Hey that's a pretty funny rape joke. Not.

I gotta admit that I've never watched Tosh.O. I saw a thirty second commercial for his show and that was more than enough for me. Another smirking sneering bully boy C-list hack. This was confirmed when I saw him interviewed and he showed bits from his show he thought were hi-larious.
Now he's told a rape joke that has pissed off a lot of people except for comedians who are all up in the Censorship wars. I agree with them that there shouldn't be any censorship in this case. If you find rape hi-larious then go ahead and use it as a topic. Huffington Post reported today that in fact Turd.O has a half hour with even more rape jokes coming up. I wouldn't censor that either.
I have some experience with victims of rape however. In my early Thirties I was lined up by a female friend I'd gone to college with because her sister had come back from the West Coast two years earlier and had never dated even though she had very popular at one time and was quite bright and attractive. She was also lonely. The problem was she'd been raped and was terrified of going out with men again. I never saw her exclusively but we went out on and off for longer than a year. I really got to know her and what she'd gone through and what she'd likely continue to go through for years, maybe her entire life. In a real sense the creep who'd raped her had destroyed her.
My wife has a good friend who was raped. At the trial her rapist said he would look her up when he got out. His entire life has involved violence, I doubt prison has changed him. He gets out this year. She's so scared she's moving to another state and thinking about legally changing her name. Given this sonofabitch's background I don't blame her. But it's heartbreaking seeing her so scared 24-7. Even sleep is no respite. Nightmares.
Last year (maybe Comedy Central) there was a monthly show that featured a B-level standup host discussing comedy with C-and-D-level comics. To a person they were among the dumbest, least literate cliche-mongers I'd ever heard. Think Adam Carolla--women aren't funny; fag jokes are ok because they get laughs--then work your way down from there a couple levels and you've got them. Brainiacs rarely become stand-up comics.
So if you're pig enough to find rape jokes funny go ahead and be my guest. But grow up at least to age sixteen and don't be shocked when the grown ups fire back at you.