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Why are Race jokes taboo?

code1211 said:
Lately, many comedians are making jokes about Trump that are funny to those who hate Trump.

These jokes are very similar to jokes of a bygone age that always used minorities or members of hated races as the punch line.

The situation was not the joke- the hated race member was the joke and the malady or mishap that befell them was seen to be deserved and that is what made the joke.

The Race based jokes involved the inability of the butts of the jokes to restrain their imagined instinctual responses or imagined deeply held desires. The humor depended on the bias and hate held by the audience and the teller to be funny.

THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HATE-BASED JOKES INTENDED TO DEMEAN AND DIMINISH MINORITIES AND THE SAME JOKES INTENDED TO DEMEAN AND DIMINISH TRUMP.

Oh for the days of Johnny Carson when he actually could tell a joke that was funny because it was funny.

When will the illegitimate heirs to Carson's legacy figure out that the jokes they tell brand them as the shallow, prejudiced and biased, hate mongers that they claim to despise.

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I think they should take a knee during bad jokes.
 
Manc Skipper said:
The irony is strong in this post as anyone who visits the "cartoon" section can see. Actual cartoons with actual jokes are the exception. The thread is dominated by hatefuelled memes of quite disturbed violence, mostly supporting Trump. Humour is noticeably absent. Physician heal thy brothers. (and sistern)
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I assume there is a cartoon section on this site by your post. I'll look for it.

I find that kind of humor to be reprehensible. In school, I was exposed to hate filled prejudice for the first time. Both of my parents raised during the Great Depression and molded by WW2 explained to me in various ways the dangers of this kind of humor. It is an insidious and corrosive insinuation of unspoken understandings into the subconscious of the weak minded.

The best way to make sure that those you hate are hated by all is to just let everyone know that hate is okay. No reason required. Just hate.
 
LaylaWindu said:
This is the most uneducated, moronic ignorant thing I read today. Wow, that comment has mad stupidity meters explode all over the place.
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I assume you hate Trump.

You seem to understand that hate diminishes reason and yet you don't account for it in your own thinking.

This is interesting.
 
code1211 said:
I assume you hate Trump.

You seem to understand that hate diminishes reason and yet you don't account for it in your own thinking.

This is interesting.
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Just like your moronic op you assume wrong hahaha.
 
code1211 said:
Well, then, I'll just assume that you disagree with me in the most violent way.
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Another false assumption HAHAHA As many people are pointing out your OP is asinine in fact wrong. :)
 
LaylaWindu said:
Another false assumption HAHAHA As many people are pointing out your OP is asinine in fact wrong. :)
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Would you care to help define whatever it is that you are posting about, then?
 
code1211 said:
Lately, many comedians are making jokes about Trump that are funny to those who hate Trump.

These jokes are very similar to jokes of a bygone age that always used minorities or members of hated races as the punch line.

The situation was not the joke- the hated race member was the joke and the malady or mishap that befell them was seen to be deserved and that is what made the joke.

The Race based jokes involved the inability of the butts of the jokes to restrain their imagined instinctual responses or imagined deeply held desires. The humor depended on the bias and hate held by the audience and the teller to be funny.

THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HATE-BASED JOKES INTENDED TO DEMEAN AND DIMINISH MINORITIES AND THE SAME JOKES INTENDED TO DEMEAN AND DIMINISH TRUMP.

Oh for the days of Johnny Carson when he actually could tell a joke that was funny because it was funny.

When will the illegitimate heirs to Carson's legacy figure out that the jokes they tell brand them as the shallow, prejudiced and biased, hate mongers that they claim to despise.
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Racist jokes aren't taboo, they're just...risky. Brilliant comedians like CK Lewis can pull them off.
 
Cardinal said:
Racist jokes aren't taboo, they're just...risky. Brilliant comedians like CK Lewis can pull them off.
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Whereas those "racist jokes" made by racists , aka "very fine people", just prove their racism. In fact, they played to a small audience, RE Lee, in Charlottesville last night.
 
Parrish said:
Whereas those "racist jokes" made by racists , aka "very fine people", just prove their racism. In fact, they played to a small audience, RE Lee, in Charlottesville last night.
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Your distinction is correct. The successful ones are commentaries on the nature of racism in our society, whereas jokes that are inherently racist are just...racist.

 
code1211 said:
Lately, many comedians are making jokes about Trump that are funny to those who hate Trump.

