It's a joke about a public figure. And a funny one at that. It's not inciting hatred. i think the pearl clutching is unnecessary. > Telling nasty jokes toward

It's a joke about a public figure. And a funny one at that. It's not inciting hatred. i think the pearl clutching is unnecessary. > Telling nasty jokes toward someone locked in their body for no fault of theirs and no mean to escape is a perversion of the free speech idea That is literally everyone. So no more jokes. gostsamo on the internet will be offended /s. from https://web.archive.org/web/20160324004049/http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/should-mike-wards-bad-joke-be-censored/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160324004049/http://www.maclea... > Ward essentially gave a similar treatment to Jérémy Gabriel, a singer who rose to fame at the age of eight when he sang the national anthem at a Montreal Canadiens game. “Everyone said he sucked, but I defended him,” Ward says. “They said he was terrible, but I was like, ‘He’s dying but he’s living a dream, leave him alone.’ ” The niceties end when Ward figures out Gabriel isn’t actually dying. “He’s unkillable! I saw him at the water park, and I tried to drown him, but I couldn’t. Then I went on the Internet to figure out what was wrong with him, and you know what it was? He’s ugly, goddammit!”