VAMatt said:
CourageTCD said:
Yes. If your type of comedy consists of spreading hate speech, raise social suspicion against marginalized minorities and soften ideas that go against human rights, you should suffer legal consequences. There are comedians who seek to do all of that as a priority and have the laughters as an ocasional and mere consequence. I've seen a lot of people saying a bunch of crap and trying to get away with it by basicly raising a "it's a joke" sign. What a lot of people don't understand is that words aren't merely a bunch of sounds, they have the power to affect the world, specially if you have a whole audience listening to you. |
Legal consequences? That's crazy. Cancel culture is bad enough. You want to add fines and imprisonment to the list of consequences? |
That's Justice to decide. If you are under a constitution that protects minorities or has laws covering situations of slander, defamation and insult, you can't expect to be immune to the Justice just because you are a comedian. He/she would go see to his/her situation in court. And it's not like as if the comedian would be immediatly found guilty from the accusation. He/she can be found not guilty after all.