These jokes are very similar to jokes of a bygone age that always used minorities or members of hated races as the punch line.

The situation was not the joke- the hated race member was the joke and the malady or mishap that befell them was seen to be deserved and that is what made the joke.

The Race based jokes involved the inability of the butts of the jokes to restrain their imagined instinctual responses or imagined deeply held desires. The humor depended on the bias and hate held by the audience and the teller to be funny.

THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HATE-BASED JOKES INTENDED TO DEMEAN AND DIMINISH MINORITIES AND THE SAME JOKES INTENDED TO DEMEAN AND DIMINISH TRUMP.

Oh for the days of Johnny Carson when he actually could tell a joke that was funny because it was funny.

When will the illegitimate heirs to Carson's legacy figure out that the jokes they tell brand them as the shallow, prejudiced and biased, hate mongers that they claim to despise.

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So you can't comprehend the difference between a racist joke and one that is personal? You really need that to be explained?
 
There is a general rule in comedy that you don't "punch down" on the ladder of privilege. Only the most skilled comedians can get away with breaking that rule
 
code1211 said:
Would you care to help define whatever it is that you are posting about, then?
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You believe the dictionary can save you from your horribly moronic all-caps claim? It's an hysterical rationalization for the use of racial slurs. It's pathetic and the only question is what motive could there be. The only motive I can think of is using slurs of some sort and wanting to justify doing so. If you are not revealing far more about your position than you intend, you really need to learn something, anything, about the subject so you can stop yourself from screaming idiotic crap in defense of racial slurs.
 
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Race jokes are taboo because black people can't handle them.
 
Foreigners around the world by P.J. O'Rourke

(no link provided, I got banned for that on a Hannity Forum)
 
code1211 said:
Lately, many comedians are making jokes about Trump that are funny to those who hate Trump.

These jokes are very similar to jokes of a bygone age that always used minorities or members of hated races as the punch line.

The situation was not the joke- the hated race member was the joke and the malady or mishap that befell them was seen to be deserved and that is what made the joke.

The Race based jokes involved the inability of the butts of the jokes to restrain their imagined instinctual responses or imagined deeply held desires. The humor depended on the bias and hate held by the audience and the teller to be funny.

THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HATE-BASED JOKES INTENDED TO DEMEAN AND DIMINISH MINORITIES AND THE SAME JOKES INTENDED TO DEMEAN AND DIMINISH TRUMP.

Oh for the days of Johnny Carson when he actually could tell a joke that was funny because it was funny.

When will the illegitimate heirs to Carson's legacy figure out that the jokes they tell brand them as the shallow, prejudiced and biased, hate mongers that they claim to despise.

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Minorities don't choose to be minorities. Being an asshole is a choice. See the difference?
 
code1211 said:
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HATE-BASED JOKES INTENDED TO DEMEAN AND DIMINISH MINORITIES AND THE SAME JOKES INTENDED TO DEMEAN AND DIMINISH TRUMP.
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Not a huge fan of either but I think there is a clear difference between jokes targeted at a large group based on negative stereotypes and jokes targeted at a named individual in the public domain based on what they actually say and do.
 
code1211 said:
Lately, many comedians are making jokes about Trump that are funny to those who hate Trump.

These jokes are very similar to jokes of a bygone age that always used minorities or members of hated races as the punch line.
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The difference is that people choose to vote for Trump, and if you don't like being called stupid for supporting him they can grow a brain, and stop supporting him. Black people, latino's, Muslims, women, gays..... These people really have no choice. They didn't make a decision that lead to their association with this demographic therefore there is no basis for attacking them.

If you voted for Donald Trump you made a disgustingly bad choice, and highlighting the stupidity of that choice is not only perfectly acceptable but in fact necessary to try and help you realize how dumb your choice was. All Trump supporters by definition made this terrible choice, therefore it is perfectly acceptable to judge them all negatively as a result. There is no single thing you can say to be true about all black people other than that they have the same skin color. This tells us nothing about the intelligence or character of each individual. Even if you think there is evidence to conclude that on average there are similarities amongst them that does nothing to tell us about each individual.
 
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