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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
The common thread between them is they’re (obviously?) jokes, so the question is: is there a limit to what you can joke about, and I think 99% of comedians would say no.
End of the day though, people just need to be more aware of what they say online, the fact that it isn’t said in a bubble, and that there can be real life consequences (and you’re not going to know what they are until they happen to you).
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This is true in a number of contexts, but I think people are only now finding out that twitter's one of them. There is still some protection around stand-up. Anthony Jeselnik can joke about rape, killing babies and child molestation until the cows come home
on a Netflix special, and as long as that's who he is and what he's known for, he can do it on twitter too (as long as it's sort of abstract and not joking about a tragedy while the bodies are being cleaned up). Trey Parker and Matt Stone are in the same boat - this is who they are and what they're known for, so they can do it with relatively little controversy. But if you work in an office job, or really anything that isn't comedy (as Gunn clearly found out), you cannot say anything in print that Jeselnik would get away with without any issue without risking your entire life. It's a difficult and nuanced double standard to navigate.