LogFAQs > #926656850

I've seen a lot of people recently make the argument that comedians are supposed to be edgy. They're supposed to mock the powerful and tell uncomfortable truths. They're supposed to mock taboos. All well and good. But I've also seen people make the argument that because of this, it's improper to criticize a comedian for their jokes. But it's not obvious at all to me that something being a joke means that it is invalid to question the joke or the comedian.

It doesn't seem correct to me. I think the premise and target of a joke matter. Not just the subject matters. I don't think jokes about minorities, women, LGBT people, the poor, etc should be off limits. But when the joke is made at a group's expense or when the premise is that a group is bad or a certain argument is wrong, I think that's political. It's advocating a specific world's view, and I don't think the comedian or the world view should be insulated from challenge simply because it was communicated on stage or laundered through a joke.

Am I missing something here?
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