DasGutYa t1_irt11i8 wrote
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Thinking morality is necessary to a joke just reinforces the fact you don't understand what one is.
Enjoy being ignored!
teratogenic17 t1_irt3ls6 wrote
On the contrary, justice is essential to a good joke, as it releases the tension we feel with our oppressors. It reduces their power over us, and strengthens social ties; that's why (e.g.) making fun of Ivanka Trump's incompetency is funny. Just think of the blank look in her eyes when someone uses a word like "precarity" or "hegemony." Suddenly she looks like a cornered rabbit.
Punching down functions to release the tension of compassion instead--we feel uncomfortable with a group that needs relief from the oppression that we participate in and/or profit from. Such jokes fuel rage and violence.
That's why Dave Chappelle will soon be forgotten--he makes jokes that encourage hatred against Black transgender women. It's embarrassing, and should be. People who are laughing with him now will "forget" they ever did, within a decade.
DasGutYa t1_irv1hxq wrote
'Justice'
'oppression'
Relative terms, a decade won't be kind to you as you slowly find out how easily you are labelled the oppressor in need of justice.
Respect yourself and have an original, critical thought for once in your life.
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