Terry_dactyl
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Yeah I think you’re right.
I mean I’m not a fan of his comedy and there’s something on a visceral level.
Also, as has been highlighted…he’s a tax dodging git.
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I mean I’m not a fan of his comedy and there’s something on a visceral level.
Also, as has been highlighted…he’s a tax dodging git.
skybluetony176
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He paid them back, apologised and took a great deal of shit over it. Don’t think you can say he had no repercussions. Unlike the Tory doners Cameron didn’t name who use and continue to use tax avoidance schemes.
I can’t help but feel that Jimmy Carr yet again maybe being used by the media as a distraction for a Tory government.
Had some tin foil left over from making your own FA Cup, did you?
Anyone who pretends they’ve never made a dark joke is a liar, but again, that doesn’t mean all dark jokes are always justifiable, nor does it mean people don’t have the right to complain about them if the context is wrong.
Seems only fair to me that a comedian whose entire schtick is walking a high wire of edginess faces the music if he gets it wrong.
Nick
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Didn't his joke about unvaccinated people go viral pretty much within a day?Why is everyone offended now though? All this time after. There is word of mouth, there is social media, there is the press.
Otis
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Just what I read. People saying he's a nice guy in real life.
Maybe he's nice to some people and horrible to others. 
skybluetony176
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clint van damme
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If they can get away with putting Stay close out they can get away with anything
Otis
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shmmeee
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Jokes aren’t a considered opinion. I do not think chickens actually cross roads to get to the other side. Why chickens cross roads is a job for zoologists, not comedians. Jokes are language constructs designed to make us laugh.
The joke here from Carr isn’t “lol gypsies” it’s subverting your expectations earlier on in the sentence, that’s one of the ways jokes work.
Everything can be joked about. Jokes are not a gateway drug to fascism as some would have you believe.
If you don’t like this joke format, fair enough, don’t watch it. I don’t like Mrs Brown’s Boys so I don’t watch it.
Grendel
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Why people are so offended by a desire to pay less tax I have no idea
Also I wondered when Rachel Riley would get a mention
Why is everyone offended now though? All this time after. There is word of mouth, there is social media, there is the press.
I’m guessing because a Jimmy Carr special on Netflix doesn’t exactly trigger a national water cooler moment as soon as it gets released? Don’t get me wrong, there’s always some manufactured outrage out there. But it’s not exactly impossible for a Jimmy Carr joke to fly under the radar for a few weeks, he’s not Beyoncé.
I bet the number of views of the show goes through the roof though
Which do you want to explain first - this “your mum” joke, or how the Jimmy Carr news cycle is actually a pro-Tory false flag operation from the global news media?
shmmeee
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Gotta defend the Holocaust by attacking some Jews.
Grendel
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Oh no
www.bbc.co.uk
Shadow minister apologises over 'anti-Semitic conspiracy' - BBC News
Afzal Khan apologises over a Facebook post as politicians and Jewish groups call for an inquiry.
www.bbc.co.uk
Otis
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Why was it a celebration of genocide? Good grief.
Grendel
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Its alright the Jews are a bunch of Nazis according to…oh
‘Sickening celebration of genocide’ FFS !
ps just seen Otis comment. Snap. Bizarre comment
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You do have consensus, but if I walk up to you and call you a f*****g dirty ****** who should get back where you belong (I appreciate in this particular instance, it's Earlsdon, but you can see where I'm going!), then that's my right to say that, no?
It's not censorship to stop free speach from encompassing things that marginalise, trivialise, and Other certain groups, along with hitting deep into their psyche and legacy of hurt.
Now as it happens, personally I don't think this encompasses that, but free speach is not, and can never be, an absolute.
shmmeee
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Holocaust denial isn’t illegal here. You’re thinking of Germany.
fernandopartridge
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It's a horrendous joke whatever you think of gypsies. Put it this way, imagine he replaced Gypsies with Jews in it?
clint van damme
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That's a fair point, butI still don't think holocaust denial should be illegal. There are plenty of other opinions which I don't agree with and find offensive that aren't.
shmmeee
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Well then the joke wouldn’t work
Otis
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But then the joke wouldn't have worked would it. That was the whole point of the joke. We always talk about the millions of Jews that died, but so many other minority groups hardly get a mention (I didn't find the joke funny, as I already said)
And the hypocrisy of some of these MP's is astounding.
clint van damme
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I was thinking more of David Starkey, which was in Austria.
Otis
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What I just said
rob9872
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Miserable cunts. Funny is funny. I don't care the subject, cancer is very close to home but love jokes about anything. The key is knowing what's a joke and its intentions versus what's simply nasty to be a prick. If you don't know then you probably are a prick and I make no apology for that. Nothing is off limits with me and if it is with you don't watch. I'm certain some people just like being offended on behalf of others.