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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Fair enough. Like I said, I shut it off after a couple minutes. He might be a funny guy, but the whole "Angry White Man" shtick isn't really my bag.
It really wasn't presented as entertainment here though. We've been told not to ignore "the message" and the "social commentary".
We've even been told that 95% of people would agree with him. That of course would include 95% of all women too. 95% of women believe there is an "epidemic of gold digging whores".
Some people seem to take his act seriously.
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Actually, I take back what I said. I just went back to where the video was posted and his exact post accompanying that video was...
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I'll leave this here, specifically because it addresses Tiger's divorce settlement. Many will probably be offended, but don't let that distract from the message
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I fully agree that this comedians routine is a silly thing to use as a serious argument. But I also don't believe he fully believes in everything in his routine. He's likely similar to most comedians in that he wakes up in the morning and goes, "what can I say to make people laugh, today?"
Louis CK's the same way. If everything he's ever joked about was taken at face value, he'd be a monster who isn't fit to raise children. But that isn't the case.
I'll laugh at the crudest, most racist jokes you can imagine, as do most people I know, but if I was walking down the street and ecountered a hate crime against a minority, my stomach would sink and I'd probably intervene.
But I definitly didn't have a grasp on why the video was posted and what is was being used for it suggest in this thread, as I was just skimming through.