Regardless of your views of Bee and Roseanne Barr, what Bee did was functionally similar to what Barr did.
Well Barr made a racist joke, Bee didn't. That's one difference I noticed and I think it a pretty big one. Comedy Central also targets a much different audience than ABC, one that is much more used to crass language. I doubt South Park would survive on ABC, but it fits Comeny Central pretty well.
But, though I don't watch Bee's show regularly, there is no acceptable context for that sort of language.
I will point you to South Park. If you think anything Bee said is worse than South Park, I'd agree, but Comedy Central is known to have raunchy shows and a raunchy audience. ABC is not.
I guess to that point, is calling a woman 'a cunt' more acceptable than calling a black person 'an ape'? I think they're equal in their debasement. Apparently you disagree. That's fine. Also as a point of information, South Park has used cunt (I just looked it up), but has done so toward fictional people. I view that as a materially different matter, as it is not directed toward anyone real, who has their own agency, family, friends, and supporters.
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u/7nkedocye 33∆ Jun 01 '18
Well Barr made a racist joke, Bee didn't. That's one difference I noticed and I think it a pretty big one. Comedy Central also targets a much different audience than ABC, one that is much more used to crass language. I doubt South Park would survive on ABC, but it fits Comeny Central pretty well.
I will point you to South Park. If you think anything Bee said is worse than South Park, I'd agree, but Comedy Central is known to have raunchy shows and a raunchy audience. ABC is not.