Should comedians have boundaries?

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the-pi-guy said:

LegitHyperbole said:

It's not all about having thick skin, there's a difference between having thick skin and brushing dirt off your shoulder. Being able to laugh at yourself and your most embarrassing aspects is freeing and it helps you get over those aspects you feel insecure about and eases tension between people if those aspects are tension causing. It's why people who are disabled, loose a limb or some other tragedy often use humour to cope, it's good for mental health. However trying to control other people isn't just annoying to those people but it's extremely bad for your mental health. I don't trust people who can't laugh at themselves or try to control others ability to laugh or speak freely, them to me are the new bullys and I find their behaviour far more on the bullying side than any comedian trying to bring joy with laughter. If it seems like bullying then the comedian will NOT get a laugh as it'll make people uncomfortable, people generally don't want to laugh at people but with people. Stand up is like democracy, the people will decide. Watch Kill Tony and you'll see how people decide...if you can handle the cringe of the comedian who bomb. It's very cringe inducing. 

Perfect example of what I was talking about in the first half of my post. 

Pretty much. I'm on the chain of what Runa brought up.