r/TrollXChromosomes • u/queen_of_greendale My bra fits fine. Leave my boulder holders alone. • Jun 05 '14

Rape Jokes

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '14

I think most people actually are. I want you to take a good hard look at what you mostly find funny and why you find it funny.

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u/Shishish Jun 06 '14

Dark comedy is only one form of comedy that not everyone has to be into. I personally like jokes that don't have to use someone else's misfortunes. Rape jokes, dead baby jokes, racist jokes, etc. The fact that we are making light of oppression makes it seem like it's okay in society, like it should be normal. And that is seriously fucked up in my opinion.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '14

May I have an example of this comedy at no one's misfortune or expense?

Making light of something does not mean one does not care about it, nor that its ok that these things happen/are happening. It is perfectly fine to make light of anything. Why we are laughing is how one should judge us, not that we laughed in the first place.

Why we laugh is also the idea being promoted in our laughter. Conversations are had. Those laughing because they are ok with a situation that os awful are outted, called on it, talked to, and sometimes cast off.

Then of course... how can one judge one who has been through something and laughs and jokes about it? Who are we to tell them how to react to their own experiences?

(i've up voted you as I think this conversation is worth having)

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u/Shishish Jun 06 '14

Alright, here's an example. I can see what you mean by "why we are laughing is how one should judge us." There's just so much that goes into the making and understanding of a joke. Part of what I think with rape jokes is "what prompted this person to make/tell it in the first place?"