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| LegitHyperbole said: I'm not saying it'd an excuse and it doesn't matter if he does or not, just hypothetically if he did still works for the point I' making. I wasn't intending to defend nor endorse Musk in any way (even though I think he's still a brilliant mind at work) it's simply an example to show how punching down is ridiculous. Change it to anyone else who had some form of a disability and see how ridiculous it sounds. Are you at a disability? Or in a "marginalised group". I put that in quotes cause I believe there to be no such thing. If you'd are then you'd know how gut wrenching it is when people say things like you're getting punched down to, like you're not equal. |
No one is saying you can't make fun of "someone in a marginalized group".
I'm pretty sure at this point I've shared it like 10 pages ago. There's a white comedian who makes fun of black culture. And his audience is black people, and they think he's hilarious.
What matters is how.
If someone were to have a whole bit about how Elon is an autistic whiner or something like that (most people wouldn't find it funny in the first place), but it's also punching down on people in that same category.
If someone were to make a whole bit about Elon Musk calling that submarine guy a pedophile, that has nothing to do with his alleged autism. And has nothing to do with other autistic people. It is punching up, because it's punching at someone who was punching at someone else.
Or if you made fun of Elon Musk abandoning his daughter.
