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He is seen in the likeness above in a rare, 19th century woodcut. This
image was rumoured to have been
commissioned after a bout of unpleasantness
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::Today's soundtrack: Aretha Franklin "Think" ::
You know what? I'm going to take a stand here and say racist jokes are funny. That's right, you heard me. Or read me, whatever.
I've had it with all the politically correct nonsense. It had a purpose, but people took it too far. I'm not saying that it is cool to be a racist. Heck no. I'm just saying everyone needs to get over themselves and start having a sense of humour. I mean let's say someone like me wants to makes jokes about whites guys, or backwards French Canadians, it's all good because I am those things and self deprecating humour is never out of style and always okay to do. But you know, I'm going to find it every bit as funny if someone else who isn't either of those things makes the same sort of jokes. I'm not going to be all offended and think this other person has a real problem with white backwards French Canadians, I'm going to think that they are making a joke and laugh about it. But you know, even if this other fictional person really actually WAS racist against white French Canadians, I'd still think it was funny only with a whole second reason for laughing about it: the fact that the person is a racist is so dumb that I will laugh at the joke AND at the person telling it because they are an idiot for being racist. That's right; racist jokes now have the added bonus of being funny in an ironic way! They're funny because racism isn't!
I'm not only going to openly declare the hilarity of the racist joke, I'm also demanding a level playing field. I'm saying, open season on anyone and everyone and all racial slurs may be utilized without fear of reprimand! Why should it be allowed for people to say honkey and cracker if I can't be allowed to say spic, whop, and coon? (oh yeah, I went there! Side note: should I be disturbed that all of those racial slurs are in my spellcheck? I think I kind of am.) It's all okay to make fun of or none of it is. How can I be accused of being a racist if I poke fun at all races equally, including my own?
Also, I'm going to hold a hard line here and say that the joke itself must be funny and you cannot rely solely on the irony or the shock value of it to carry its weight. Remember what happened to Michael Richards? He used racial slurs to both fend off a heckler and try for a few shock laughs, but he wasn't very funny, everyone was stunned and thought he actually was a racist. If your jokes are actually funny and can stand on their own, then you should be free to tell them without fear. In fact, I demand it!
Now, I know there are you nay-sayer, crying liberal types who are going to say "but racist jokes promote racism" or whathaveyou. I say, a racist joke isn't going to magically make the listener of the joke believe any of those ideas are true, accurate, or the right way to think. Only someone who is weak minded will alter their way of thinking based on the telling of jokes, or maybe if they are frequently bombarded with racist jokes against a singular race by a figure of authority, which is why I say if you're going to tell these jokes to spread it around and change it up. If you're the guy who only tells anti-Mexican jokes, then people will honestly start to wonder about you, but if you got Mexican, Indian, Canadian and jokes about whitey not so much.
You know that racist grandmother you've got? Don't try to act innocent with me. If your grandparents are over 70 then trust me when I say at least one of them is a racist. I'm not saying they are bad people, I'm just saying that they are from a different era when that sort of thing was "okay." I bet your Nazi war criminal racist grandma has some spectacular racist jokes. You ought to ask her. In the meantime, try this one on for size:
What do you call ten black guys in a corn field? Outdated farm equipment! Ba-dum-bum!
William the Bloody (equal opportunity ridiculer)
