Quote Originally Posted by DPZ2 View Post
If this were just about jokes, well. The OP was talking about insults and mockery, which are not jokes. The OP was describing both friendly and unfriendly banter, which are not jokes.

I welcome a response from writers who insist we "learn how to take jokes". Please provide a joke someone else complained about, so that we may interpret your level of pain.
All of The Simpson's characters are based on stereotypes. Stereotypes people can find offensive. Yet, it's still labelled a comedy. South Park openly mocks everything under the sun, bound to say something someone finds offensive or insulting, yet it is still a comedy. Dave Chapelle, Amy Schumer, and Chris Rock are all comedians that rely on mocking certain groups and situations, yet they are still considered comedians. It's almost as if comedy is subjective. So maybe you should stop trying to police what is and isn't a joke when humour is subjective.

As Rowan Atkinson has said; "Every joke has a victim, whether fictional or non-fictional or notional, ideological or human and, therefore, there's always someone suffering if there's a joke. I suppose you have to accept that's the way it is".