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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Show me a joke on this topic where the comedian is on the side of the rapist. And Daniel tosh doesn't count; shutting up a heckler with something she said as the basis for your retort is not the same as having a bit about it.
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I think this is something I'd want to highlight.
Most jokes of this nature are written such that they don't point themselves as sympathetic to the rapist or condescending to the victim. Joking at the expense of the victim is a fairly sensitive issue and, as such, will be much more prone to outrage and concern than jokes made of the aggressor. And I think this is what Norton was going down the lines of, but didn't explicitly state: that problems will occur if the issue is trivialized and stated as an acceptable notion.