Thursday, July 12, 2012

Rape Jokes: Still Not Funny

(TW for rape; general douchebaggery)

I don't have a whole lot to add that hasn't already been about Daniel Tosh's remarks  that "wouldn't it be funny if that girl got raped by like, 5 guys right now? Like right now? What if a bunch of guys just raped her…" after an audience member called out his making rape jokes in his act. It was disgusting, despicable, and from reading her full account downright threatening, but I'm really tired of bloggers framing this as "heckling" incident. This should be patently obvious, but it's not heckling to tell someone -- even a marginally famous comedian -- that something as serious as rape isn't funny. I applaud her for standing up.

Melissa McEwan over at Shakesville has Viacom's  (Comedy Central's parent company and home to his show Tosh.0) info posted if you want to drop then an email explaining why this is unacceptable.