However, I do not think I, nor anybody else, has a right to dictate what people can or cannot find funny. That is all I am really trying to say.
No, I am not fond of fat shaming, nor blatant racism. When I hear the harsher comedy, I usually cringe. I much prefer when society is challenged. However, sometimes, the occasional racially charged joke can be hilarious, for many reasons. Heck, South Park is probably the best thing I can point to. They make fun of everybody, while in the end promoting, on the whole, positive social change. If we just say, "you cannot make racially charged humor, ever," that harms not only the freedom of speech, but also social progress. Can it be ugly? Yes. Can it hurt? Yes. But we have no right to tell people they cannot ever make that kind of humor, nor that they cannot enjoy it. Instead, we promote the entertainers that we do enjoy, to spread more good humor and laughs. We do not shame people for laughing.
As for point two, that's the point!, They have all the resources in the world! All the support they could ever want? Why then are they in the throws of such abuse? Am I saying we should start a movement or something? Feel more empathy then for those without the resources to heal? No. However, clearly they are facing serious problems, serious ones that, while they may not be as important as the poor old Mexican woman who can barely feed herself and her eight kids, is no less harmful for the individual. That is the point I am making. If you don't want to be sorry for them, fine. I don't either, really. Indeed, I hold a lot of resentment towards them myself, the money grubbing bastards. The only point I was trying to make is that everybody has problems, things that hurt them immensely. And if we feel OK about ignoring those when we make jokes towards them, can we really blame others for ignoring the problems other groups face?
The freedom of speech is important. That, in the end, is what I am really defending. "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." -Evelyn Beatrice Hall (commonly misattributed to Voltaire)