I can accept the author's argument, but: 1. It absolutely doesn't apply to the case of person A telling person B a joke about person C (or the category to whic

I can accept the author's argument, but: 1. It absolutely doesn't apply to the case of person A telling person B a joke about person C (or the category to which C belongs), while A and B are not in that category and C is not in an apriori "joking relationship" with them. 2. It is not so difficult for someone from a privileged group to basically decide unilaterally they are in a "joking relationship" with someone else, who is forced into being the butt of jokes. ... and I would say these context are where the offensive jokes are "really" offensive. However, Zizek's point about such jokes allowing issues to surface may still be valid even in this situation.