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Now imagine the shitstorm that would happen if he talked about that other religion....

And where are all of the leftists defending Christian culture?


Hmmm doesn't seem very equal to me.....

I get your point and you're correct.

To be fair though, it was a funny joke.

Oh yes, it was very funny
(Didn't mean to sound like I was offended at it. I was having a go the regressives)

Not every word uttered out of every person at every stage in the time of the Universe needs to be equal to all parties.

Don't stir shit up where none exists.

I agree with you, and that's the point I was trying to make (obviously poorly!). When someone makes a joke about almost any religion, there are no death threats, no mobs in the streets, and no leftists talking about christophobia.

AND that's how it should be! It's brilliant that we can all criticize and poke fun, and the result is laughter, not violence and destruction.

But for some reason there is one religion where death threats and mobs on the streets would be the expected out come if a joke like that was made. And there would be regressives in newspapers like the Guardian talking about how culturally insensitive it is, and how it's phobic etc.

Probably because no one gives a fuck about jokes, but OTOH, we have a racist asshole who could potentially be the next president of the US who wants to ban Muslims from his country.

Show me someone who says we should ban Christians from a country and I'll call them on it too.

And the main reason most people don't make Islamic jokes is because most people don't know a fucking thing about Islam.


edit: Sorry, I posted the wrong clip

The reason why is because people are terrified of the consequences, both for their physical safety and social assassination.

Even Russell Howard himself says so: https://youtu.be/a3BL837VjBE?t=182

Even in your clip Dara feels the need to apologise for pretending to make a fake joke, because he expects a particular reaction.

Maybe you're terrified. I'm really not that concerned and the clip you posted is actually satirising that very attitude.

I accidentally posted the wrong Dara O'Briain clip, but please watch the edited one (it's very funny and relevant).

Here's Stewart Lee on the same topic

Stuart Lee is exactly the thing I'm talking about. I'm not saying that you SHOULD make fun of muslims or islam just to arbitrarily balance things out. I'm saying that you simply can't, or else.

Because when someone makes a joke or a cartoon, people get beheaded, cartoonists get shot with AK-47's, riots ensue, and clerics wish death on people. And at the very least people start yelling "racist".

I don't agree that the clip I've posted is satirizing the situation. He's pointing out that he knows what would happen if he did make a joke about it. The joke being "I'm not that stupid to do that".