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Hilarious New Video: Michelle Wolf Gets a Lesson in How to Write for the New York Times

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JordanRules6/12/2018 12:02:34 am PDT

re: #92 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

A lot of humor goes around several corners to make a point. Recall that the original lyrics to the Beatlesā€™ ā€œGet Backā€ were directed at Pakistani immigrantsā€¦this was a satirical reaction to UK bigots like Enoch Powell. But the Beatles changed the lyrics because they understood that much of their audience would not get the nuance and take it as a literal attack on foreigners.

Was that PC censorship? No, it was just being a bit sensitive and aware of consequences, even unintended ones.

Recall that when Archie Bunker (based on a British TV character) makes fun of minorities, we are actually laughing at his bigotry, not the blacks or Asiansā€¦and when Brits make fun of Germans getting up early to reserve the sun beds at the resort, they are also making indirect fun of the fact that British tourists are too hung over to move before noonā€¦

I know satire. I know irony. I know subversive art. And I know justifying bigoted bullshit when I see it.

And Iā€™m dismayed when those who are not the targets donā€™t loudly join in condemning this.