I fall down a manhole......that's drama.
You fall down a manhole....that's funny.
Racist humor so elegantly lends itself to the task.
Blacks can indulge in racial humor. Nobody else, though.
Don rickles would never make it today.
In the USA “racial humor” is a trap. The officially-designated victim can make fun of the “oppressor” class, and in fact may even go so far as to murder a member of the “oppressor” class without any consequences.
But if a member of the “oppressor” class says “watermelon” he loses his job and his reputation.
My impression is that one can always make fun of the Irish.
I guess that means they can take it.
But there’s always a fair game group. One wouldn’t see Fr. Guido Sarducci’s portrayer switch out his outfit, racially derogatory nickname and religion. No way. I know it’s an old gag, but making fun of Catholicism is fair game but not many other religions are.
Making fun of dad’s in pop culture and sit coms is rampant and nothing is off limits in the arena. And it’s damaging. A lot of men deserve it for giving in to and taking advantage of the sex without commitment culture that has destroyed our culture. They’ve unwittingly become subservient laughing stocks, shameless and unworthy of respect. the pop culture is not aware of the reasons men are seen as wimps. anyway, there are many men who haven’t . anyway, making fun of them is not helpful.
It’s okay to make fun of any generally successful group.
Tell me who’s offended by this one
Q: Why does Mexico do so poorly in the Olympics?
A: Because every Mexican who can run, jump or swim is already here.
eenie, meenie, miney, mo
Richard Pryor and Mel Brooks did more to neuter the N word than anyone else in history. It was on the way to becoming a playground joke until the civil rights “leaders” turned it into a holy word that cannot be spoken.
It’s a testimony to the breadth and depth of the dedicated Marxists’ power grabs.
They wanted to clear the decks so that only capitalism-, Christianty-, morality-bashing, etc. jokes could dominate.
Just like they want to clear American history’s heroes and replace them with “social justice” heroes. Or Western Civ with minority studies.
The list is endless.
This has started out as a fairly humorless thread.
I wonder where self-deprecating humor falls on the continuum of knee-slappers?
Mark Twain’s LIBRARY OF WIT AND HUMOR had quite a few jokes about blacks, Italians, Irish, sailors, ect.
They are still hilarious today.
Reminds me of my summer job in DC working with an all African-American crew (back then you could say black). I told them on the first day-You don’t call me honky and I won’t call you nigger. They all laughed, and we got along fine.
I don’t think that could happen today.
We should be able to make fun of ourselves, and others, with love in our hearts.
When laughter has been prohibited, wherever it may be, there is no joy in life.
One of the MANY things leftists cant distinguish between is humor and riducule.
Q: What is 12 inches long and white?
A: Nothing.
Why don’t Polish women use vibrators?
- They chip their teeth.
Why aren’t there more Irish attorneys?
- Because they can’t pass the bar