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Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:12 pm to
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
129067 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:12 pm to


The jokes pretty much write themselves, don't they?

Is this on Reddit?
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
Member since Sep 2008
40117 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:13 pm to
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The jokes pretty much write themselves, don't they? Is this on Reddit?


Of course It is
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
29674 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:14 pm to


What's the current over:under that he looks likt this?
Posted by Downtown Devin Brown
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2013
1523 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:15 pm to
Oh but he has an opinion and his opinion speaks for everyone and it must be heard!
Posted by LACountyTiger
Los Angeles County
Member since Nov 2013
1338 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:18 pm to
No group loves censorship more then these douchey hipster college kids.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
129067 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:19 pm to
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Of course It is


where?
Posted by Black n Gold
Member since Feb 2009
15900 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:19 pm to
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No group loves censorship more then these douchey hipster college kids.


Yeah the irony is thick with this generation.
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
Member since Sep 2008
40117 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:21 pm to
The article itself is a few days old. I saw the response from bill mahor on /r/news.
Posted by lsuhunt555
Teakwood Village Breh
Member since Nov 2008
38986 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:22 pm to
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it's our duty to be actively engaged and educated about issues of sexism, racism and prejudice


No its not you dumb frick.
Posted by gatorrocks
Lake Mary, FL
Member since Oct 2007
13998 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:25 pm to
You guys saw the response by Maher right?

I don't like Maher but the response was really good.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
129067 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:26 pm to
Post it
Posted by burdman
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2007
22666 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:27 pm to
quote:

The jokes pretty much write themselves, don't they?

Is this on Reddit?


I don't know. If you google the guy who wrote the letters name, there are some pretty good pics.
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
64544 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:32 pm to
Anyone who is offended by Jerry Seinfeld of all people needs to go home and end it all.
Posted by LACountyTiger
Los Angeles County
Member since Nov 2013
1338 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:33 pm to
LINK


Maher's response
This post was edited on 6/23/15 at 4:37 pm
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
70248 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:34 pm to
quote:

You guys saw the response by Maher right?


No, and I don't know how to reddit. Post it for us cismale shitlords, would you?

eta:
Saw it above. That was perfect. Maher annoys me with his political tirades, but I still tune in occasionally because he is definitely a funny SOB.
This post was edited on 6/23/15 at 4:42 pm
Posted by Rickety Cricket
Premium Member
Member since Aug 2007
46883 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:56 pm to
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It isn't so much that college students are too politically correct (whatever your definition of that concept is), it's that comedy in our progressive society today can no longer afford to be crass, or provocative for the sake of being offensive. Sexist humor and racist humor can no longer exist in comedy because these concepts are based on archaic ideals that have perpetrated injustice against minorities in the past.

Provocative humor, such as ones dealing with topics of race and gender politics, can be crass and vulgar, but underlying it must be a context that spurs social dialogue about these respective issues. There needs to be a message, a central truth behind comedy for it to work as humor.


frick you if you think you can define what is or isn't comedy.
Posted by Sayre
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Nov 2011
5754 posts
Posted on 6/23/15 at 5:24 pm to
Bill Maher went on a long rant about that particular letter to Jerry last week. He did a good job putting that college kid in their place, not that it'll do any good.


Bill Hicks wouldn't last 10 seconds into a performance on a college campus today.
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