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You don't have to find it funny. That doesn't make it not a joke.
by anjc 10y ago
You don't have to find it funny. That doesn't make it not a joke.
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y agoMaybe it is a “joke”. So? Absolutely any statement, no matter how provocative or hateful, can be excused on that pretense. So that begs the question: should “jokes” be protected? Why?
- gk1 10y agoBecause it's speech and speech is--or should be--protected.
- zeveb 10y ago> Absolutely any statement, no matter how provocative or hateful, can be excused on that pretense. Yes, that's kinda the point of free speech: the State doesn't get to send men with guns and truncheons to silence people who are merely saying things.
- function_seven 10y ago> So that begs the question: should “jokes” be protected? Why? Because they're expressions of ideas, i.e. speech.
- dghughes 10y agoJerry Seinfeld often speaks of why offensive jokes are needed even though many people may not like them. In the end professional comedians are artists and art can offend. Jerry is more eloquent than I am he can explain it better he often does on his show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.