"Comedians love to market themselves as “edgy” and “raw” for telling casually racist jokes, jokes about rape victims, jokes that skewer the oversensitive and “humorless.” But the reality is that none of that shit is “edgy.” You know who loves racism, hates women, and rails against political correctness 24/7? Rush Limbaugh. Ann Coulter. Your drunkest, shittiest grandpa. Comedy that targets marginalized groups isn’t daring, brave, or groundbreaking—it is conservative."
Lindy West (in the linked piece about the talented W. Kamau Bell)
(Source: slog.thestranger.com, via cimerie)
