Super Aurora wrote:People in comedy standup makes jokes like these all the time, whether they're black, white or what ever.
I hate when people tell me or anyone for the matter that "that's racist, you can't say this! or ZOMG, offended!"
Seriously. I'm white and I love racist jokes on whites. Are you going tell me that's ok? But I can't do same on any other race? BULLSHIT.
So my statement before still stands.
I've never heard of comedians comparing black people to animals and most certainly not to apes. Actual racists (unlike you; I don't think you are racist) used to compare black people with monkeys, or are still doing so. It's a very old, very ugly slur. It expresses the idea that black people are somehow 'lower' than white men on the evolutionary ladder. That's why you can't compare black people to apes (Donkey Kong Country is about apes) and say it's just a joke. It's offensive.
I don't care how awesome you think you are for fighting the so-called 'pc police'. I don't care you hate it when people call things racist when they obviously are. You can't simply shove aside all reasonable criticism by referring to political correctness. No matter how cool you think you are. It's not a cool attitude. It's childish. It's saying: "I can insult anybody I like and if you say something about it, you're pathetic."
pap64 wrote:Here's the thing, humor is subjective.... HIGHLY subjective. What that means is that what may be funny to you or anyone else might not be funny and could even be offensive to others. If Goliath found it offensive who are we to say otherwise?
Funny thing is -and SuperAurora knows this- that I'm not easily offended. Heck, I think that, on this board, I'm a member who tolerates more than most other members. The one thing I don't tolerate is derogatory comments about race, ethnicity or sexual preference. Yes, humor *is* highly subjective, but the fact that comparing black people to monkeys is an old tactic of actual racists, is a *fact*. That comparing black people to apes is always meant to insult black people, is a *fact*. Protesters are not depicting Obama as a monkey because that's the one animal that randomely popped into their heads. It's a long tradition. And that's why I object to SuperAurora's lame attempt at being funny.