Offensive stereotypes are only offensive because of how lazy they are, not because they speak truth to power. The purpose of Bill Burr’s set was to incite and to serve as a self-congratulatory exercise to show the woke mob that he dared to be offensive. It wasn’t actually funny.
The offended reactions are a part of the performance—there is value in that, but it isn’t humor. As a stand-alone comedy removed from contemporaneous cultural context, none of Burr’s jokes were particularly original or laughter-inducing. Cringe.
And if Burr truly wanted to be brave without pulling any punches, he’d have made fun of minorities instead of woke white women—a “safe” target for leftist mockery.
As “offensive” as the set was, Burr was, in essence and in the eyes of leftists, still punching up. It’s based on a lie—a false narrative—that casts white women as having institutional power unavailable to minorities including those in positions of power. A soft target.
If you really want to speak truth to power, assail the unassailable—the protected classes that you’ll get canceled over a single word of dissent.
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