Quote Originally Posted by Infernus View Post
When its done for comedy its not racism, when its done for hate then you have racism.
Occasionally people will get to comedy via hatred. Jokes will often come out of people's shared hatred of a group (blacks, gays, republicans, Mexicans, IRS agents). The question is whether the joke is at the expense of the race in question or other racists -- in other words, ironic and self-aware.

But even that's not simple, because you might think you're making, for instance, gay jokes ironically, all the while seriously emotionally hurting someone who has to hear them. EVEN IF he or she knows you don't mean it, it is still hurtful. So you have to be in a situation where you can trust that your audience will receive it as intended. Which doesn't mean censoring yourself, or refraining from pushing boundaries, but it means tailoring your comedy so it is not at the expense of anyone who might suffer from it.

For example, this can mean viciously tearing apart those in the majority or who are better advantage (e.g. Christians, white people, men, rich people) while treading sensitively on jokes at the expense of minorities or the disadvantaged (e.g. gays, blacks, women, poor people).