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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 22 Sep 2017

    'Stupidly politically correct society is the death of comedy' warns Mel Brooks (couldn't make Blazing Saddles today)http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/21/stupidly-politically-correct-society-death-comedy-warns-veteran/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw …

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      2. Doug Janack‏ @DougJanack 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Given that the comedy genre is thriving, and edgier than ever, one has to take Mel Brooks complaint with a grain of salt.

        3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Colin Garvey‏ @colinkgarvey 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @DougJanack @sapinker

        Hehe a very kind way of saying, Get over yourself Mel (and Steve!) — CULTURE EVOLVES and COMEDY EVOLVES with it. Say goodnight to fossils!

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Doug Janack‏ @DougJanack 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @colinkgarvey @sapinker

        I don't want to be mean. Mel did do some great stuff back in the day.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. Colin Garvey‏ @colinkgarvey 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @DougJanack @sapinker

        Totally. The Schwartz is strong with Mel. I just wanted to get a dig in at Pinker, who is rather conservative for an evolutionist.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2.  🇨🇦 K@‏ @KatMullaly 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        1/ Suspect this will be dismissed by many as just the outdated positions of an old man behind the times. I'm already getting that ageist...

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3.  🇨🇦 K@‏ @KatMullaly 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @KatMullaly @sapinker

        2/...bullshit response against some of my propositions, and I'm only 58! But I am fighting back against that -- like a fucking lion. ...

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4.  🇨🇦 K@‏ @KatMullaly 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @KatMullaly @sapinker

        3/ Disagree with a position? Back your rebuttal with reason and logic -- and maybe I'll change my mind. Because those should be the ONLY...

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5.  🇨🇦 K@‏ @KatMullaly 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @KatMullaly @sapinker

        4/...things that make a position right, regardless of the age of the person holding it. Mel's absolutely right here. Sadly. #sendintheclowns

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Doug Janack‏ @DougJanack 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @KatMullaly @sapinker

        How can Mel be right about "the death of comedy" when there is more (and edgier) comedy than ever? Seems to me the burden of proof is on you

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      7.  🇨🇦 K@‏ @KatMullaly 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @DougJanack @sapinker

        No, the burden is on content creators now in crosshairs for anything even potentially offensive to beyond-Mayflower-puritanical mobs of SJWs

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      8.  🇨🇦 K@‏ @KatMullaly 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @KatMullaly @DougJanack @sapinker

        See: HBO's Confederate at the deep end of the pool, and recent Katy Perry apologies for "cultural appropriation" (?!?!) at its shallowest.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      9. Doug Janack‏ @DougJanack 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @KatMullaly @sapinker

        On the other hand, numerous stand-up comedians seize the opportunity and make a killing lampooning the conventions of PC.

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      2. Soren‏ @soreneh 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        The death of comedy might be the beginning of tyranny

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      2. Mark Hoofnagle‏ @MarkHoofnagle 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @DJGrothe

        Hey Pinker. "Blazing Saddles" is playing at 5pm on AMC. Real "edgy". Tell me something, could you film "Get Out" in 1970? No? Hmm...

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Mark Hoofnagle‏ @MarkHoofnagle 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @MarkHoofnagle @sapinker @DJGrothe

        http://www.tvguide.com/movies/blazing-saddles/tv-listings/109583/ …

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      4. Mark Hoofnagle‏ @MarkHoofnagle 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @MarkHoofnagle @sapinker @DJGrothe

        How about Django? You think MGM would've paid for that? Or how about Moonlight? Somehow I doubt it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. joseph graves‏ @josephjgraves 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @MarkHoofnagle @sapinker @DJGrothe

        Neither of those films are comedies. Your contention is with an argument not being made here.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Mark Hoofnagle‏ @MarkHoofnagle 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @josephjgraves @sapinker @DJGrothe

        Get Out is a horror yes but with distinct comic elements, unless you're denying the TSA handles their shit? More examples...

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Mark Hoofnagle‏ @MarkHoofnagle 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @MarkHoofnagle @josephjgraves and

        Kingsman not only blows Obama up but ends on a royal anal sex joke. All of Deadpool not exactly PC. Try filming that sex scene 40 years ago.

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