profanity-laced sexual innuendos. Yet, to derrogatively
speak of homosexuality as a lifestyle, humorous or not, is now career assasination.

Want to crack a joke about someone's culturally-influenced choices? Go for it, but prepare the next day for a suspension to be inforced by your employer.

My whole life I've been made fun because of my hillbilly vernacular. As well, my taste in food, the type of women I'm attracted to, my inherited southern drawl and even my choice of religion have each been humorously scrutinized at one point or another. This personal life history has led me to the opinion that while it can many times go to far, most often humorous discourse builds continuity as we strive to understand each other's culture.

I was once told, "Never let anyone laugh at you, always laugh with them." Possession and practice of this truth has kept me out of many fights and calmed my temper more times than I could ever count.

America, I humbly request that regardless of which culture you come from, stop taking yourself so seriously. Never should we empower rude humiliation, but each of us can surely realize that some things about our life choices and cultural backgrounds are simply humorous. If we fail to do so, the lines between us are only going to become broader
as we digest inwardly with sarcasm what we have the potential to embrace openly with humorous interaction.

Maybe the best thing we can learn to do is rather than evaluating what was said, we instead choose to evaluate the contextual spirit of the attempts at humor we are sure to encounter?