Should comedians have boundaries?

[KLXVER]

the-pi-guy said:

KLXVER said:

I dont really get the punching down bit. So are you saying Dave Chappelle is above trans people, so he shouldnt make jokes about them? or is it that he is famous and trans people are not, so he can only joke about people who are more or just as famous as him? 

Never really understood the punching down thing.

The problem isn't Dave Chappelle making fun of people less famous than him. 

The problem isn't "Dave Chappelle is above trans people".

He's a rich man hurting people for their struggles that he doesn't deal with or sympathize with. That's punching down.

If Bill Gates talked about how he liked to invite poor people to his house, so he can eat in front of them, while they starve. That's punching down.

Someone making fun of a 6 year old who has cancer and is going to die soon. That's punching down. 

So you dont really care about whats being said, its just who says it? What if a poor person jokes about getting rich and eating in front of poor people? Thats ok then since they are poor themselves? I mean it still might be offensive to other poor people...