Punching Down
There's a lot of punching down going on in the world right now, and it doesn't make me happy. Perhaps the most obvious source is the upper levels of the United States Government, but it doesn't stop there - not by a long shot.
So what exactly IS punching down, you may ask? The definition of "Punch Down" from the Urban Dictionary, is: To make a joke at the expense of the less powerful or more oppressed group.
One comedian who's been guilty of this frequently - and unapologetically so - is Ricky Gervais. I've enjoyed his comedy shows, but his proclivity in recent years for punching down is annoying at best. He's far from the only one, but perhaps the best-known of the punch down comedians is Andrew Dice Clay. He took aim at those who were already downtrodden, reaching for...
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So what exactly IS punching down, you may ask? The definition of "Punch Down" from the Urban Dictionary, is: To make a joke at the expense of the less powerful or more oppressed group.
One comedian who's been guilty of this frequently - and unapologetically so - is Ricky Gervais. I've enjoyed his comedy shows, but his proclivity in recent years for punching down is annoying at best. He's far from the only one, but perhaps the best-known of the punch down comedians is Andrew Dice Clay. He took aim at those who were already downtrodden, reaching for...
To read the rest of this post, please visit: http://billbodden.com/2019/12/30/punc...
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