Poll: Which Group of People You Should Never Make Fun Of?

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Metalix Knightmare

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pookie101 said:
there is a very simple rule of stand up comedy that should apply to general life as well.. always punch up not down.

feel free to make fun of those stronger, in power, more privileged than you personally but you are just a scum sucking bully if you pick on people weaker than you
Speaking as a member of a population who would be punched down at, that's a freaking load. EVERYONE in every group has something or another to be made fun of for.

By the standards of your post, Jeff Dunham wouldn't have a career. The man CONSTANTLY punches down and yet the people receiving the punches love him for it. Bubba J can be quoted verbatim by any redneck stand up fan in the South (It's even part of the act with Bubba calling it a "weird ass version of church) and Achmed the Dead terrorist is freaking LOVED in Saudi Arabia.
 

Metalix Knightmare

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Chairman Miaow said:
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Phasmal said:
If you say so. I don't keep up with the rules of what makes you an SJW any more. I figured I had earned my lifetime membership by wanting more and better female characters in video games.
If you ever get a pamphlet on the updated rules, will you send me a copy please?

I need to see if I'm still one based on my playing of State of Decay.
Wait, I played State of Decay. Good Game. Am I an SJW now? If so, why?
I think it's because there's too many...what's /pol/'s word for females again...oh yea, cumdumpsters and..what's their word for blacks...yea, dindunuffins as playable characters and not enough pure aryan hetero white men.
I'm being serious, was there actually any kind of controversy about State of Decay?
Well, it's not a walking simulator with less gameplay than a speak and spell yet received a bunch of praise from gaming websites for espousing the "correct" politics, so I doubt it.
 

Dragonlayer

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Dragonlayer said:
Muslims, because they tend to be just a little bit sensitive about these matters.

Really, the important thing to remember is context. Tell anti-Semitic jokes around Jewish friends who understand you're taking the piss, not at the local Holocaust remembrance ceremony.
Once again its done to that line/limit that don't cross. And as you just mentioned, its about the time and place too. With the last cases of child abuse accusations surrounding the BBC and past UK government officials, you rarely hear jokes towards the alleged victims of sad abuse. Its a sensitive and serious matter at the moment.

And the whole Muslim sensitive thing, once again it depends on the individual. Four Lion is a small british comedy movie which makes fun of home grown radicals who were too stupid to carry out an attack. Some of those who were Muslim found it funny because it showcased the stupidity of these guys. Others of course found it distasteful. Its all on the individuals perspective.

And speaking of individuals, they can feel sensitive about a subject that they will deem off limits. That's perfectly fine. We all have shit we dont wish to be made fun. WE ALL DO! This just may get a bit hostile for the person making the joke if the individual being offended, seek out an audience to firstly validate their offence and secondly but rarely, create a backlash towards the joke teller.

Then shit may hit the fan.
Four Lions was a fantastic film and even pulled off the considerable feat of making me quite sympathetic to murderous Jihadists - I mean, more so then usual mostly because it was a charming look at four idiots with no real convictions, or even any idea of what they were doing. My original comment was more tongue-in-cheek in regards to various extremist responses to art and literature across the Islamic world, and while I do agree there are sensitive areas for each and every person, I do feel a stronger reaction to a poor joke then "Oh fuck off" is unwarranted.

Unless they were joking about me of course, in which case I'LL KILL THEM ALL!