There was no sense in what he said

I want to become Supr Blogr one day, but for the moment, alls I got is (TRIGGER WARNING) this from comedian Doug Benson. At last count, that tweet has received 1 expression of disgust, and 8 retweets.

Dear comedians: I want to like you. It is in your job description for me to find myself liking you, and the things you say and write. Please stop being unthinking asses who cannot comprehend that jokes predicated on rape being funny are bad because RAPE IS A FUCKING HORRIBLE THING AND THEREFORE NOT FUNNY. Thanks.

A friend pointed out to me that it might be more useful, rather than just deleting podcasts and such and ranting on the Internet about it, that I at least try to address the folks behind these things first.

So, my Christmas resolution is to be willing to give some of these shows another chance ... and also to be willing to stand up and say "you were sexist/racist/etc. in this week's episode and here's how" directly to the people involved.

This may well be me trying to find a justification for not having to stop enjoying things that are problematic. But I still can't decide whether it is or not, so I'm going to press forward and possibly make a fool of myself. Godspeed, as they say.

EDIT: Have sent one e-mail, to the podcaster that I feel might be the most open to my criticism. We shall see. (Assuming anything happens at all.)

Have now had to stop listening to both Comedy Death Ray Radio[1] and Marc Maron's WTFPodcast[2]. Maybe Nick Kroll can come on Never Not Funny and do a Charlie Chan impression, so I can get all comedy podcasts out of my life forever. (I actually cut NNF too much slack already, since I've loved it for so long and pay money for it.)

Dammit.

[1] White person playing a black character: can be problematic, but doesn't necessarily HAVE to be a disaster. White person then proceeding to say the N-word: oh f*ck no.

[2] You say "retarded", and I cringe. Then you start talking about why it's wrong, and I actually feel hope. Then you keep saying it anyway, and I delete.

Trigger warning--what I'm linking to involves someone's opinion of the Roman Polanski arrest.

I find this to be fucked up. Specifically, the beginning and end of the second paragraph, and the end of the third paragraph (which is a joke that I get, but still).

Am I wrong?

(Also posted in my LJ. But this is the kind of crap I've really been thinking of using my DW account to talk about.)

Just putting something here to put something here. I am the same me as on LiveJournal.