Item the First: I absolutely, totally, 100% in every way possible DISAGREE that rape jokes are funny. I've never been raped but I have been assaulted and it's messed me up pretty badly. NOT funny.
Here's the thing though... if we say "You can't discuss XYZ or say ABC in public"... where does that end? There are some "offensive" things that are important to me. Animal cruelty. BSL. Vegetarianism. I know the stories and pictures upset some people. But if it was said "You can't post pictures/descriptions of animal abuse", a lot of animals would die.
Now, I realize that's not a perfect argument. Because no one is JOKING about animal abuse. No one is saying "Wouldn't it be funny if 5 people hung this guy's pit bull?". And rape is NOTHING that should be stood up for or advocated. Ever ever EVER.
I'm not on the "It's OK because of Free Speech" bandwagon.
It's NOT OK. Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD. But at the same time, if assholes are going to be assholes, I think it's MORE effective to let them prove themselves to be assholes and eventually hang themselves because of it.
Tosh went to far. But now he's taking THAT too far by encouraging people to put their hands on women.
Item the First: I absolutely, totally, 100% in every way possible DISAGREE that rape jokes are funny. I've never been raped but I have been assaulted and it's messed me up pretty badly. NOT funny.
Here's the thing though... if we say "You can't discuss XYZ or say ABC in public"... where does that end? There are some "offensive" things that are important to me. Animal cruelty. BSL. Vegetarianism. I know the stories and pictures upset some people. But if it was said "You can't post pictures/descriptions of animal abuse", a lot of animals would die.
Now, I realize that's not a perfect argument. Because no one is JOKING about animal abuse. No one is saying "Wouldn't it be funny if 5 people hung this guy's pit bull?". And rape is NOTHING that should be stood up for or advocated. Ever ever EVER.
I'm not on the "It's OK because of Free Speech" bandwagon.
It's NOT OK. Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD. But at the same time, if assholes are going to be assholes, I think it's MORE effective to let them prove themselves to be assholes and eventually hang themselves because of it.
Tosh went to far. But now he's taking THAT too far by encouraging people to put their hands on women.
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