A joke is a social contract, based on everyone involved agreeing it’s a joke. If you walk up to a coworker and shout “Your breath fucking stinks” and then add “just kidding” that doesn’t make you a harmless japester and that coworker a goofy sap.
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It's not about if Crowder's audience was in on the "jokes." Was the actual target, the butt/victim, of Crowder's joke in on his joke? You're here partially bc they (the target) were not in on the joke. Bigoted jokes are rarely funny & only funny when the target is in on them.
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If any comedian, entertainer, what have you, is making a joke about a marginalized person or group and the majority of those people aren't laughing along then it's not a joke. It's a call to action. Which you, and everyone else in here aligned with you, are still acting on.
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That’s an amazing get-out-of-shithead-jail card to have. If I wear an “Everything I say is a joke” T-shirt can I go around telling people I’m going to kill their families?
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I’m talking about just words. Your rules, not mine. If anything can be said without consequence as long as you’re just joking, then wishing harm on someone is harmless.
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Sounds like you finally understand that a joke between people who are in on it, and a joke where the subject isn’t in on it are two very different things.
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