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Old 07-23-2013, 02:33 PM   #64 (permalink)
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On top of that, there's a difference between simply being offended, scoffing, and whining a bit, and being actually hurt by the joke. If you take Daniel Tosh's suggestion that one of his fans gets raped on the way out of the show (meant to be a joke), this actually hurt her, and could have made her afraid to leave. Also, his fans tend to be idiots, and could have listened. Not saying it would have been his fault if someone attacked her, but his "joke" was completely disgusting and unnecessary. I might be offended if someone makes a joke about hispanics and... labor workers for example, but it's not the same as if someone made a joke that made me feel threatened or hurt.
You mean the woman who heckled him at his own show? How is he supposed to know she was raped?

The joke was fine, OK it offended her, it's terrible she got raped. Not sure why he was wrong to make the joke. & Surely she would have known the sort of material he writes before going to one of his shows?
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