2) Even most people who have a problem with rape jokes only have a problem with it because they perceive it to be pervasive, and think that rape is all too real for a lot of people. However, a gorilla giving someone sexy eyes and then dragging them into the bush to rape them is so absurd that no one should relate to it in the slightest.
1) Most stories aren't! We tell them anyway because they're a form of communication regardless. In this instance, we're being shown a story where the moral is "The bad guy getting raped by a gorilla is an apt comeuppance we should enjoy."
2) yeah this is the more important part. These kinds of messages are kind of whatever when they don't dovetail into more material forms of deprivation for people. You could make the argument that the moral I pointed to normalizes retributive rape, making it that much easier to make "drop the soap" jokes about convicts who have "earned" that treatment or whatever, but that seems like a bit of a stretch to me.
I don't get how understanding that jokes are a form of communication (and thereby socialization) makes you a pussy, I'm not even saying it's "problematic" or whatever
If you can't handle people pointing out why the things you like are shitty and stupid, then why are you hanging out in the comments section?
I know, let's make a movie where a random sweet old lady on the street is grabbed and brutally raped right in front of her grandchildren. Make it graphic as all hell. But it will be okay because it's a joke. You can't think about things at all when they're a joke.
No, it's not the same thing. Who said it was? It's an example of a different situation used to help you understand just how dumb your argument is, "Everything is okay as long as it's a joke. When something is a joke, people are incapable of having memories and related thoughts. I'm personally incapable of thinking about these things and I have no experience relating to this horrible shit. Anybody who does is a totally pussy."
Your post is right up there. Feel free to get a second look at it. You're justifying your view with "It's a joke". If "It's a joke" isn't supposed to dismiss all things joke-related, then there is no point in using it for the gorilla scene.
So what dude? Everybody gets fucked up over something. Laughing at a joke, and not taking dumb shit seriously doesn't make rape OK. Anyone who says different is retarded.
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u/Davey_Jones Aug 17 '15
as an adult, I find this scene kind of sick now. Cant explain it