Denise O’Leary writes an open letter to comedian Guy Earle (enemy of thin-skinned lesbians across Canada).
Anyway, Guy, you add,
“The reader or the listener or whatever has no feeling for the environment of the comedy show that is triple-X, edgiest-show-in-town, controversial and offensive, so when you walk in there you’re making an agreement to be a party to this controversial show.”
No, but remember that human rights commissioners in BC are “experts” in publishing and in public health. In fact, they are experts in any field they waddle into. So why not experts in comedy too?
Now, here’s an interesting problem that these tribunals, the “human” face of fascism, create for someone like me (see my profile above and you will get the picture): If anyone had asked me a few years ago what I thought of your show (as per your YouTube account), I would have said, “It offends me.”
I would never say that today!
The tribunal fascists have hijacked words like “offend.” If I say your show offends me, all I mean is, I would choose something else for private entertainment – maybe March of the Penguins, for example.
I just finished what Johathon Kay had to say about this entire story, and I agree: it’s just not funny.