Considering I own 2 of his books and have seen every special, interview, and appearance, I wouldn't dream of doing so. No need for the hostility.
Someone bitterly punching down as the result of using power dynamics to sexually abuse women (and getting caught) has fucking nothing to do with the context of George Carlin writing jokes about religion.
If you are referring to me, I'm not putting words in others mouths. Only displaying evidence that crossing the line of what's socially acceptable has been a part of comedy for a very long time and the biggest pioneers fought for this idea.
Yeah. I hate when people invoke George Carlin in an inflammatory and dismissive way. They think they can just say "bu bu bu Carlin!" and ignore all of the context of the thread and the many pages of discussion it's had. They don't think this thread has any point, so they just drop their hot take and expect to be revered instead of realizing they're just the latest in a long line of bad hot takes.
Crossing the line: hey let's treat trans people like people. I know some of y'all don't, so let's cross this line.
It's pretty hilarious that they've made them about as difficult to find as possible. It's technically an improvement over just editing the OP, but this thread is a clear example that it pretty much just means no one's gonna actually see them. At least OPs are sometimes read.
And thank goodness for that. There are plenty of other places online to be a shitty person, so there's no reason to be one here.
And the argument you're making is completely ignoring the context of Louie's situation
But.. But..
That's because transphobia isn't allowed on this site. What is hard to understand.
Because ResetEra is the only place on the internet where free speech can be exercised
I think it's a shame that there's no nuance allowed at all in regards to the topic of comedy. The blanket bans are shameful.
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there's zero nuance to these jokes. They are actively attacks on trans people for them daring to...exist.
If you actually examine the thread, you'll see that discussion did happen without bans, when people actually raised a discussion instead of throwing out a transphobic and dismissive "it's funny". Which is not a discussion at all.
Upper right of the thread. If there's an official mod post, the "Staff Posts" button will be there, and you can click it and jump right to a mod's comment, no matter what page it's on.
The difference is the Parkland survivors are doing the exact opposite of artifical weeping since they're out there trying to get shit done. If anything, this is an indictment of the tHoUgHtS aNd PrAyErS bullshit we see after every shooting
And yet we have idiots here trying desperately to draw parallels between punching down and punching up.
The difference between Carlin's Uncle Dave bit, the observation of natural disasters as disaster porn, and the school shootings bits and Louis CK are a difference in kind, not degree.
To clarify what the other poster said.
