Jokes that punch down are generally not appropriate. (Reply #10)

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Sat Apr 2, 2022, 03:47 PM

Blue_Adept (6,348 posts)

10. Jokes that punch down are generally not appropriate.

This gets talked about a lot with comedy and people have a lot of blind spots on it in what they consider punching down as well.

You may not think it was punching down, but there are a whole lot of people who do, including a lot of black women going by many of their responses to the joke itself.

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24 replies	Author	Time	Post
Re. Smith/Rock Debacle and for this reason: As Smith and Rock may be role models for young men, I [View all]	cornball 24	Apr 2022	OP
Only one of them decided to settle a dispute with violence.	nycbos	Apr 2022	#1
One said something inappropriate to a huge audience.	cornball 24	Apr 2022	#2
The joke was not inappropriate. Some may have found the joke	jrthin	Apr 2022	#5
Jokes that punch down are generally not appropriate.	Blue_Adept	Apr 2022	#10
Wanda Sykes disagrees.	BlackSkimmer	Apr 2022	#11
Exactly. That's what comedians do: call out the rich and powerful.	jrthin	Apr 2022	#13
Exactly.	BlackSkimmer	Apr 2022	#19
IBTL?	nycbos	Apr 2022	#22
Will Smith laughed first.	nycbos	Apr 2022	#9
And he'd never have hit a larger man.	BlackSkimmer	Apr 2022	#21
oh nonsense	Skittles	Apr 2022	#16
Who would prop up	ForgedCrank	Apr 2022	#3
+1000	jrthin	Apr 2022	#6
Exactly nt	Raine	Apr 2022	#7
Both of them had difficult childhoods	nini	Apr 2022	#23
I think Chris Rock behaved exemplary handling the assault.	jrthin	Apr 2022	#4
I agree. Imagine if he hit back?	JenniferJuniper	Apr 2022	#8
Smith wouldn't have hit a larger man.	BlackSkimmer	Apr 2022	#12
And that makes Smith a bully.	jrthin	Apr 2022	#14
These threads keep popping up.	Treefrog	Apr 2022	#15
This is still bog (eta: big) news and being covered on most news stations	SYFROYH	Apr 2022	#17
I agree, both that it's big news, and "bog" news as you said.	BlackSkimmer	Apr 2022	#20
What behavior of Chris Rock ?	JI7	Apr 2022	#18
They should meet in person	kacekwl	Apr 2022	#24

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