Just because you took what I said seriously doesn’t mean I meant it. You don’t get to decide that you’re in my head and that you know my intent. If I’m joking, I’m joking.”52 In another interview he says, “I don’t think it’s fair to get offended by comedians.”53 And yet what fans say they love about Burr is that he’s honest—“refreshingly,” “brutally,” “devastatingly” honest.
Just joking is almost always signaling a hidden motive, maybe one the speaker or audience won't admit out loud
