[FEDERALIST] As Jimmy Carr Stares Down The Mob, Remember: It Won’t Stop With Joe Rogan

As Jimmy Carr Stares Down The Mob, Remember: It Won’t Stop With Joe Rogan

https://thefederalist.com/2022/02/08/as-jimmy-carr-stares-down-the-mob-remember-it-wont-stop-with-joe-rogan/

Netflix debates what to do with the comedian over this joke:

In his December special, Carr told a joke that goes like this: “When people talk about the Holocaust, they talk about the tragedy and horror of 6 million Jewish lives being lost to the Nazi war machine. But they never mention the thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis. No one ever wants to talk about that, because no one ever wants to talk about the positives.”

The punchline is misdirection, shock value, and the depravity of Carr’s on-stage persona. It would be a controversial joke even in normal times, but that’s where good comedians thrive as a necessary part of our ecosystem, making people laugh with satirical immorality to keep our boundaries open for free expression.

People are supposed to get mad. They’re supposed to demand censorship and carry on like Tipper Gore. The problem these days is their success rate.
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