Student op-ed: Comedians, don’t be mean — use your comedy for social good!

[rangerrebew]

 Student op-ed: Comedians, don’t be mean — use your comedy for social good!
Dave Huber - Assistant Editor •October 1, 2016
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Writing in American University’s Eagle, Julia Gagnon argues that even if speech is not a direct threat, it still could be … well, a threat.

Gagnon criticizes the notion of “punching down” — comedy that “leaves a bad taste in your mouth and on the edge of your seat watching for the nearest exit.”

http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/29282/

[rangerrebew]

 

[endicom]

Her objection is not to punching down but to who gets punched.

[andy58-in-nh]

Comedy does not need to rely upon insult to be funny. But comedy in the service of "social good" is never funny.