Diversity of opinion and tone are to be cherished in a free society but a world without jokes is not a secure space
A tactical victory in the alternative universe of internet petitions,where a seconds-long cameo by Benedict Cumberbatch in the original Zoolander 2 trailer has been branded transphobic. Then again, what hasn’t?I’m joking, and of course – and the lovely thing approximately the more intelligent provisional wings of contemporary activism,from feminism to trans rights to newcomers such as transracialism, is that they are totally on board with the view that jokes might be permissible. Even when representation is not what you might wish, or even when there are vital battles left to be won,even when you think the joke isn’t funny. History shows us that someone else is always likely to come along and build a miles better joke approximately that lame joke, and build the original joker look quite the passe bigot.
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Source: theguardian.com