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In reply to the discussion: So, Joan Rivers said terrible things? She was grating? [View all]joshcryer
(62,287 posts)No surprise you'd support a crude comedian calling Michelle "Blackie O."
I don't give a shit, but the way you frame it is so dismissive of Joan's more hurtful comments. Basically, it's as if, who cares, she said shitty stuff and trying to turn it against men.
It doesn't matter what gender or sex says something, it doesn't absolve them.
Louie C. K.'s early rape jokes are completely inexcusable and he should be ashamed and apologize for them. His later ones were much more nuanced and funny and acceptable. That doesn't mean the early ones simply didn't matter anymore.
Meanwhile Joan Rivers called Michelle Obama "Blackie O." There's no context where that's acceptable. Except I guess in an audience of white people, which you'd perhaps applaud, I dunno.