I just don’t think that an increase of that is what our cultural shift has been.
Less room for error on the edge. That’s what makes it the edge. Right?
Many do so by telling truths in new and surprising ways, some by repackaging familiar falsehoods.
Don’t fear being wrong. Fear staying wrong.
And I’m trying to evolve too. So what I laugh at has changed. I laugh *more* now.
Evolution is an *expansive* act.
Also having trouble believing that most comedians think that this is the primary purpose of comedy.
If you listen to them about what it they found offensive, you might be able to make a joke that makes more people laugh
You all sound pretty sensitive and offended.
The point is, everyone gets a voice. MORE free expression, not less.
Joke how you want! It’s just that you have to own the joke, and accept that you don’t control the response.
Tell a hurtful one, if you don’t care about hurt. But OWN that you don’t care. Don’t complain when people you’ve already established you don’t care about give you a response you dislike.
It’s THEIR response, not yours.
It’s possible also to tell a hilarious joke that is designed to offend somebody for their inhumanity or cruelty.
Knowing who you’re offending and why takes a lot of work and ability.
You can’t control other people’s response to what you say, but you can take response-ability.
It’s something you’re doing to them.
*Their* response.
*Your* joke.
The criticism isn’t something they are doing to you either.