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What's wrong with rape jokes?

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What's wrong with rape jokes?

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July 12, 2012 (changed July 12, 2012) Permalink

Nothing at all, they can be hilarious. Just like racist jokes, jokes which poke fun at disabled people, women and religion. The point of jokes is to transcend boundaries of good sense and social propriety. It is alright to object to them if they are objectionable, but that does not mean they fail to be funny. In fact, I suspect that a joke which is not objectionable would not be very funny, unlikely to result in a guffaw.

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