Should comedians have boundaries?

[Jumpin]

the-pi-guy said:

shavenferret said:

Jokes may make sensitive snowflakes burn in anger. But you're wanting to normalize and even go farther than that, to institutionalize this sensitivity to words. It would make the United States a pathetic society. We won this from the British when we decided that we wouldn't take it anymore. We didn't whine or cry, we got our guns and took the nation rightfully. But the snowflakes won't win. Most of the people here have disagreed with you, and in my humble opinion, sanity and reason has prevailed. 

Conservatives sure do love their fan fiction. 

Tell us about the one where the imaginary lib got red in the face when someone said Merry Christmas to him! 

Jumpin said:

Jimmy Carr has plenty of jokes about the Holocaust.

Jojo Rabbit is filled with anti-Semitic jokes.

A ban on Holocaust humour would be a ban on that comedian and that film. Jimmy Carr was attacked (cancelled, if you will) by a horde of angry righteous crusaders. A comedian who leans dark and satirical and the joke was on a special called “His dark material” which came out in late 2021 - but the cancel-mob didn’t get around to clipping and cancelling him for several months afterwards.

Tell me, what harm did his Holocaust joke do? Or any of his Holocaust jokes do?

Anyway, Jimmy Carr has a response for the next time he gets cancelled:

You've completely misunderstood what I'm saying. 

Comedians can make jokes about the Holocaust, about gay people, about trans people, about black people, etc. 

I have even posted a bit about black churches in this very thread. The key is, are they actually telling jokes, or are they spreading thinly veiled hate speech. 

My apologies, seems we're in two different conversations.

EDIT: actually, I take that back. You’re attempting to deflect the conversation. After reading other posts of yours, you are clearly targeting comedy and comedians and proposing that the subjects they joke about convey dangerous political ideas. We’re having the same conversation and I think you’re wrong. Thus my above criticisms stand.

I don’t think any comedian should be limited on any subject. The more deplorable and offensive people find them, the better. That’s what makes me laugh, and claiming I’m being led to become racist, anti-Semitic, sexist, prejudiced in any way, is a ludicrous idea. Offensive comedy is great comedy. Observe:

Is the excessive stereotypes making anyone more homophobic? more racist? or are you neither of those things and laughing like I am?

I suppose there's a "What the hell? This is garbage." option too :D

Last edited by Jumpin - on 03 May 2024