I remember the good ol' days, before politcal correctness became a thing, When somebody said something outrageous, it was because they were tactless. However, what they said would be taken in, and judged on its merits.
I once called Luis Suarez a " flop monkey". At the time, I didnt know that calling somebody a monkey was apparently racist. When I was a kid, I called everybody a monkey. In my mind, I didnt care where he is from or what race he is, I referred to him as that because he was a joke of a human being that loved diving, and it sounded funny. Where PC is concerned, it seems that " broader context" is not a thing anymore.