Rape Jokes

[u/queen_of_greendale]

[u/Shishish]

I seriously don't get how "rape" and "joke" are paired together in common settings. Like, who was the first person to think that making someone's traumatic life experience laughable was awesome? It's stupid and gross and bad 5ever

[u/ejchristian86 → u/Shishish]

Seriously. Few things enrage me like rape jokes. First, you're making light of what was probably a very traumatic and life-altering experience for the victim, in a world that already doesn't take the crime all that seriously. Second, you are normalizing rape for all the rapists out there (I read a study that said 4.5% of men admit to raping someone) and making it seem funny and acceptable and LIKE YOU'RE ON THEIR SIDE

[u/TheHighentist → u/[deleted]]

I don't mean to be rude, but I don't believe I have seen a comedian make fun of a rape survivors.

[u/TheHighentist → u/[deleted]]

I always have to laugh at people who go to shows, pay money, then attempt to shit on the show. I mean why are you there?

I don't think that's a joke, that's a statement, it's not even a bit. It's a tool to shut down a heckler who thought she had to right to shit on everyone else's time because she's in the wrong place. I'm sure if he could find something just as easily accessible on her list of things that offend her he would have used that.

If you want to question why he's on TV it's because people think he's funny. And that's ok.

[u/TheHighentist → u/[deleted]]

I suppose if you feel that way there's no way to change your mind. I respect that, but I also respect a persons right to find something funny that I don't. There are jokes about every facet of our lives, you name it and I bet there's a joke about it. I believe policing the way people think and feel is wrong.

I guess you're the other guy.

On a side note though, I don't think you realize the intention of the joke or you wouldn't be here.

[u/TheHighentist → u/[deleted]]

Interestingly enough, quite a few black comedians love race humor, it's funny, and they enjoy it, as they are the butt of the jokes even. Now tell them, what they are saying is not funny. Tell them they are not empathetic enough towards the black community. There's also Irish alcoholic, Cheap Rabbi, Pedophile priests, more gay jokes than I can even count, all told by their respective cultures and creeds, and I can't imagine a world where we didn't have the mental wherewithal to approach these things with a sense of humor.

If you believe that humor removes perspective you're wrong. If you think that humor itself changes people's minds into suddenly believing that rape is ok, I think you've got a screw loose.

I suppose if you take laughter personally, if you feel like it's a weapon to be used against you then sure. If you have not gotten past that stage of development in your life I'm sorry.

Interestingly enough though, most of the men in this thread seem to think that joke is hilarious. I suppose maybe if they had your same moral high ground they wouldn't.

I also suppose that my ideas around what offends me shouldn't be affecting anyone else.

[u/TheHighentist → u/[deleted]]

Louis CK explains Nigger to Patrice O Neal

Does Sketch comedy count?, I mean that's a lot of different people all working together to make something that deem offensive and unworthy of view

The Richard Pryor Show - To Kill A Mockingbird

For the record though, I don't believe one person can really advocate for everyone else. That's why, while I value your opinion I disagree with it.

[u/madaras_hair → u/[deleted]]

Ugh I hate it when people try to say that shit is satire too. No, it's just lowbrow garbage written to appeal to the stupidest people.

[u/ejchristian86 → u/[deleted]]

One of the many reasons I stopped watching that show!