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Yeah, you pretty much have to be a homophobe to laugh at a joke that disparages homosexuals, just like you pretty much have to be a misogynist to laugh at jokes
by PeterWhittaker 11y ago
Yeah, you pretty much have to be a homophobe to laugh at a joke that disparages homosexuals, just like you pretty much have to be a misogynist to laugh at jokes that disparage women, a racist to laugh at jokes that disparage whatever race is the target of the joke.
Oh, sure, you will find "in joke" types, where members of one group will tell jokes in an ironic kind of way for their own amusement - but I guarantee you that that will be seen as controversial and far from universally accepted within that group.
Of course, you also get groups telling the jokes that disparage them in such a way to identify the group that would have told the joke originally, as a way of bad mouthing that original group. That's just as bad, just as sleazy.
There is plenty of humour, plenty of belly rupturing spit out your beverage humour, without disparagement.
There is never any need to disparage or be sophomoric to get a laugh. Ever.
Was this post humourless? Good. So are racist, misogynist, and homophobic jokes.
- coldtea 11y ago>Yeah, you pretty much have to be a homophobe to laugh at a joke that disparages homosexuals Strange, because many gay friends of mine laugh at those and even make them. In fact lots of famous gays are notorious for this kind of disparaging humor, against other gays but also against everybody. And I often laugh at jokes about a kind of handicap I have. Heck, I often MAKE such jokes about that thing. Also consider most comedians making jokes about their shortcomings, insecurities, appereance, etc). It's part of having a sense of humor. >There is plenty of humour, plenty of belly rupturing spit out your beverage humour, without disparagement. Not that much as you think. In almost every great comedian (and I'm not proposing a "no true scotscman" here: check the top-50 commercially or critically accepted acomedians of all time) you'll find all of these kinds of jokes you condemn about all kinds of groups. >There is never any need to disparage or be sophomoric to get a laugh. Ever. No, you can also tickle people. But being disparaging or somophoric is another great way. Heck, Aristophanes, probably the most celebrated comedy writer in the classics, had fart jokes and silly puns in his plays...
- coldtea 11y agoCase in point. Here's a great joke about rape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3xoiShfknA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3xoiShfknA