I've literally said 0 things about the government. 

I'm just talking about an idealized standard. 

In practice, this is currently handled by the market. People decide which comedians they want to go to. Companies decide whether they want to support a comedian. Whether that company is one of the broadcast networks or a private bar. That is their right. Can't force companies to give money to comedians they don't want to support. Can't force people to go to a comedy act they don't want to support. 

The Boston Tea Party is a horrible example because it's hardly any sort of weakness of spirit (which is the source or reason of whining in the first place) and doesn't really fit because they risked their lives or  prison time if caught.  

Did you forget the part where they attempted to blame another group for their actions?  And they did it in the cover of night.  Yeah, that's extremely weak of spirit and an attempt to reduce the risk.

Strength of spirit is owning your action and/or standing up to take blame.  While fictional in source, does the phrase, "I am Spartacus" ring a bell? 

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If this is the level of discourse we can expect from you, you won't last long here, lol.

So, Jimmy Carr, Chris Rock, and Ricky Gervais are all terrible comedians; and the Goodfellas, Godfather, and Perfect Blue writers aren't any good at plot.

On a side note of gritty realism, my favourite pornography films all use the word "fuck", contain excessive romance, and jump scares.

Now I know you haven't said anything about the government. But I'm asking you a direct question. Do you think the government should? If so, how? If not, what should we do about this proposed thinly veiled hate speech? 

I'm not asking about how it's currently handled or the idealized standard. I'm asking you what you think should be done. Because that's kind of the topic of this whole thread. 

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

In this particular instance, I am fine with the free market approach. I think it's been reasonably effective.

Nothing in this world exists outside of context. Jokes, if they normalize bigotry, can absolutely be damaging. That's why it's so important to distinguish between actual comedy and bigotry masquerading as comedy. 

Do you think it would be appropriate if I told some joke that included a bunch of hard Rs or called people retards or made light of gay people in a way that insinuated they were all pedos or groomers? Because people make those jokes and it's treated in some communities like it's normal, like it's acceptable, like queer folk are deviants, where the 'joke' lies in how absurd it is that these people are allowed to exist in the spaces of others. 

People absolutely make jokes that are harmful. And if they're offensive, they need to be equally poignant or at least equally funny. If it's just an excuse to treat it as a valve to release and speak racism or sexism that you can't share openly...then it's damaging. 

Nothing exists in a vacuum. Without context sure, 'jokes' shouldn't have limits. but we don't live in a world where that's possible. We have centuries of historical context that paint those jokes in a certain light. 

IT's like these people who like to pretend we 'fixed' racism because OF the civil rights movement. And 'fixed' sexism because of suffrage. Like, on the books black people and women are legally people but that doesn't erase decades - nay, centuries - of history wherein that was NOT the case. You can't just flip a switch and then shoot finger guns at someone and say 'we good'. History is a factor. That's true in life and in comedy. So while devoid of context comedy has no bounds, GOOD comedy absolutely does and GOOD comedians understand the difference between just shouting obscenities and bigotry vs making offensive material with a point behind it. 

I genuinely don't trust anyone who prefers to strip any situation of its context, nuance, and depth. IT reeks of someone who either doesn't understand the circumstances surrounding the topics they discuss or they don't care and just want to stop hearing about it.